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The fertility improvement stories are clustering enough to be more than coincidence - the visceral fat reduction and metabolic stabilization from Reta create conditions that genuinely help, and the IVF-then-natural-pregnancy pattern is something enough people have documented that it's worth...

The day 6-7 hunger return tracks with the medication's half-life - serum levels trough before the next dose and the appetite signal comes back as concentration drops. The stress-eating piece is a different signal; the hunger-rating technique is solving a real but separate problem. If late-week...

The 15mg weekly regimen from 250 to 158 is about as well-documented as these journeys get. The last 9 lbs to 149 from a 92 lb drop should be methodical rather than frustrating - the closer you get to goal, the smaller the deficit the body allows. Most people in that range find that adding small...

That makes a lot of sense. It's frustrating when the scale stops moving, even though you're still working hard.

There are some small studies suggesting that taking a break for a few months and then restarting at a lower dose can help. That's been my experience too. I've been on this for about 18 months now.

Totally ok as long as you still get enough water each day-- I use an online calculator to be sure.

Yeah, sadly. I'm on the highest dose (2.4mg), and it's not doing much anymore.

People who bash diet soda conveniently forget that regular soda is way worse! All that sugar is terrible for you, but for some reason, diet soda gets all the hate.

Thanks for the tip about the discount card Heal_Girl! I'll check it out. Every little bit helps with these prices.

I feel you. I'm on .5 and can't stop myself from eating. I got up to 1.0 next month but I’ve paid about 250 dollars this month for essentially no weight loss. I hope the 1.0 helps. 🤔

I've been taking 1mg for about half a year and shed around 30lbs. But now it feels like it's not working as well. It's way harder to keep my calories down, and my weight loss has slowed way down. I pay for it myself here in Canada, and it's so expensive when it barely does anything. I'm thinking...

I'm curious for those of you maintaining, how do you manage your diet now? Does your current dose still help keep cravings at bay?

The research shows that obesity is a chronic disease and GLP-1s and bariatric surgery only manage it. Like statins and blood pressure meds, these approaches suppress the condition but don't cure it. Stop the treatment, and the condition comes back.

I'm not even using it for weight loss anymore. I lost about 55 pounds and I'm happy where I'm at. I'm still on it because it's helping my cholesterol and hopefully extending my life to see my family grow. I'm in my 50s. When I was 42, I was in great shape but had a heart attack. My arteries...

I've heard some people are splitting doses to make them last longer. I wonder if that is a viable option?