I have been on a strict CI/CO diet since early November. I weigh and track all meals via MyFitnessPal app. I've been very diligent and have a 190-day streak. I've lost 75 lbs (from 282 to 207). I'm currently on 1200 calories per day and have been for about 3 months. I've lost 10-12lbs per month pretty consistently; with a steeper loss in the beginning and now gradually slowing.
Throughout my diet journey, I've done aerobic and cardio intermittently (mostly so I could eat extra food). In an effort to push myself under the 200lb mark (a long-time goal of mine), I've been exercising consistently several times a week and have introduced light weight-lifting routines and also added wrist weights to my cardio and walking routines in the last 2 weeks. All in an effort to burn more calories; not to build or tone.
Now I'm running into a problem- I'm not just stagnant .. but I'm gaining. I went from 206 > 202 > 205 > 207 in the last 3 weeks. It's mentally anguishing to step on the scale, when working so hard, and seeing my weight move in the opposite direction.. especially when I'm SO close to my first benchmark of 199.
Any thoughts? Anything I can do to get my loss back on the right trajectory?
Thanks so much for your support and any advice.
EDIT: OW: 282, CW:207, GW: 160
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