Do I need to start exercising?

Stats: 23F | 5’2” | SW: 230 | CW: 170 | GW: 125

Hi there! I’ve been on a weight loss journey for a few yrs, lost most of my weight within the first year. Since then, I have been hardcore stalled.

For the last month, I’ve been militantly strict with tracking calories. I realize some people will tell me this is unhealthy or unsustainable, but most days, I stop at 1000 and genuinely don’t feel more tired/hungry than usual. I’ve gotten down to 164 over the month but recently went back up to 170 this week despite still tracking everything religiously. I always try to compensate for what I’m tracking and I can say for a fact that I am not exceeding a deficit or even maintenance even on my worst days. I’m a full-time college student so I only eat premade foods and am therefore able to track absolutely everything I’m eating, and even then I rarely go over 1200 (for those who will tell me to compensate).

If I do eat out, which is very rare, I study the nutrition info of the item I’m ordering and even add an extra 100 to play it safe. All of this to say, I don’t think advice like “weigh your food” or “you’re not restricting enough” applies here. I know for a fact that I am in a deficit, and some days I don’t even eat more than 800. I could always switch over to making my own food, which I realize is ultimately healthier, but I still don’t understand how I’m eating such low calorie stuff like soup and not losing. I don’t binge either. Ever.

This made me question whether or not I need to exercise. Again, as a student, I am writing/studying/reading most of the time, so I pretty much live a sedentary life outside of about 2-3 miles of walking a day. While it would take a bit of effort to implement this into my schedule, I have a gym I can access on campus, and was wondering: is this the only way I can get to my goal? I am getting so frustrated with this that it’s making me wonder if something else is going on with my health, but I am willing to try anything in combination with restriction at this point.

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