All joking aside, sometimes we find ourselves doing everything correctly for a long enough time that lean mass /
water weight gains continuing to mask fat loss is unlikely — particularly when the stall in weight loss is combined with a lack of change in inches or what we look like in the mirror.
The thing that is tough, though — is given that my goal is 100 lbs down by 2/23 (my birthday)-- it is frustrating when I deviate slightly (had one night where I ate quite a bit of carmel corn, and the next day big stirfry with light soy sauce, etc)-- yet because I ate even more strict and cleaner than before for 11 straight days before that (not one cheat day, processed food or meal), I
gained 14 — yes 14 — pounds in
water weight that two weeks later I have only lost 12 of, despite hitting the gym 6 times since, and
continuing to eat stellar (no cheat - low sodium days)-- Funny thing is, my clothes are looser and looser --