A rant: I feel like I’m doing everything right and I’m still plateaued, AKA the saga of, how much water is in me?! And why is my TDEE so low?!! And why is it so hard to be active during quarantine when I seemingly have all the time in the world??!

That’s a rhetorical question. But I keep seeing posts about “water weight gain” referring to 0.5-1.0 lb overnight. I REGULARLY lose and gain the same 3-4 lb from one day to the next! There will be 2 lbs difference on the scale between 8 am and 10 am with no drink/food consumption. And no, it’s not the scale.

I’ve been eating 1200 calories every damn day except for maybe one 1800 calorie day on the weekend and I keep losing and gaining the SAME 3-4 pounds even though I’m tracking calories meticulously.

I think it has to do with working from home during quarantine, the only activity I’m really getting is a 30 minute workout and the rest of the day I’m sitting on my butt when normally I’d be on my feet more throughout the day. That’s my own fault. It seems like it’d be easy to workout when I’m WFH but it’s hard to balance getting all my work done in time and getting up to be active.

I’m 5’3F, 155 lbs down from 170 in January. I’m halfway to my goal. I’ve made a lot of progress but I’ve been plateaued for a month or so and it’s so frustrating because I just don’t eat very much and I’m STILL not losing anything. I’ll have a coffee with unsweetened almond milk for breakfast, 450 cal worth of lettuce wraps for lunch, and protein/veg/whole grains for dinner. Today I had 1/2 slice pumpkin bread and a white claw for dessert. I have been SO meticulous with this and nothing is happening.

I guess this is just a very disorganized rant post. Please, do share your tips for getting through diet/quarantine burnout 😭

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