[General] A month ago I weighed myself....

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Silverobama

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Hi.

Today I met my friend Claire. She hasn't seen me for a while. She said I lost weight and I said yes because I went to a gym almost every day. However, there's also one thing quite funny I told her:

A month ago I weighed myself on the scale, it said 73kg. Now, I'm still 73kg.

Is my italic sentence natural?
 
Hi.

Today, I met my friend Claire. [STRIKE]She hasn't seen me[/STRIKE] We hadn't seen each other for a while. She [STRIKE]said I[/STRIKE] asked me if I have lost weight. [STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] I [STRIKE]said yes[/STRIKE] told her that I have and that it's because [STRIKE]I went[/STRIKE] I've been going to the gym almost every day. However, [STRIKE]there's also one thing quite funny[/STRIKE] I told her something funny:

A month ago, I weighed myself [STRIKE]on the scale,[/STRIKE] and it said 73kg. [STRIKE]Now[/STRIKE] Today, I'm still 73kg.

Is my italic sentence natural?

See above. You will note from my multiple corrections to your longer sentences that indirect speech is quite tricky to master.
 
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