Cant get away from 200 Pounds

Heya!!!

Just a thought, have you looked at your body fat percentage? Maybe you are looking fat slowly but gaining some mass. Are you feeling more fit?

I can understand your frustration with lowering your calories too much. Really hard to enjoy a certain amount of food and flavor under 1500 cals. Unless you get full on lower cal "filler" foods and enjoy the food you like.

Measure yourself too and get the numbers for your neck, arms, waist, etc.

Best of luck, right there with ya

fat intake might be to high,you allso might want to try 20 jumping jacks real fast than lift weight s you might not have your hart pumping enough

I looked at your food diary, you seem to be eating okay. (Maybe relying a little too much on supplements instead of fresh fruits and veggies). If your supplements are protein drinks, then I think you should dial back the protein, but I don't think you should cut back your calories, but you need to try something different.

I was reading comments from IMAGYMRAT a while back who tried a 24 hour fast about 2 or 3 times a week. She DID NOT reduce her food intake, she just picked like a block of time to just drink water, and ate normally otherwise. I am putting what she said below:

Ok, so here I am, 3 weeks now into this program that the dieticians at our gym, guinea pigged me into. I'm not big on fasting, not at all, I work out hard and I don't want to lose muscle and what about replacing my protein afterwards? I'm just a HUGE skeptic. anyhow, i've been following Brad's plan for three weeks, and the reason I decided to let myself be volunteered is because Brad as well as being a dietician is also a bodybuilder, sooo, thought I'd give it a go. In three weeks i've dropped 2.4 pounds, I'm at 109 and a bit lbs, down from 112, I need to get to 108. Which I will. I can tell you it's the easiest fast i've ever done. Cause I don't feel like i'm fasting. I'm doing it 2x's a week. It's not for everyone, I don't count calories, I eat sensibly the rest of the time, and it's very important to follow some kind of resistance training program to get the full benefit. I actually have a ton of energy on fasting days. I've seen more lean muscle mass lately then i've seen in awhile. I think I actually may adapt this as a permanent way to lean for a competition. It beats the traditional way of dehydration and damn near starvation. I fast from 6:00p.m on the first day until 6:00p.m on the second day, then I eat normally. During the fast, I drink lots of water and no-cal juices. I'm really happy with my results, and for those of you who do fast, and are successful..I actually "get it" now. I'm very surprised to find that i'm putting friends and family through this program as well..it just works so very well. I sound like an infomercial..lol, it's all good, it's working for me! It's a quite simple and effective and safe way to get into a calorie deficit..without pain...the hardest part for me, was giving up my breakfast on the fast day, but then I just ate it for dinner:laugh: .
just putting on option out there for people, it's working for me, not for everyone, especially if you're diabetic or if you plan on doing no resistance training, then definitely don't do it! If you're anti-fasting, as I actually once was, then that's ok too, we're all allowed our own opinions and strategies when it comes to getting those stubborn pounds off. :drinker: I'm happy to say, these few pounds that i've been struggling to get off since May..are gone! and for that it was worth my time.
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This might help, I have not tried it since I have not experienced a plateau yet.

I looked at your food diary, you seem to be eating okay. (Maybe relying a little too much on supplements instead of fresh fruits and veggies). If your supplements are protein drinks, then I think you should dial back the protein, but I don't think you should cut back your calories, but you need to try something different.

I was reading comments from IMAGYMRAT a while back who tried a 24 hour fast about 2 or 3 times a week. She DID NOT reduce her food intake, she just picked like a block of time to just drink water, and ate normally otherwise. I am putting what she said below:

Ok, so here I am, 3 weeks now into this program that the dieticians at our gym, guinea pigged me into. I'm not big on fasting, not at all, I work out hard and I don't want to lose muscle and what about replacing my protein afterwards? I'm just a HUGE skeptic. anyhow, i've been following Brad's plan for three weeks, and the reason I decided to let myself be volunteered is because Brad as well as being a dietician is also a bodybuilder, sooo, thought I'd give it a go. In three weeks i've dropped 2.4 pounds, I'm at 109 and a bit lbs, down from 112, I need to get to 108. Which I will. I can tell you it's the easiest fast i've ever done. Cause I don't feel like i'm fasting. I'm doing it 2x's a week. It's not for everyone, I don't count calories, I eat sensibly the rest of the time, and it's very important to follow some kind of resistance training program to get the full benefit. I actually have a ton of energy on fasting days. I've seen more lean muscle mass lately then i've seen in awhile. I think I actually may adapt this as a permanent way to lean for a competition. It beats the traditional way of dehydration and damn near starvation. I fast from 6:00p.m on the first day until 6:00p.m on the second day, then I eat normally. During the fast, I drink lots of water and no-cal juices. I'm really happy with my results, and for those of you who do fast, and are successful..I actually "get it" now. I'm very surprised to find that i'm putting friends and family through this program as well..it just works so very well. I sound like an infomercial..lol, it's all good, it's working for me! It's a quite simple and effective and safe way to get into a calorie deficit..without pain...the hardest part for me, was giving up my breakfast on the fast day, but then I just ate it for dinner:laugh: .
just putting on option out there for people, it's working for me, not for everyone, especially if you're diabetic or if you plan on doing no resistance training, then definitely don't do it! If you're anti-fasting, as I actually once was, then that's ok too, we're all allowed our own opinions and strategies when it comes to getting those stubborn pounds off. :drinker: I'm happy to say, these few pounds that i've been struggling to get off since May..are gone! and for that it was worth my time.

This might help, I have not tried it since I have not experienced a plateau yet.
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This sounds really interesting to me. I may try this. I am not adverse to fasting, I have even fasted for spiritual reasons. I just have never fasted in a practical way before.

Actually, I'm not able to either FAST or go lower than about a 400 calorie deficit myself!! I get SO hungry and unbalanced I would probably steal food from babies if I had to adhere to the food deficits that most people do so easily. (And may I add without better results than me.)

I get the best results when I don't exercise too hard and just have a small calorie deficit (like only 250 a day) AND eat all my exercise calories. But then again I am not going for a ripped physique, either. I went on vacation two weeks and actually lost one pound and continued to lose now that I am back to my normal routine! Try dialing back the intensity and maintain only a 1/2 pound per week deficit for a while and see what happens.

Also, VERY important. Processed foods, sugar, salt, aspertame, alcohol, msg, growth hormones, etc. ad infinitum INHIBIT weight loss. They combine with fat molecules in your body and then these fat cells are resistant to being an easy source of energy. Avoid additives, preservatives, artifical flavorings and fat/sugar substitutes!!!