[pls help] why am I not losing fat

Hi everyone,

I'm getting really demoralized and I'm hoping someone on here can maybe provide some answers.

I'm Female, 20's, 5'8", 160lb. I've been on a weight loss journey since February after gaining thirty pounds this pandemic. But so far I've only lost about 12 pounds. I feel like that's like nothing considering how hard I've been working, and I'm feeling so frustrated.

The past month I haven't lost any weight at all, and I see no difference in fat. My weight scale measures body fat percentage and it's stayed at around 32% this entire past month even though I feel like it should've changed by at least several percentage points by now.

For context, I was an athlete growing up but quit in college and really let myself go the past several years, especially this past year; I've lost a lot of muscle and gained a lot of fat. Right now on this weight loss journey, I do cross training (running, HIIT, strength training, yoga) and exercise about 5-6 times per week. I've never not met this goal so far. I split it up into 1-3 sessions per day, and on average I burn 500-1000 calories in total each day I exercise. I also go out for a couple walks and get at least 10,000 steps per day, often 20,000+. Before I started this weight loss journey, I wasn't exercising and I never went out for walks (very sedentary).

I also do intermittent fasting (usually on a 16/8 schedule, sometimes 18/6). I track my calories and typically eat around 2,000 - 2,200 calories per day. I eat extremely healthily, like oatmeal, nuts, salads, grilled meats, salmon, etc. I only drink tea and water, no soft drinks or alcohol. I have a small dessert item most days, like some pieces of chocolate, but I always keep it controlled and portioned. I never eat junk food, I never eat fast food, and I never have crazy days that would negate all my week's efforts, so I really have no idea what's going on and not seeing the results I feel like I should be seeing. I use myfitnesspal and according to the app's calculations I should be losing at least 2 pounds per week.

I've considered the fact that I might just be gaining more weight in muscle, but that doesn't explain to me why I'm not seeing any fat loss. If anything, that should be supercharging my fat loss right?

In conclusion, I don't feel burnt out or like I overexercise. I don't starve myself and I eat plenty of protein. I'm active, so much more active than I was before. I've never had this much of a problem losing weight before (my weight fluctuates a lot, I've successfully dropped twenty pounds in fat before when I was a lighter weight, final weight 130 lb). But I'm just not seeing the results I'm expecting. I look the same and my numbers say I'm not improving. I feel stronger and fitter, but that's the only thing that's improved. I don't know what's going on :(

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