Moral support for a long time lurker

Hello friends

Maybe this sub isn’t where I should be posting this. If so let me know.

My highest weight was 172 lbs. I am 5”4’ F. About two years ago I found this sub and CICO and after applying its principles, after about a year I lost 53 lbs. I began eating at maintenance once I hit my lowest adult weight (119). I also began weight training.

Fast forward to about two months ago. After a light (3 month) bulk session (bulking being 1600 cals.) I’m at 129ish lbs. ive gained a lot of muscle so I assumed most of the weight was from there. I still have stubborn tummy fat that I want to get rid of though. So after my bulk I began my cut. 1100 calories, 100g protein daily. Gym 6 days a week. Weight training only with about 20 mins cardio warm up/cool down. It’s been more than a month since my change to 1100, and before that I was shooting for 1300 but I wasn’t seeing any weight loss so I cut even further.

At the beginning of my 1100 calories endeavor (end of January) I was 129 lbs. 1+ month and 5-6 days a week of intense weight training later , the lowest I’ve been on the scale (I weigh myself every day before eating and after using the bathroom) is 128.8.

That’s right. Only .2 pounds different. Eleven hundred fucking calories for a month and busting my ass in the gym for .2 pounds.

I’ve read all about plateaus and I guess that’s what this is. Mostly I want to say fuck the diet it doesn’t work anyway. But I’m so scared of gaining back the weight. It feels like 1100 is my new maintenance somehow. But how can that be if I’m 129 and 5”4’?

I mechanically eat my calories and then tell myself I’ll be skinny if I just keep with it. Hit the gym almost every day every rep is so hard and I’m like, just do it you’ll be skinny if you do!

Idk why I’m posting this even. I suppose I can look back at it in another month and see if I’m the same weight still. Hopefully the plateau breaks soon before my mental does because it’s so exhausting to live at this calorie level.

Love you all, stick with your calories people you all are stars ✨ and you’ll make it I pinky swear.

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