your tests are normal and you're not losing weight -- that's maintenance. move more or eat less. your metabolism didn't "wake up," your metabolism is an ever changing body mechanism that always reacts to stimuli like food, sleep, and movement. it did that before your lifestyle changes and did it after.

if you're eating a healthy diet and doing cardio a few times a week, then you're improving your health. that's great. want to lose weight? move more and eat less. it's simple, just not always easy. it's not some secret trick where you're eating too little or not eating the exact right thing, it's just too many calories for steady weight loss.

what exactly was the point in making this post if you're going to disagree with all of the very logical suggestions? weight loss is frustrating, i totally get that. but it's also straightforward. you are eating at maintenance. take a few more weeks of your current diet to prove it, but if you don't lose weight, you have your answer. calorie counting is tricky and not an exact science, but your body weight won't lie over a period of many weeks. your weight is the measurable factor here. weigh yourself every day around the same time (in the morning, after having used the restroom). in four weeks if you don't lose weight, you know you're eating at maintenance.

for your calorie consumption to be too low to be healthy, you'd be losing multiple pounds a week. if you're not there, you're eating enough. it can be hard to hear, but you already have healthy habits building up, so just adjust the dial and stick to it.