50% progress, need some advice and motivation!

Hey All,

I am 50% through my weight loss journey. I have lost ~16lbs over the past ~12 weeks. I feel like my mind is playing tricks on me and just need to get out of my head, get some advice and get back in the game.

I know home scales are not accurate but instead precise. According to the scales (I bought a second for some added signal), I am losing 1:1 muscle to fat (eg. I have allegedly lost 8lb of muscle and 8lb of fat).

I dont think I have lost strength per se (workout volume and intensity has been reduced by ~20% compared to before the cut) but the mind games are strong, I know I should stay the course but thoughts are intruding: should I take a break? should I increase calories? increase workout intensity? should I stop working out and reduce calories even more? I guess I am kinda panicking and thinking that I am failing even though clearly I am succeeding in what I set out to do which is losing weight.

Any advice? Any words to knock sense into me?

Facts:

• workout 5 days per week, 3 days cardio 3 days weight training (overlap one day)
  • push/pull/legs split, 3-4 moves, 2-4 sets each
  • I lift 12 rep range with 0-2 reps left in the last set
  • cardio is zone2 on a bike
• sedentary desk job, fairly active after work due to family life
• 1700-1800 cals on rest days, 2000-2200 cals on workout days
  • hitting the 1g/1lb of body weight 95% of the time
• sleep around 5-7 hours (we have a newborn)

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