u/Smashed_pumpkin_1

Just wanted to share that today is The 105th day without a cigarette and it wasn’t easy. Like, don’t ask me if I feel better. I am proud of myself, yes! Very much. But it’s so hard sometimes and I just feel like some people don’t understand the conditioning and addiction part of it.
But everytime I hear my neighbors cough in the most nasty way (like, I hear him spitting out stuff afterwards) I get reminded that it’s the right thing to do for my health whatsoever. Actually if I’m being honest he played a big part in making me trying to stop for good. Ever since I moved in he’s coughing like that every morning and I got scared that this will be my future mornings.
Anyway.. Good luck to everyone trying to stop sometimes the wierdest things will help you to keep going. Try to keep looking for them.

Helloooo, so I don't know where to start I'm 5"3 and started going to the gym regularly 6 start of November) Months ago. 3 Months (start of February) ago I started to take progress Pics because I know my scale isn't the best thing to only look at. Now the thing is I had a bad relationship with my body through almost my whole 20s and I don't want to fall back in this old destructive habits but right now I feel like there is not as much progress as I wished there would be.

My goal was body recomp, so I do:
medium caloric deficit (at least I try. got to be honest circumstances do not make it that easy and I fall of some times)
4 times a week strength training
12.000 steps a day on average
Commute to most destinations with the bike

Also the last few months I quit a toxic work environment and my body reacts to psychological stuff with bowl problems or holds on to water. So I don't know if the changes I see are just because my stress level got lower. Like especially in the side picture you can see how (I don't know if that's the right wording) "swollen" my upper stomach is due bloating. I feel like I can see some little changes besides the mid section.. but especially the fact that the scale has not been moving since 3 Months drives me crazy.. Because I thought okay I just stop stepping on the scale for some time so I don't get stressed and when I got back on during the last week to get an average it was almost the same like at best – 1 lbs difference.

Could it be that Body recomp in my case just looks like this at the moment? I try to be gentle with me and also feel proud that I didn't give up jet and try to see the bigger picture and I don't want to look crazy snatched, I actually like a litte fluff around me but I just hoped that after this time I could see more results or at least the scale would show a bit more :D

I think I will just keep going and have an even better look on what I eat? Which I tried to avoid because I know I tend to be fall back to mindless overeating if I go too strict with my food.
I don't know do you have any tips or how was your journey if you tried body recomp. Or is this normal that 1 lbs loss can look like this?

thanks everyone! (also I removed some tattoos with an App maybe on some parts of my body the skin looks a bit weird because of that)

105 days off cigarettes and my neighbor reminds me everyday why it’s worth the fight against the urge.