u/WorthLawfulness8142

Down around 99 lbs in about 14 to 15 months on reta and figured I’d post an update.

The routine side was mostly tracked calories, protein, steps, and gym activity very closely and basic push pull legs, 4x/week starting around month 2. That sounds obvious, but I used to keep changing plans every few days and this time I stopped doing that.

Seeing the trend instead of just one weird day made it easier not to panic-adjust everything. Tracking how I felt each week honestly helped me stop second-guessing every little change. Dosebook handles the tracking side so I stop guessing.

I am not calling it done yet, I just finally feel like I know how to keep going.

I know people talk about the scale a lot, but I am more curious about when it started feeling sustainable for other people. 28M. Down around 99 lbs over like 14 to 15 months on reta. I used to be the guy who started on Monday and fell off by Wednesday, so consistency mattered way more than perfection. The part that made the biggest difference was getting out of the all or nothing mindset. I kept meals more predictable, walked a lot more, and stopped constantly changing the plan. That steadiness mattered more than anything else. Curious how other people handled that stage because that part took me a minute to figure out.

Honestly the biggest change was making everything way more boring.

A big part of this has been feeling less need to hide my body all the time. What actually changed things was not overcomplicating every week. More walking, simpler meals, more protein, less random snacking. Once I stopped treating every slip like a disaster, things started moving.

The logging side mattered because it stopped me from pretending one rough day meant the whole week was off the rails. Tracking how I felt each week honestly helped me stop second-guessing every little change.

Still more to do, but this is the first stretch that has felt repeatable instead of extreme.

Mostly posting because I wanted to compare notes with people who have been through it.

Quick progress check in. I went from 275 to 176 over about 14 to 15 months and most of that came while using reta.

Training-wise I mostly stuck with basic push pull legs, 4x/week starting around month 2. The boring answer is that consistency finally beat intensity. I stopped trying to win the week in two perfect days and just started stacking okay days.

Curious how other people handled that stage because that part took me a minute to figure out.

I’m down around 99 lbs now and the biggest surprise is that it finally feels normal instead of chaotic.

The logging side mattered because it stopped me from pretending one rough day meant the whole week was off the rails. Part of what helped was having a record to look back on instead of assuming every weird day meant something huge.

For the people further along than me, what actually helped you keep that feeling going?