Problem with elif statement

[buran]

as it is now, it will ask for user input twice.

posx = 0
posy = 0
 
while True:
    user_choice = input().lower()
    if  user_choice == "forward":
        posy += 1
        print(posy)
    elif user_choice == "backward":
        posy -= 1
        print(posy)
    elif user_choice == 'exit': # provide way to exit the loop
        break