What dose of reta and calorie deficit are you at?

54 male, started at 0.5 mg weeks 1-4 then moved to 0.8 mg week 5. Running a 300-500 calorie deficit most days, sometimes more. Doing lifts, cardio, and tracking intake. I feel like a strong responder, but I mainly wanted reta to give me better control over eating rather than kill appetite completely. I can still eat when I want, just without the intense hunger driving me. Breakfast and lunch are lean protein, shakes, rice, and egg whites; dinner is whatever the family eats but I focus on the protein and cut back on carbs.

Without a deficit you won't drop weight on reta. I've averaged roughly a 1250 calorie daily deficit over 21 weeks. Trying to pin down the exact deficit by counting is pretty pointless either way. I'm turning 40 at the end of the month and have a beard.

The actual milligram number doesn't seem to matter much as long as you're getting the appetite and satiety effects from whatever dose you're on. I'm at 1 mg reta, eating 1500 calories a day, and lifting every day. In the end you still need the deficit to lose.

37-year-old guy, 6'4", 300 lbs so TDEE is relevant. Eating 1500-1800 calories daily on 2 mg weekly reta plus 2.5 mg tirz for extra hunger control. Agree the deficit is what matters; the GLP-1 just helps keep it consistent. No magic involved. I track mainly to hit protein targets. The deficit itself has been straightforward so far.

29 years old, 175 lbs at 13-15% body fat. Taking 1 mg reta every 3 days along with 400 mcg fasted cjc/ipa in the morning. Lifting five times a week. Counting calories aiming for 2000 total and 180 g protein.

Doing 0.3 mg twice a week for another week or two. Running under 1000 calories a day, usually around 800. Losing weight fast, though it's not sustainable long term. I have a lot to lose and plan to raise calories and protein soon while moving the dose up to 0.4 mg twice weekly.

Started reta April 1 with micro-dosing at 2 mg a week split as 1 mg Monday and 1 mg Thursday, which suits me. Began at 97 kg, now 92 kg. Weight training five days a week. Macros are 1835 calories, 160 g carbs, 175 g protein, 80 g fat. 37-year-old male.

6'2", started March 15 at 240 lbs around 20% body fat. Not sure reta is doing much for me. Tirz helps with food noise and cagri with suppression, but reta... not sure. I started both reta and tirz together so I can't tell what each is doing. Now May 19 at 203 lbs around 13% body fat. Also on CJC/IPA and IGF-1 LR3 the last three weeks, which probably helped keep muscle.

Just started a cut with a 400-500 calorie deficit. 51 years old, 200 lbs, 15% body fat. Aiming to reach 10-12%. Eating 185-200 g protein daily, lifting four days a week, fasted cardio five days a week, and staying very active.

How are you figuring your total daily burn? My BMR is around 2042. 47 years old, 5'11", 255 lbs. Getting 11k-15k steps for 750-1000 calories and lifting 4-5 times a week but not counting those. Guessing I'm over 3500 calories burned daily? Eating 1350-1800 calories with 180-200 g protein. On reta five weeks: 2 mg first four weeks, then 4 mg the fifth. Started at 264 lbs. Expected faster loss in that kind of deficit.

At fifty years of age I stand one hundred seventy six centimeters tall and currently weigh seventy kilograms at fifteen percent body fat. My aim is reaching ten to twelve percent body fat without shedding much additional mass overall. Two and a half years back I began at ninety six kilograms using one medication and dropped more than twenty kilograms before regaining some ground. That led me to try a different route involving two compounds taken together each week at four milligrams and one milligram on the same schedule. Calories go untracked yet five kilograms have come off over two months. Hunger stays low and fullness arrives quickly at these amounts. It remains unclear whether either substance alone or both together drive the results since both started on the same day but that hardly matters given the solid progress and lack of noticeable issues so far.

At 9 mg with a 500-800 calorie daily deficit. Body has adapted and loss has slowed. Within 15 lbs of goal weight now.

Some have already said this but it's worth repeating because it's key for anyone reading: the only way to lose is to take in fewer calories than you use. These meds help because they naturally lower how many calories you want. Needs differ by goals and starting point, so use a TDEE calculator for a baseline then create a moderate deficit from there. Expect 0.5-2 lb drops per week if tracking accurately. Strength training and hitting protein help avoid losing muscle. I'm 5 ft and went from 135 to 105 lbs on tirz over a year, with most loss happening after month three.

2 mg, eating 1700-1800, TDEE around 3300.

Retatrutide does raise basal metabolic rate directly, and you can't measure that yourself, so how do you know your exact calorie burn, especially with Hashimoto’s?

51 male, three weeks on 2 mg. Around 1400 calories. Down just under 15 lbs, most probably water weight.

My dose is 4 mg with a 300 calorie deficit.

50 male. Eating about 1370-1390 calories daily for what feels like a moderate deficit. TDEE calculator says max around 2400, which should mean 2-4 lb loss per week, but that's not happening yet. Workouts: weights plus rowing Monday Wednesday Friday, rowing only Tuesday Thursday. Down 4.8 lbs or 2 kg in nearly six weeks, averaging 1 lb a week. Dosing: 2 mg week 1, 4 mg weeks 2-5, now moving to 6 mg to see if it changes anything. No negative sides and hunger is controlled.