Help and advice needed with weight loss!!

b57tvsx9z6
b57tvsx9z6 Posts: 1 Member
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I’ve been a calorie deficit since August and I’ve lost 21 pounds. I got down to 125 which is just 5 pounds off from my goal weight; however, once I updated my weight in the app it started to add more calories but not enough to where I wouldn’t still be in a deficit. I have since gained two pounds back and I haven’t been able to lose any more weight. I’m starting to get confused as to what the cause is. I do workout 5 days a week and lift weights so it may be muscle but I’m also concerned that it might be my metabolism or possibly cortisol levels that are messing me up since I’ve been in a calorie deficit for so long. I just need advice from someone with experience so any tips are greatly appreciated :)
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  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,220 Member
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    b57tvsx9z6 wrote: »
    I’ve been a calorie deficit since August and I’ve lost 21 pounds. I got down to 125 which is just 5 pounds off from my goal weight; however, once I updated my weight in the app it started to add more calories but not enough to where I wouldn’t still be in a deficit. I have since gained two pounds back and I haven’t been able to lose any more weight. I’m starting to get confused as to what the cause is. I do workout 5 days a week and lift weights so it may be muscle but I’m also concerned that it might be my metabolism or possibly cortisol levels that are messing me up since I’ve been in a calorie deficit for so long. I just need advice from someone with experience so any tips are greatly appreciated :)
    adding calories won’t cause further weightloss, if anything you may need to lower. That’s a good rate of loss so more than likely you needed to leave the calorie amount alone if you were still losing.

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