F/22/5'7 SW:165 CW:150 GW:130

QUICK BACKSTORY: I lost 15lbs since 2016 and I've thankfully managed to keep that weight off BUT I, for the life of me, have been struggling to maintain anything lower. Every summer, I drop to around 142? (My lowest has been 137) But, I always bounce back up. Admittedly, school becomes very stressful and so I've always fallen down because of stress eating. Last summer though, I dropped to 144 and managed to keep my reins on my diet and go down to 141 in January. From then, with a combination of stress from sudden quarantine restrictions and general school, I unfortunately bounced back to 149 and I'm so tired. I understand that the number on the scale doesn't necessarily matter; however, it's still pretty discouraging.

Which brings us to today,

Putting my self care first, I've jumped back into intermittent fasting (combination of 16:8 and 18:6 because some days are just inconvenient), counting my calories (TDEE says 1500 but I usually end up at around 1300 because of IF), and watching my macros for low carb. My diet isn't extremely clean, but I make sure that I'm meeting my macros and eating protein. I also exercise at least 4-5 times a week: 30-45 of home workout videos and occasionally 15 mins of jump roping (I'm gonna aim to do this more frequently because I'm assuming I'm lacking cardio.)

It's been a month of this and my weight has done nothing but fluctuate between 148-151. I have lost an inch in my weight which I'm super happy by and I look a little more toned. I'm just not sure if I'm on the right path or not. In past summers, I've lost at least a pound per month but the process is also extremely slowwww. My past weight logs show similar signs of my weight bouncing between numbers, but gaining weights is no problem.

Long ramble, but I'm just wondering if there's anything more I can do or if there's anything I'm doing wrong. Part of me wonders if IF is the issue because I tried it for a month last year and I started to lose weight after I stopped, but I don't think a month was enough time to even see it progress.

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