I'm 22, 6'0, 200 and am in a cut for about 20 lbs. I've gone from 205 - > 178 before, tracking everything, hitting the gym, doing it "right." Same thing I'm doing now.
But I keep coming back to the same question: why am I not just doing reta?
I've read the studies, obviosuly the results are real. I have tons of friends using reta, and from what I see on this sub and everywhere else, people are still training hard, still eating well, just getting significantly better outcomes for the same effort. It's not like it replaces the work.
So what's actually stopping me? Some vague idea that I should earn it the natural way? The more I sit with that, the less it makes sense.
Genuinely asking: does anyone regret doing it? Not just sides, but like, do you wish you hadn't? And for people who were in a similar spot, 20-30 lbs out, was it worth it at that level?
thanks 😄