Day 79
Apr 20, 2026Milestone12% body fat baby
<p>We are so almost here guys, I’m ready to start the performance phase. I’m ready to feel the glycogen and water back into my muscles and feel strong again (along with looking better )</p>
Fat LossRetatrutide / HGH / MT2 / GHK-Cu
The 197 to 175 Cut - Honest Phase Journal
Day 1Day 107Day 120
Cut into the 10-12% range while keeping muscle and shape
Starting at 197 lb / ~20.8% BF and tracking every meaningful milestone down through the mid-170s. Honest notes on what the scale actually tells you, where trend beats emotion, and what peptides changed the process. Daily weigh-ins, public data, no hype.
Progress Snapshot
Weight
198.0→172.0−26
Start vs. latest
BF%
20.8%→12.0%−8.8%
Start vs. latest
Trend
Weight198.0→172.0
BF%20.8%→12.0%
Active Stack
Retatrutide
4.5 mg1x/weekSubQ
since Day 1·started at 1 mg
GHK-Cu
3 mgDailySubQ
since Day 1
HGH
2 IUDailySubQ
since Day 28
MT2
250 mcg3x/weekSubQ
since Day 61
Progress Log
Day 74
Apr 14, 2026Scale Recalibration — New BF Baseline Set
Switched the scale from standard mode to athlete mode. Should have done this sooner. Standard mode has been overcounting body fat for weeks — it's not built for someone carrying this much muscle at this weight. Athlete mode recalibrates the algorithm for higher muscle mass and lower body water rati…
Day 73
Apr 13, 2026Milestone73-day check: 198 → 175, 20.8% → 15.9% BF
73-day summary. Started 198 / 20.8%. Now 175 / ~15.9%. Roughly 23 lb off, BF down ~5 points. None of it in a straight line. Key learnings: First drop is mostly water — don't anchor to that pace. Trend beats individual readings. Lighter and leaner are different outcomes. Small losses matter more lat…
Reta 4.5 mg (current) / HGH / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily / MT2
Retatrutide dose: 3.5 mg → 4.5 mg
Day 71
Apr 11, 2026Mid-170s — daily data is unreliable, trend is fine
BF bounced 15.9%–16.7% in three days, scale jumped 3 lb. Didn't gain fat — heavier eating day, fullness came back, water came with it. Back down by day 3. Mirror during those "bad" days was honestly better because I was fuller. Daily data is unreliable on its own now. Underlying trend: ~15.9–16.2% …
Reta 4.5 mg / HGH / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily / MT2
Started MT2 — 250 mcg 3x/week
Retatrutide dose: 3 mg → 3.5 mg
Day 61
Apr 1, 2026Protocol ChangeThrough 180 — added MT2 as finishing layer
Cracked 180 for good. 177.8 lb, ~16.5% BF — roughly 20 lb off the start. Scale drops smaller now but mirror changes bigger. Every pound off is a higher percentage of total fat, so visual payoff per pound goes up. Waist genuinely narrower. First time seeing lower ab outlines under the right light. N…
Reta ~3.5-4 mg / HGH / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily / MT2
Retatrutide dose: 2.5 mg → 3 mg
Day 54
Mar 25, 2026The quiet middle — progress under the noise
The stretch nobody warns you about. Early wins behind you, scale changes smaller, mirror changes slower. Your brain asks whether anything is still happening. 181.7 → 179.3 this week. Not much scale movement for full adherence. But BF 17.6% → 17.2%, sharper through lower stomach. Fat loss becomes mo…
Reta ~3 mg / HGH / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily
Retatrutide dose: 2 mg → 2.5 mg
Day 40
Mar 11, 2026Low 180s — the cut is no longer theoretical
Into the 181–184 range, BF ~17.8%. Midsection coming in noticeably. Shoulders and arms have more visible shape. Not lean yet — but the body looks like a project that's working. HGH settled in, doing its job quietly. Fullness in training better than it should be at these calories. Reta still steppin…
Reta ~2.5 mg / HGH / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily
Started HGH — 2 IU Daily
Retatrutide dose: 1.5 mg → 2 mg
Day 28
Feb 27, 2026Protocol ChangeAdded HGH — scale noise increasing, trend still clean
Scale bounced 184.5–190.4 in ten days. Weekly average tells the real story: still losing, still tightening. Key insight: fullness and leanness don't move together day-to-day. Some of the best visual mornings were on days the scale was up. Chasing a clean linear chart during a cut is a fool's errand…
Reta ~2 mg / HGH added / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily
Retatrutide dose: 1 mg → 1.5 mg
Day 13
Feb 12, 2026First 2 weeks: 192.6 lb — early drop banked
198 → 192.6 lb, BF 20.8% → 19.7%. Most of this is water, glycogen, gut volume — standard opening move. What matters more than the number: adherence is easy, training holding up, morning weigh-ins trend down without panic spikes. Bumped reta to 1.5 mg. The work now is boring and mechanical — bank th…
Reta ~1-1.5 mg / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily
Started Retatrutide — 1 mg 1x/week
Started GHK-Cu — 3 mg Daily
Day 1
Jan 31, 2026MilestoneBaseline: 198 lb / 20.8% BF — protocol begins
Starting point: 198 lb, ~20.8% BF, 6'1". Goal: cut to 10–12% BF while preserving muscle. Body-composition phase, not a scale sprint. Biggest immediate change: appetite control. Retatrutide at 1 mg removed the nightly willpower battle. The challenge shifted from fighting hunger to making sure I ate …
Reta 1 mg / GHK-Cu 3 mg daily
