A year ago I was 265 lbs and running on fumes. Today I'm lighter, steadier, and feeling better than I have in a decade — after changing a lot at once, goodtides included. This is that story. My own experience, not a result anyone should expect.
I'm not a bodybuilder or a gym rat. I ski 30-plus days a year, bike all summer, hike, paddleboard. Last January my labs weren't where I wanted them — fasting insulin high, liver markers elevated, lipids drifting the wrong way. I wasn't broken; I was running at 60% and calling it normal. So I changed a lot at once: how I ate, how I trained, how I slept — and yes, a peptide protocol. Over the months that followed I started feeling like myself again — steadier energy, easier recovery, a clearer head. I can't tell you which change did what, and I won't pretend to.
But getting here wasn't easy. I pieced my first protocol together from five different vendors — one for this peptide, another for that, a third for bacteriostatic water, needles from somewhere else. My dosing came off random Reddit threads and half-remembered posts from people I had no reason to trust. Every vial was a coin flip on whether it matched the label. I kept at it because of how I felt — but I shouldn't have had to.
Six research compounds I personally used — not a recommendation, not a protocol to copy, and not approved to treat any condition. What you run is between you and your clinician.
A GLP-1 / GIP / glucagon triple agonist.
A mitochondrial-derived peptide.
A four-peptide blend — BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, GHK-Cu.
A GHRH analog.
A melanocortin-receptor agonist.
Two short regulatory peptides.
The hardest part wasn't the compounds — it was running them right. So I built the app I wished I'd had. Free, installs in a tap, and it does the parts I used to get wrong.
Vial mg + bac water becomes the exact units to draw, on a syringe you can read.
A push before every scheduled dose — named by peptide, so you never double-up or forget.
What's open, what's left, and a heads-up before you run out.
Upload a lab PDF and watch your markers trend against reference ranges — on your device.
Mechanism, safety, pharmacology and sourced references on every peptide — not a midnight Reddit thread.
No app store, works offline, and your data stays on your phone.
These moved while I changed four things at once — diet, training, sleep, and a peptide protocol — so no single input can be credited. One person's numbers over four months, same lab and provider; not a claim about what peptides do, and not a typical or expected result.
These are my personal lab values, not a result you should expect. The compounds I used are research compounds — not approved by the FDA to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease — and nothing on this page is medical advice. Talk to a licensed clinician before starting anything.
Peptides are a fast-moving, barely-charted space — equal parts real science and confident nonsense. goodtides is my attempt to cut a clean path through it: compounds you can actually trust, the dosing math and tracking handled for you, and sourced information instead of bro-science.
You don't need to be a biohacker. You just need to want to feel as good as your life demands.
Keith