61kg / 134lbs, 170cm / 5'7", 19 year male as title states.
Please hear me out before stating the obvious! :)
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I am by no means overweight and never have been, although I've always been a little round. Since this summer I have actively been running a lot and eating less, which has resulted in a weight loss of aprox 8kg/16lbs (never weighed myself before so only an estimate). Being very close to my goal weight, I got a gym card as a means to burn these last kilograms and started since then tracking my weight every day, drinking a lot of water and tracking close to every single calorie. Yet, it seems as if I am not losing quite as much weight as I should.
I hit the gym 3 times a week doing both weight lifting and cardio for a combined time of aprox 1h30min. I aim for 1700kcal the days I do workout and a little over 1500 during rest days. Considering my TDEE is way above that (https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=metric&g=male&age=19&kg=61&cm=170&act=1.55&f=1) I cannot ever think that I eat in a maintenance, I simply must be in a calorie deficit (I track everything). Yet, as stated, my weight doesn't reflect this at all: I've gone from 61,2kg to 60,9kg during the course of a whole month (basically same weight).
I eat very healthy and gym-friendly (turkey, chicken, beef, vegetables, fruits, rice, 100% peanut butter). Could it really be that I need to eat even less? Could it by any chance be muscle building, or water weight since I drink so much? Am I eating too little?
It just seems as if I stopped losing weight when I actually started counting calories and weighing myself... Any advice or opinion would help a lot!
PS. I should add that the reason why I want to lose weight is to minimize fat% before actively starting to bulk, I am still a bit skinny-fat.
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