Reta Results: Muscle Loss Real?

gaining muscle is hard. maybe easier for untrained heavy people but honestly. see it all the time - someone posts weight stalled or went up for a week and someone says 'oh you probably gained muscle'. person's eating protein, walking around, claims deficit - and that's why they didn't drop? nah.
 
Peptides won't build muscle on their own. First: consistent resistance training, weights heavy enough to actually feel the strain. Second: 0.75–1g protein per pound of bodyweight — not optional. Then maybe testosterone or creatine. Elite athletes add anabolics and HGH.
 
The muscle loss profile on Reta tracks with deficit rate, not medication-specific mechanism - the glucagon component doesn't add the protective effect that was initially claimed. Starting at 270 and down 74 lbs, the composition outcome at this pace follows resistance training frequency and protein intake more than which agent you're using.
 
Lifters on this seem to do okay if they keep volume reasonable. I'm running upper/lower split twice each per week - top sets to failure, one back-off, calories around maintenance minus 200. Legs I keep as cardio mostly (rower 20 min plus light dumbbells) since I'm not chasing leg mass. Lost about 6 lbs the first month on Reta and DEXA showed essentially zero LBM drop. Protein at 0.9 g/lb seems to be the main lever.
 
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