So frustrated with stagnant weight loss

I’ve been trying to lose weight for quite a while now and I’m getting super frustrated with my lack of progress. Any advice would be amazing.

I’m a 24yo female, 5’9” (180cm) and currently 11st 5lbs (159lbs/72kg). I’m not overweight, but I’ve always liked to get down to about 10st for my own body goals.

Last year I started at 11st 4lbs and managed to get down to 10st 13lbs just by 16:8 fasting and watching calories for my breakfast and lunch (I didn’t track dinners as my parents made healthy meals with so many ingredients that I couldn’t be bothered to track 😬). I didn’t do too much exercise, just the odd walk. I was super happy with the weight loss and wanted to keep going, but that’s when I moved in with my boyfriend. I’m sure you all know how it went.

This year I’ve gotten up to 11st 8lbs, which is when I started really cracking down on being healthier. Sadly, everything I’ve done seems to be making barely any difference.

I still do the 16:8 fast as I prefer to eat that way. I previously tried going to the gym more and cutting down to 1200 calories per day yet lost nothing over the span of a few weeks (that was with calorie tracking on my fitness pal, and just in case I missed any calories in the likes of cooking oil I’d always leave 50-100 cals spare each day). Then my sister suggested that that might be too low so I’ve bumped it up to 1300-400 with the same method of leaving 50-100 cals over in case of missed ingredients. I try to do at least a 10 minute walk daily, go to the gym at least once a week for light cardio and try to eat healthier food options, yet so far in the past 2 months I’ve lost only 3 pounds, and that fluctuates constantly - last Saturday I was 11st 4lbs, then 4 days later I was 11st 6lbs 😭.

I’m wondering if having a cheat day might be the culprit as I tend to have one each weekend, though I try not to go crazy and if I do go slightly overboard then I try to go to the gym to help a bit. I really have no idea what else I can do except quit my cheat days, but I really don’t want to do that as it’s the only day I can eat the tasty things I’ve been craving 😭

If anyone has any suggestions or can offer any advice I’d really appreciate it.

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