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How to defeat Retta plateau?

19 replies12 peopleJun 4, 2026☆ Follow
Summary

how to break a weight loss stall on retatrutide at 2 mg after starting low and titrating up

The original poster lost from 102 kg to 86 kg over 4-5 months but has been stuck at 86 kg for a month on 2 mg despite daily workouts and attempted high protein intake. Several replies note that three weeks is too short to judge a stall, that fluid shifts can mask ongoing loss, and that calories are probably higher than estimated without gram-level tracking. Advice centers on either raising the dose further or accurately logging intake, protein, and TDEE while adding resistance work and steps. Some users report better results only after reaching 4-6 mg while others succeeded with slower increases and maintenance at 2 mg.

What this discussion establishesWhere people disagree

whether to push the dose higher quickly or stay low and focus on precise tracking and lifestyle first

Still open

exact current calorie intake, TDEE, and body-fat percentage for the original poster

Nothing here is advice.

19 replies · 12 people
AmberMeadow15archiveopening postJun 4

My beginning dose was the smallest possible and I kept it up close to eight weeks while shedding pounds. Appetite eventually returned so the amount was doubled and held there for three weeks with the same outcome. Then it was increased again directly to twice as much and that's been the current level for three weeks, resulting in reduced appetite without any further loss on the scale. Exercise happens daily and protein goals are set though not always met. The daily eating pattern involves a modest morning meal, a light midday one, and scant evening intake mainly from meat or shakes.

CopperSignal27archiveJun 4

This is not yet a plateau at 2 mg. Need starting weight, current weight, height, goal weight, age, and total time on reta. From the timeline and food description it looks like weight is still coming off but water shifts are hiding it and that should settle in the next few weeks. If daily calories are the same as when loss was happening then that is almost certainly the case. Why not raise the dose?

ClearLedger24archiveJun 4
↳ replying to @AmberMeadow15 (opening post)

Other compounds like cagri, GH secretagogues, cardarin, Aicar, MK-677 or tirze are options worth looking into for research, but you could also try increasing reta more gradually. Three weeks is not long, especially if there is not much fat left to lose. Either way the exact numbers matter: TDEE, calories eaten, and so on. I am on 2 mg now and my own scale has been stuck for a few days.

SlowLantern46archiveJun 4

If you are not weighing your food to the gram and tracking?

ClearBeacon24archiveJun 4
↳ replying to @AmberMeadow15 (opening post)

Which company built the vehicle shown in the image?

AmberMeadow15archiveJun 4
↳ replying to @ClearBeacon24

I picked up the small model and swapped its rims for tires with white sidewalls.

AmberMeadow15archiveJun 4

Started at 102 kilo and now at 86 kilo over four to five months. Most of the loss happened in the first month or so. Stuck at 86 kilo for about a month. 44 male, 5 ft 10 in, goal 74 kilo or 165 lbs.

PlainAlder11archiveJun 4
↳ replying to @SlowLantern46

What is the question here? I do not track food grams, protein, calories, or carbs at all. I just make sure to get protein at breakfast and dinner plus a shake at lunch.

SteadySparrow49archiveJun 4

Hope you'll let me know once the amounts hit what actual folks would use.

GreenMeadow54archiveJun 4

Two choices. Keep raising the dose until the scale moves or do it properly: track calories, combine high protein with lower calorie density foods, add resistance training and daily steps, then increase dose only as needed for hunger. Tracking calories is strongly recommended because most stalls come from eating more than people realize. Without a deficit there will be no loss. Getting diet and training right first usually means less muscle loss, lower final doses, and better long-term maintenance.

PlainAlder11archiveJun 4
↳ replying to @SteadySparrow49

Some of these starting doses of 0.25 and 0.5 make me wonder how they could even work, then people say they have maxed out at 1.5 or 2 mg. No idea where that thinking comes from. No offense to anyone on the low doses.

SteadySparrow49archiveJun 4

Depends how much fat they start with. Mild hunger suppression can drop a little water weight at first, but that pace will not build much muscle.

SharpTimber80archiveJun 4

Been on reta since January, started at 1 mg and now at 6 mg after going up 1 mg every four weeks. Early doses worked okay but the real change came after 4 mg. Keep increasing at least to 5-6 mg before deciding. I have had a couple of two-week stalls that eventually broke and loss resumed.

GreyLantern40archiveJun 4

I find that leveling off never happens with the lowest beginning amount.

ClearBeacon24archiveJun 4
↳ replying to @AmberMeadow15

Those white sidewalls look neat and help the whole thing get noticed.

RustAnchor24archiveJun 8
↳ replying to @PlainAlder11

Started at 1 mg and maxed at 2 mg. Went from 179 to 156 in thirteen weeks. Tried 4 mg for one week but side effects were too strong so dropped back to 2 mg. Plan is 0.5 or 1 mg for maintenance once goal of 150 is reached. First GLP-1 experience so that may be why lower doses worked.

AmberMeadow15archiveJun 8
↳ replying to @RustAnchor24

Low and slow works for me too. Started at 0.5 and move up a little every month and a half only if hunger returns. After three or four months now on 2 mg. Will try to stay here or maybe go to 2.5 mg in a few months if loss slows too much.

WarmMarble23archiveJun 8
↳ replying to @AmberMeadow15 (opening post)

Just keep going. I was still losing on 2 mg but moved to 3 mg after four weeks there. Nothing happened on a full month at 3 mg, maybe one pound total, so switched to 4 mg and things finally changed. Stay the course.

SharpTimber80archiveJun 10
↳ replying to @WarmMarble23

I'm wondering which method you're employing to follow changes in your mass. That chart looks really appealing to me.

AmberMeadow15archiveJun 11

Yeah, I'm using the exact same program too.

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