Hey all, I've been dealing with a long plateau and was wondering if anybody could give an explanation on why.I have a large tumor so I'm a bit complicated medically, and I've been told in the past that it could have had an effect on my metabolism and calories, but my prior progress has indicated that as seemingly untrue.
TL;DR - Doing everything right, tracking, CICO, high protein focus, weight lifting 6x a week going ham feeling great but scale isn't moving, wondering if its due to high calorific deficit/cortisol/hormone related or weight lifting frequency related.
I'm a 19M, 5'11, 328lbs (2900 TDEE set as sedentary) currently and I've been in my weight loss journey for a little bit now, just doing CICO and I've been weight-lifting from the very start, it's something I've grown to enjoy and be very passionate about and can't imagine going without now. I was lifting 3x a week in the beginning on 2,200 calories, lost a good bit (10lbs/month to 15lbs/month, no more than 5% body fat max/month tho) and eventually lowered my calories to 1750 (high protein focus) when I plateau'd.
I within the last month have up'd my routine from 3x a week to 6x a week (pull push legs x2), I feel great, I do my program great and I can lift heavy comfortably and go ham, but for the past 30-35 days I've basically just gone up 5 pounds, gone down 5 pounds, gone up 5 pounds, over and over. I understand plateau's and generally how they work, but I'm not sure if my large calorie deficit has impacted my metabolism, caused something cortisol related or not, or if my new workout frequency paired with my deficit has caused my body to become confused.
I've been told to try refeed periods and "taking a break from my diet" but truthfully I sort of can't fathom going back to a high amount of calories because of changed habits, so I can maybe go up to 2500 if seemingly a good idea. I'm trusting in the process and not really too worried as I know I'm losing body fat and what I'm doing feels easy and sustainable to me currently, but would just like to know if anybody has an explanation I haven't considered/learnt about.
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