It's true that you can lose some weight with MT2. I have friends who do this. To make it more effective, you need to have a diet plan.
Melanotanis an analog of the peptide hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone. Melanotan has the additional effect of increasing libido. Melanotan has aphrodisiac properties. It does actually help in releasing a few pounds.
What I know is that it has aphrodisiac and anti-cancer effects. But I just learned from a friend that it actually helps in weight loss other than just reducing appetite. MT2 decreases fat mass. I am not taking my chances yet, I want to learn if it is really true.
MT2 doesn't have any fat burning effects, the only way it helps with fat loss is by appetite suppression, and even that is secondary and unreliable as a weight loss method.
I think if your appetite is suppressed, then it could help you loss weight. But if you want to total weight loss, I don't think MT2 is the solution. I suggest you try other peptides to go with it. Tan and fit, I like that! I am no expert but I check a lot of sites that could help me because I want to shed weight as well.
I lost a pretty significant amount of weight (around 80 pounds) using HCG and the strict hcg diet protocol. Then I shifted to a primal lifestyle with a lot of low-level aerobic, and a couple of hard but short strength training sessions a week to some muscle. I'm doing pretty well with maintaining but my weight hasn't dropped any more in MONTHS and I'd like to drop one more dress size, probably 10-15 pounds. I often get the urge to munch on things late in the evening while watching TV. Even with primal approved foods, that's still additional calories. If I wasn't hungry, then I could avoid that and I thought it might help. I could lose the 10-15 pounds easily with another round of HCG but I'd lose a little ground on my workouts those weeks because I'd have to scale back on the super-strict diet. I was interested in the MT-2 for tanning and don't want to do both at once so I was wondering if the appetite suppression I saw rumors of was real or not to help me make the decision.
I do not think that melanotan is the cause of weight loss directly. However, you do feel the effects of appetite loss while taking melanotan so that may be while you are losing weight.
Clinical research has shown many times that MT-2 has very good fat burning effects. It has to do with how it affects your body's natural process involving lipids, rather than the suppression of appetite like many believe.