Help! Not loosing weight

mward2008

I am a 51 yr old male. i used to weigh 240 and was out of shape a couple years ago. I did the HCG diet and lost 45 lbs in a very short time. After going off that diet, i started working out to gain back muscle. I now weight 222 and work out 3 to 4 times a week. I really think i need to drop 20 lbs though. i have tried a lot of different diets, the last being the Atkins diet which didn't work at all for me...if anything made me gain weight. I have been watching my calories now on this website. I eat healthy and rarely eat anything with sugar in it. Do you think the HCG thing messed me up so i can' t loose. I am scared my weight is creeping back up. Although i don't look terrible in the mirror and have some muscle now, i can't seem to get rid of the infamous gut. Any suggestions?