I had a pretty physical job before and have always been slim but the last two years I have worked from home and have not been moving as much as I used to and gained weight, I’d say I would like to lose about 12 kg. I started the diet late last year, but did take a break during the holidays, resumed it in the beginning on January and I have been strict since then. I did not weigh myself for the first months because I had some eating disorders while younger and I could get quite obsessive about weighing myself. I thought I would see a difference in clothes, but I didn’t so I finally bought batteries for my old scale a couple of weeks ago. First of all I had no idea I had gained that much weight, it was quite disheartening, but I have been weighing myself since then and NOTHING happens. I suspect nothing has been happening for this whole time because my clothes fit just like before and it’s difficult to fit into the jeans I used to wear the summer before last.
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I eat the calories I’m supposed to on the non eating days, focusing on getting as much protein in as I can. On the other days I don’t eat unhealthy food. I work out quite a lot, lifting weights four times a week. I lift quite heavy and have been doing this for a few years, so I know the importance of a high protein intake for muscles. After weighing myself the first time I made some smaller changes. Stopped drinking Coke Zero altogether, as well as stopped drinking protein shakes with sweetener in them, in case the sweeteners messed with my body, since there are studies that say it can happen. I have also reduced my carb intake slightly and reduced my breakfast with some 200 cal. Since winter is over and the snow is gone where I live I also take a one hour walk a day now. So about two weeks with these new tweaks and still nothing. I have no idea why I’m not losing weight and am feeling quite despondent.