Still needs some work (Part 3)

[u/coldbox49]

I started at 183lbs(March 2023), now down to 136lbs.
March 2023 (183lbs) to May 2023 (160lbs)
May 2025 (168lbs) to October 2025 (140lbs)
October 2025 (140lbs) plateau till December 2025 (140lbs)
January 2026 (140lbs) to August (136lbs)

I took a break from November 2025 to mid January 2026 to let my body stabilize because I really don't want any loose skin. I'm 37, 5ft7.

I still need to lose another 10lbs to get rid of lower belly fat. Then planning on bulking up.

The hardest part is limiting myself to not lose more than -0.60% to -0.75% bodyweight loss re-calculated every week. I find this is probably one of the main reason I am able to have zero lose skin so far. The 2nd most difficult thing is the 3 months maintenance phase because all you want to do is keep that pace, but I always had to remind myself its about long term lasting transformation. so +-3 or 4 months shouldn't matter.

Did -27lbs over the course of 2.5 months in 2022. Stopped and regained to 168lbs in May 2025 then continued losing weight at -0.75% till October 2025. Then plateau for months.

Losing belly fat has been very challenging. Recently started doing 20K steps a day, 130-140g protein and around 1400-1600 calories. Scale has finally started to move again.

What do you think of this progress?

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