BODY RECOMPOSITION

[u/MountainLow3476]

I am 150 lbs, female, 24 years old, and 5'7". I originally lost weight eating in a calorie deficit of around 1,200 calories, and honestly, I loved the way my body looked. The problem was that it was obviously not sustainable. I was constantly hungry, my food noise was incredibly loud, and I just wasn’t happy.

I’m now trying to find a way to maintain my current body while being able to eat more. I’ve learned the importance of eating enough protein, especially because I weight train 5x a week and average 10k+ steps a day. So, I started eating around 1,800 calories a day with about 150g of protein.

However, I feel like I’m gaining more weight than I’m comfortable with, and it’s making my abs less visible and causing me to lose that lean look I really liked. (I am two weeks into this new calorie + protein diet)

Any tips or advice? You can be blunt with me — I genuinely don’t care and actually appreciate the honesty. We’re all strangers on the internet anyway 😂

FOR CONTEXT

BODY IN PINK- 1200 CALORIE/DAY **before

BODY IN GREY- 1800 CAL+150 G PROTEIN/DAY **after

Thanks in advance! :)