I’m 5’7 (174 cm), 142 lbs (64 kg). I know I don’t have much weight to lose because I’m already at a healthy weight. But I was never happy with my visual appearance or how weak I was physically so I decided to start exercising and dieting.
About May 10th I started exercising (pushups, crunches, squats, planks, etc) and doing the C25K program, with one week off due to injury early on. I’ve been dieting for exactly 30 days.
I started off with keto + CICO at 1,200 calories or less for the first two weeks until I decided I was too hungry and increased to 1,300 cal for 1 week. At this point, I lost zero weight. Then I stopped keto all together in week 4 when I realized I only needed CICO and low carb.
I religiously counted my calories but I wasn’t losing weight. I didn’t understand why. My body hadn’t changed the whole month, except for an inch off my waist and an inch off my bust.
Then, just yesterday I was walking naked to the scale and I thought I looked a little thinner in the stomach. I stepped on the scale and to my surprise, I was 143. I had been flip-flopping between 144-146 the whole month, but now the number finally changed.
I went to measure myself and I had lost a whole inch and a half off my hips and another inch and a half off my waist. I had just measured myself a few days prior, and the numbers had been the same as last time I measured myself. I double and triple checked, but the measuring tape didn’t lie.
Today I weighed in at 142.
I know this doesn’t seem like a lot, but for someone who is already a normal weight it takes a long time to drop those last few pounds to a lower body fat percentage.
I thought I wasn’t losing weight even though I was doing everything I was supposed to, but my body must have finally let go of whatever it was holding onto because I see the change on myself and on the scale.
Everyone, never lose hope. CICO works. 4 weeks of no weight loss is disheartening, but if you wait it out you will see results!
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