New Guy. Ready to go!
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Hi all. I’m a 64 year old male. I’m on TRT and went on Keto a year and a half ago. I dropped from 240 to 160lbs. I slowly added in walking and started going to the gym last June. My weight has gone between 165 and 158 depending on whether I tell myself that I’m cutting or bulking, but body comp scale just seems to tie body fat and lean mass to overall weight, so it still says I’m at about 17%body fat.
This is despite having visible muscles for the first time in my life. My arms and legs have leaned out, no more moobs, and I can almost see abs.
I’m excited to try peptides, initially to address nagging pain and injuries (Wolverine) then bringing in Reta to address remaining visceral fat and food noise. If this hasn’t killed me, I may try a course of Tesamorelin & Ipamorelin next. I placed my first order yesterday from Orbitrex.
Dang! That’s a lot of yapping! I’m looking forward to learning from you all. Thanks.
@SpaceGhost Welcome!
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Welcome to the Rats nest! If you’re looking into Wolverine for nagging injuries, I would recommend looking into KPV as well.
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Thanks. That’s the plan. I’ll go at least 4 weeks on Wolverine before starting a low dose of Reta. Depending on how I respond to Wolverine, I may lay off for a spell then replace it with Glow or Klow. (Can’t remember the difference)
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Welcome to the Rats nest! If you’re looking into Wolverine for nagging injuries, I would recommend looking into KPV as well.
@WesEqualshXc
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Get stable on a glp (reta) first. It takes the longest to titrate up the dose. Get your a1c and fasting insulin/glucose now before starting. You are going to want to track this as the glp takes effect and get you ready to start the Tesa/Ipa. In good enough health with an appropriate dose of GLP you can mitigate the glucose issues caused by raising IGF.
there's also no reason to stagger BPC/TB500 and Reta except for test dosing to watch for an allergic reaction. Get an epipen and a Primatene inhaler to use incase of a reaction and of course call emergency services in the event. (extremely unlikely but cheap insurance).
Ask AI what labs to get done and track, you can order labs yourself now.
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Welcome!
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Get stable on a glp (reta) first. It takes the longest to titrate up the dose. Get your a1c and fasting insulin/glucose now before starting. You are going to want to track this as the glp takes effect and get you ready to start the Tesa/Ipa. In good enough health with an appropriate dose of GLP you can mitigate the glucose issues caused by raising IGF.
there's also no reason to stagger BPC/TB500 and Reta except for test dosing to watch for an allergic reaction. Get an epipen and a Primatene inhaler to use incase of a reaction and of course call emergency services in the event. (extremely unlikely but cheap insurance).
Ask AI what labs to get done and track, you can order labs yourself now.
@vonendorphin
I’ve gotten my glucose under control through diet. I’m off multiple diabetes and cholesterol medications and my H1c is down to 5.1.I had read it was usually better to run the healing protocol before starting the GLP. Why start with the GLP? Thanks.
Edited to add:
Doesn’t an EpiPen require a prescription?
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@vonendorphin
I’ve gotten my glucose under control through diet. I’m off multiple diabetes and cholesterol medications and my H1c is down to 5.1.I had read it was usually better to run the healing protocol before starting the GLP. Why start with the GLP? Thanks.
Edited to add:
Doesn’t an EpiPen require a prescription?
Doesn’t an EpiPen require a prescription?
Yes, but Dr's will hand them out like candy. "I want one for my first aid bag".
GLP titration should go slow so you don't have aggressive side effects. It's also not great at targeting just visceral fat, moreso putting you in a caloric deficit. Visceral fat loss on it comes mostly from Glucose/Insulin control.
GH will mess with your blood sugar, especially if you were diabetic the risk is higher. Since your goal is visceral fat, taking the path to getting on GH safely the soonest will meet your goal, and for that it's getting stable on the GLP then adding GH. You should buy some Dexcom stelos and track your 4 week GLP, then your GH additions. Even at some Reta and just Tesa/Ipa I found a bowl of granola would spike me to 150 and make me take a nap. I had to get the Reta up to 4mg and really watch my sugars/carbs to run lots of GH.
Think of it as your safety net.
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