Super vulnerable post.
I’m 45 F and I started Reta alone, no other mega stacks or anything. I started in December and I moved up very slowly. I started at 1, then 2 weeks later went to 2 and stayed there for a month, then did 3 for a month, 4 for this past month and last Friday I did 5. I’m 5’9 and I started at 224. My main want to do this besides wanting to finally like the reflection on the mirror is cause I’m ALWAYS perpetually tired. Even on weekends when I could sleep 10 hours straight I wake up EXHAUSTED. So my mindset was I can lose some weight (a lot of you are motivating btw) and then hopefully I can start working out cause I know I need it. Well fast forward to today and I am weighing 198.3. I see some of you losing like 40 lbs in 3-4 months and I’m over here at like a pound a week.
Do I know that I need to work out and not just depend on this? Yes. Do I also know that I need to have more than 60ish grams of protein a day… also yes. I do make a lot healthier choices for food, my quantity has obviously reduced by a lot. Should I add in some electrolytes ( any recommendations cause I can’t do the Liquid IV) also yes.
To add I had gastric bypass in 2005 and my food consumption is still less than most adults, my issue was quality over quantity. (IE wasn’t great) I also did try for 3-4 weeks a Mot-C peptide and it didn’t do jack.
So before you all yell at me (and I know, I know I deserve it) what can you all suggest to me as if I was your sister. I can take tough love, just don’t talk shit please. I feel like I’m the slowest responder EVER… I don’t know how much more I can afford buying the Reta cause life is lifing lately but my goal is to get down to 180. I did blood work and I’m not even in perimenopause yet, my thyroid is fine, so I can’t even blame it on that. I appreciate you all and all the advice I’ve gotten. Adding 2 pictures from today and from February just in case for some visuals. Gently jumping off my soap box!