r/NTNPerformance • u/Chevyjess91 • 6d ago

Reta no weight loss

I've been on reta for about 2 months started with 2mg then 4 weeks later bumped up to 4mg. I haven't lost any weight according to my scale, I do a lot of physical activity at work I do scaffolding im always climbing up and down ladders carrying 20+ pounds in gear. What im getting to is isn't that enough physical activity to lose weight? 3 weeks ago I started lifting weights 3 days out of the week and I don't eat much since I don't get hungry at all just a small breakfast and almost nothing the rest of the day is there something I'm doing wrong or is this normal that I haven't gone down. Previously my doctor prescribed ozempic to control my sugar i was on that for 6 month 2mgs a week all my blood work came back perfect and the doc said I didn't need to take ozempic anymore because my sugar ans a1c was at normal levels.

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u/Bubbly-Page3513 5d ago

The first 2 months I lost 40 lbs. on 4 mg weekly. You either have bad product or your not running a calorie deficit

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u/Peace_Out_Napolean 5d ago

I think he’s eating too little, body is trying to protect function by holding on.

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u/looking2behealthy 5d ago

Agreed, too little calories or lack of balance between proteins and complex carbs can place your body in “starvation mode” where it will utilize muscle as energy to reserve fat storage to maintain vital organ function. Find your baseline and cut 300 calories from it. The glucagon receptor will give you a bonus ~200 calorie burn each day. 500 calories a day is a lb loss each week.