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800 Calorie Diet?

I am just curious if any of you have ever been “advised” by your medical professional to only eat 800 calories while taking a glp1.

I have a friend who got into a clinical trial for retatrutide and they literally told her the pharmaceutical guideline is 800 cals max (but doc said she could do 1000). She’s not small. To say I’m shocked would be an understatement. All this proves to me is that the pharmaceutical company wants max results - no matter how terrible the medical advice - so they can get their drug approved and make money.

I am so upset and worried about her HEALTH and she is desperate so she is going to take this advice to starve herself. 😞 I know it’s her life but how can these medical providers and pharmaceutical companies live with themselves giving that kind of advice?

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u/Gimmie-Tea2172 — 1 day ago

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triumph 7 update

hiiiii. so i went to the doctor today for the reta trial and to get my next batch of medication. starting week 5 today. moving up today to 4mg active meds or placebo. didn’t lose much weight at all month 1 on 2mg (i lost a ton on tirz years ago), but the suppression (and headaches which i never have) are there. when they did my measurements they were shook because it was such a vast change though. i lost 8cm around my waist in a month, so basically 3 inches lost around my waist but down less than -5lbs.

i’ve been doing 10k steps a day, in a deficit, and i lift with my trainer 3x a week. i have about 70 more lbs to lose so kinda expected more. the highest dose of tirz i ever did is 5mg. i know it could just be body recomp, but tirz seemed to change the numbers on the scale a lot easier. is this normal on reta? will i see more weight loss on the 4mg? i’m gonna take it tonight before bed.

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u/Savings-Euphoric — 1 day ago

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TRIUMPH-6: Officially just hit my lowest weight as an adult

Might not look like a significant number, but having tracked my weight through various diets and whatnot over 30 years, this is the lowest number I've ever seen. The lowest since high school. And the previous all-time-low was from my early 30s, when I had almost no responsibilities or distractions and was able to intensely focus on diet and exercise to where I was eating nothing but salads and running marathons, and still that only got me to 243.8 lbs.

This puts me at ~64 lbs down from my study starting weight, and I'm only on week 36 of the TRIUMPH-6 80-week open-label lead-in period. I literally cannot imagine what I'll look or feel like in another 44 weeks (or another 80 weeks if I get randomized into the high-dose maintenance arm).

u/JudiciousJackalope — 6 days ago

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Side effects... Depression??

I've been on reta for about 3 weeks. This last week or so, I've been really down. Like, much more depressed than I expected. Everything feels like fight or flight and everything feels like the end of the world. I've been on wellbuterin for about 2 months now so the only thing that's changed is the reta. Is this just me? I feel like an absolute crazy person and I'm thinking about quitting it.

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u/Rude-Tumbleweed-8102 — 7 days ago