Can Jow Forums help me?
2 months ago I started trying to cut and get healthier because I've gotten really fat over recent years because I have an office job I'm always extremely sedentary but first I struggled to lose any weight at all and then when I started to lose weight my bodyfat is rising (which seems to suggest I'm losing muscle rather than fat).
Started at 88kg/194lbs 40% BF (according to scales, I weigh myself every morning after using bathroom and before eating then have my average weight at the end of the week).
5'8"
Male
Week 1: Started at 2200cal because I had no idea what my maintenance level was (my metabolism is fucked up from sedentary lifestyle + about 1500 calories every day for years. I typically only ate 1-2 times a day). By the end of the week I gained weight to 89kg/196lbs. 40%BF
Week 2: Lowered to 2000cal and added 30 minutes of LISS cardio 3 days a week (same days as I lift), still gaining. 90kg/198lbs. 41%BF
Week 3: Lowered to 1800cal, by the end of that week I was maintaining rather than gaining. 90kg/198lbs. 41%BF
Week 4: Stayed at 1800cal but added 2 extra days of 30 minute LISS cardio on the Tuesday and Thursday between lifting, still maintaining. 90kg/198lbs. 41%BF
Week 5: Lowered to 1700cal, increased cardio on days I lift to 40 minutes rather than 30 minutes and now do 30 minutes on every off day to at least meet 10,000 steps a day. By the end of the week I lost 0.2kg. 89.8kg/197.9lbs. 41.5%BF
Week 6: Lowered to 1600cal, added a 4th "workout" day dedicated to some rotator cuff work. Still only lost 0.2kg. 89.6kg/197.5lbs. 41.5%BF
Week 7: Lowered to 1500cal, now I begin to see weight drop of 1.6kg in a week. Back to 88kg/194lbs where I started 7 weeks earlier but now raised to 43%BF.
Week 8: Stayed at 1500, cardio same as previous. Now I drop 2kg in a week. 86kg/189lbs. Rise in BF to 45%.
To me this seems to indicate I'm purely only losing muscle right now.