How to lose stomach 225 to 163

cobrajes

Weighed 225 dropped too163 height is 5.6 I've made this progress in 6 months now I'm kinda stuck, I lift weights 5 times a week including abs. Not for sure if there is some kinda routine to help drop another 15 pounds been stuck at this weight for couple weeks now... Any advice

VanillaBeanSeed

The first thing people are going to say is:
Are you being honest with what your eating?
Are you using a food scale to weight portions?

Sued0nim

you need to drop more fat and keep heavy lifting

so calorie defecit is where the weight comes off - weigh and log

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ndj1979

OP congrats on your progress!

have you readjusted your calories since losing all this weight? If you are still eating at a calorie level for a higher body weight, that would explain the no loss.

how many calories a day do you eat right now?
do you own a food scale?
are you following a set work out routine, or is it one you designed on your own?

miketoryan

VanillaBeanSeed wrote: »

The first thing people are going to say is:
Are you being honest with what your eating?
Are you using a food scale to weight portions?

and to take this a little further, it might help to underestimate exercising (say your fitbit, hrm, whatever reads you burned 500 calories, record 400 calories instead) and overestimate your calories (ate a tablespoon of butter that is allegedly 90 calories? record 110 calories). might help.

queenliz99

Awesome work so far!! Congrats!! The last few pounds are the hardest. Dedication and patience are part of the equation. Careful calorie counting is the rest!!

cobrajes

I eat 1350 calories a day, very strict on what I eat, I might need to lift Heavy I do pretty good weight lots if reps... Far as lose skin I sure hope I don't end up with it every thing still fills tight so far hope it stays that way

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queenliz99

MrM27 wrote: »

cobrajes wrote: »

I eat 1350 calories a day, very strict on what I eat, I might need to lift Heavy I do pretty good weight lots if reps... Far as lose skin I sure hope I don't end up with it every thing still fills tight so far hope it stays that way

1350 calories per day, GREAT IDEA!!!

Holly_Roman_Empire

cobrajes wrote: »

I eat 1350 calories a day, very strict on what I eat, I might need to lift Heavy I do pretty good weight lots if reps... Far as lose skin I sure hope I don't end up with it every thing still fills tight so far hope it stays that way

I'd basically change everything that you're currently doing.

opalsqueak007

Hi OP. Congrats on your weight loss so far! I think that perhaps 1350 is way too low for a young man - I am a 51 year old sedentary woman, and have lost a lot of weight this year on more calories than that - currently 1480 a day. Won't you find it hard to build muscle with so few calories? Someone will be along to correct me if I'm wrong.

ana3067

cobrajes wrote: »

I eat 1350 calories a day, very strict on what I eat, I might need to lift Heavy I do pretty good weight lots if reps... Far as lose skin I sure hope I don't end up with it every thing still fills tight so far hope it stays that way

I weigh the same as you, workout less than you, and I'm eating 1900 calories. this is pushing it for me as well for weight loss; I cannot go under this without basically hating life.

Buy a food scale, log the proper weight of food, and see whether you've been eating mor ethan you think (you likely have). Then recalculate your TDEE with exercise included, subtract 20% from that, and compare to your current goal.

Iwishyouwell

cobrajes wrote: »

I eat 1350 calories a day...

Unless you just started eating 1350 calories a day today, no you're not. You're underestimating your intake.

You're stalled because you're eating maintenance. Which for your sex, height, weight and even a light activity level is going to be 2100 or so calories per day.

ana3067

Iwishyouwell wrote: »

cobrajes wrote: »

I eat 1350 calories a day...

Unless you just started eating 1350 calories a day today, no you're not. You're underestimating your intake.

You're stalled because you're eating maintenance. Which for your sex, height, weight and even a light activity level is going to be 2100 or so calories per day.

I'm a female at his stats and I can maintain on 2400 a day with lifting weights 3-4x a week.

jemhh

Iwishyouwell wrote: »

cobrajes wrote: »

I eat 1350 calories a day...

Unless you just started eating 1350 calories a day today, no you're not. You're underestimating your intake.

You're stalled because you're eating maintenance. Which for your sex, height, weight and even a light activity level is going to be 2100 or so calories per day.

I'd have to agree that you are not eating only 1350 calories a day. I'm a 38 yo woman, 5'6", and 150 with moderate activity (3-5 hours/week) and maintain at 2200. As a mid-20s guy with moderate activity you'd be dropping weight fast at only 1350 calories because your TDEE/maintenance calories would be even more than 2200. Any chance you mean you're trying to net (total calories eaten less exercise calories) 1350?

Do you measure your food? With a scale? And log it all? Every day? Every meal?

Good job on the weight loss so far, by the way. You've obviously been doing something right. Sometimes once a person gets this far, it's easy to get a bit lax on measuring and logging. A week or two at maintenance can refresh your batteries, so to speak, and help you get back on track mentally for really tightening things up and getting back to losing.