Can someone help me interpret/understand my FQ results?
165cm 24yo female
59-60kg (starting weight in Jan)
Currently around 63kg now
I've been going to the gym properly since January this year - I went a little before that but got pretty sick and had to take a full month and a half off, so lets just round it to 5 months total /consistently/ - I've been on a calorie deficit, I weightlift x3 times a week ( full body, 3 sets, 8 -12 reps close to failure), usually spending around 2 hours in the gym. I normally walk there and back, and the total steps for that is about 11k steps, so 11k steps x3 a week. I started attending kendo classes since the start of this month. Sometimes on days outside of the gym sessions I do take more walks where possible, always aiming for the 10k steps.
I'm unemployed and have been job searching since August , so going to the gym has been my one constant in keeping me sane.
I started skinny fat - very little to no muscle, and higher fat content.
I take creatine, collagen and multivitamins, I have cleaned up my diet, am watching my calories(tracking on builtwithscience): I'm for the most part in a small calorie deficit (apart from the odd day, family meals out etc) and ensure I always hit my protein requirements everyday.
But I seem to just be gaining more and more weight. I recognise that my water weight is the thing that is consistently going up, my muscle has too, but my fat loss has been extremely slow.
I know the overall trend is good, but I can't help feel demotivated when I know there are people losing in 1 month what it took me to lose in 5.
I do have subclinical hypothyroidism, and I am on depo provera, so I know this is likely the contributor, but as someone who used to consistently be underweight, with low food intake, I don't understand how I over the past few years have done nothing but gain weight, despite doing everything much healthier. I probably tanked my metabolism due to the chronic undereating.
I just want to look lean, but I'm finding it so challenging to see the results I'm wanting.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Who knows. Any advice would be amazing 😞
Since images aren't allowed, here is a text format, reduced results version of my FQ results.
There are actually around 23 data entries, but I've just showed 1 from each month.
FitQuest body composition trend — one check-in per month:
21 Jan 2026
Weight: 60.0 kg
Fat mass: 19.2 kg
Muscle mass: 22.5 kg
Total body water: 31.5 kg
BMR: 1251 kcal
26 Feb 2026
Weight: 60.9 kg
Fat mass: 19.3 kg
Muscle mass: 23.1 kg
Total body water: 32.3 kg
BMR: 1273 kcal
16 Mar 2026
Weight: 62.0 kg
Fat mass: 19.1 kg
Muscle mass: 24.1 kg
Total body water: 33.5 kg
BMR: 1309 kcal
24 Apr 2026
Weight: 63.5 kg
Fat mass: 18.4 kg
Muscle mass: 25.5 kg
Total body water: 34.8 kg
BMR: 1350 kcal
15 May 2026
Weight: 63.7 kg
Fat mass: 18.2 kg
Muscle mass: 25.6 kg
Total body water: 35.0 kg
BMR: 1353 kcal
Overall change from 21 Jan to 15 May:
Weight: +3.7 kg
Fat mass: -1.0 kg
Muscle mass: +3.1 kg
Total body water: +3.5 kg
BMR: +102 kcal