nine months in, down about 20. i made the protein mistake late too - didn’t realize how much it mattered until month three when i actually committed to it. so the frustration reading your post, yeah, i get it. one thing: a week-to-week gain after bumping your macro usually just water. scale doesn’t show it immediately. worth measuring your waist too, because sometimes the scale moves sideways while your measurements shift the right way. i track both. the no exercise thing - yeah, add something. but don’t do what i did early and blame everything on ‘not doing enough cardio.’ protein + deficit is the actual driver. movement helps but it’s not the lynchpin. give it 2-3 weeks with the new protein routine. if you’re still up on both scale and waist by then, check wiht your doc. but one week usually just noise.