From Lean to Shred with Ret

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Your Age
33
Starting Weight
83
Current Weight
78
Which product did you use?
Retatrutide
Weekly Dosage
1-2 mg
Duration of Use
5 weeks
Did you use any additional compounds during your transformation?
  1. TRT Protocol
  2. Anabolic Steroids
Did you follow a specific diet?
Intermittent Fasting
Tell us how your life changed after your weight loss transformation
The biggest lesson was that getting shredded doesn’t have to mean putting your life on hold. I still enjoyed weekends, restaurants, and good food. Retatrutide definitely made the process easier, but consistency, calorie balance, and training are the main factors while Reta being the Sprinkle on the Cake.
I Plan to stay on a low dose Reta year round to see if it can improve general health and bio markers
Would you recommend this weight loss approach to others?
Yes
This was a short cut, taking me from 83 kg to 78 kg in 5 weeks. I was already lean, so the goal wasn’t just to lose weight, but to go from lean to shredded.

I didn’t follow a meal plan. Instead, I used MyFitnessPal and a flexible “If It Fits Your Macros” approach. Some days I was 1,500 calories in a deficit, while other days I ate at maintenance or above.
still ate out every weekend and occasionally went all out at a buffet.
On some days, I also incorporated 22-hour fasts.

Rather than eating tiny portions, I switched to less calorie-dense foods so I could still enjoy big meals.

Retatrutide was a tool and I used 1-2 mg per week. I never wanted to suppress my appetite. My goal was simply to take the edge off sweet cravings while getting a bit of help with insulin sensitivity and energy expenditure.
I did try 3 mg, but it gave me nausea after meals, so I quickly went back to the lower dose.

Training stayed the same throughout: weight training plus 20-30 minutes of Zone 3-4 cardio every day. That’s my routine year-round, whether I’m cutting, maintaining, or bulking. Alongside a TRT-based protocol, I also used 150 mg Primobolan per week and 20 mg Anavar on training days.

Looking back, I could probably have made the cut a little slower, as some of the very low-calorie days affected my training. But I do much better with a short, focused cut than dragging it out for months.

Pics in white shorts are "After" and brown shorts are "Before"

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This was a short cut, taking me from 83 kg to 78 kg in 5 weeks. I was already lean, so the goal wasn’t just to lose weight, but to go from lean to shredded.

I didn’t follow a meal plan. Instead, I used MyFitnessPal and a flexible “If It Fits Your Macros” approach. Some days I was 1,500 calories in a deficit, while other days I ate at maintenance or above.
still ate out every weekend and occasionally went all out at a buffet.
On some days, I also incorporated 22-hour fasts.

Rather than eating tiny portions, I switched to less calorie-dense foods so I could still enjoy big meals.

Retatrutide was a tool and I used 1-2 mg per week. I never wanted to suppress my appetite. My goal was simply to take the edge off sweet cravings while getting a bit of help with insulin sensitivity and energy expenditure.
I did try 3 mg, but it gave me nausea after meals, so I quickly went back to the lower dose.

Training stayed the same throughout: weight training plus 20-30 minutes of Zone 3-4 cardio every day. That’s my routine year-round, whether I’m cutting, maintaining, or bulking. Alongside a TRT-based protocol, I also used 150 mg Primobolan per week and 20 mg Anavar on training days.

Looking back, I could probably have made the cut a little slower, as some of the very low-calorie days affected my training. But I do much better with a short, focused cut than dragging it out for months.

Pics in white shorts are "After" and brown shorts are "Before"

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Hi Fluffyde!!

First of all, thanks for being such an active part of the community and for always sharing your experience here. Posts like this are useful because they show a realistic approach: not suffering, not disappearing from life, but still getting the job done.

And honestly, you are genetically blessed with those ab insertions. Even when you are “just lean” and not in full freak condition, the rectus abdominis already pops clearly. That kind of structure is not something you build with drugs or dieting, you either have it or you don’t. In your case, once you get lean, the look becomes very aesthetic very quickly.

I also like that you understand Retatrutide as a tool, not as the whole process. The real win here is that you managed food flexibility, training consistency and cardio without turning the cut into a miserable prison. That is a mature approach.

My only advice would be: don’t abuse the very low-calorie days too often if performance starts dropping. With your structure, you don’t need to suffer hard to look good. A slightly slower cut, keeping training output high and staying full, will probably make you look even better.

Great work, mate. This is a very clean “lean to shredded” example, and I’d definitely like to see how you look if you keep this condition while slowly adding more quality size. (Is your next step a serious bulk? 😎)

Keep me posted!!

Shark
 
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