I'm 31F/SW 230/CW 191

I started counting calories and working out at the beginning of lockdown because I knew I was already too heavy and was scared of getting even heavier in quarantine. I figured I might as well use my time stuck in my house being productive and come out of lockdown a little bit hotter :P

The first few months were a breeze; I was eating 1500 calories, getting lots of cardio in, drinking a ton of water, and losing ~10lbs a month. I figured I must be a magical unicorn who would be able to just drop all the weight relatively quickly in a linear fashion.

Then I hit July and my scale just stopped moving, right as I was about to enter onederland. I gained and lost the same three pounds for a solid eight weeks; bouncing back and forth between 199.1 - 201.5 was ~*torture*~. I tried everything - drinking more water, cutting my calories down to 1300, working out more, OMAD, I even spent two days eating at maintenance and feeling bloated....nothing worked. The freaking thing wouldn't budge.

Then about a week and a half ago I had a friend come to stay for a couple of days, so I didn't work out and relaxed my diet a little bit (still at a deficit, but over 1300 calories). When they left I picked back up with my daily workouts and strict diet and KABOOM, there went the scale. Over the course of just a few days I dropped from 199 to 197, 195, 193, and today I weight 191lbs. If I can whoosh for one more day, I will have spent a grand total of a week in the 190's (which obviously isn't true, I'd been losing the whole time, but let me have it!).

But the point is, I'm so fucking glad I didn't get discouraged and quit. There were definitely a couple of points in there where I was tempted to just eat whatever because who cares I haven't lost weight in a month anyway. Don't do it! If you know what you're doing is working, it'll still be working even if the scale hasn't caught up yet. You're still making progress even if you aren't getting the data reading you're looking for. And jfc that whoosh is the most satisfying thing in the world when it happens :D

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