Feeling discouraged

Hey man,
No discouraging allowed :-)

I would advise you to revise your calories intake and by doing so, also quit eating back your cardio calories.
You should try these steps :
1) Find your maintenance level and eat that for 7 days
2) Every 7 days reduce 200 calories
3) When you are eating a nice deficit (let's say 1600-1800) , you can take it slower and keep the same amount for two weeks instead of one
4) Don't go below unsafe amounts, you can choose 1200 as your safety net.

Just focus on the calories and the proteins, don't eat back the cardio nor workout calories: those measurements are very inaccurate and your body will adapt to consume less than you think.

About proteins, if you train properly you would want to keep the same amount In grams throughout the diet, not the same percentage. I am 1,84m 84kg and my amount is around 160-180 grams. I should try to hit that even inside a 1600 calories day. I know it's not easy but it's worth it

When you end up with a week or two at 1200 and you can't take it anymore, calculate your new manteinance level and slowly increase your calories up to that (it will be less than the beginning , because you will have lost weight, be sure about that

Then you can take a week or two of break on a small caloric deficit and when you are ready you can repeat the steps.

Please note that this approach does not rely on cardio , hence every time you hit the treadmill will be a nice bonus and a compensation for the underestimations that we all make with myFp.

Hope this helps !

Not very good at all the science of everything, but dropping in to cheer you on! You can do this!

I do the elliptical for 30mins and burn roughly 400 calories as reported by my Polar FT7 hrm.

That seems high to me for a person at your weight. When I was 210 lb., to burn 800 calories an hour I would have to be working out so hard that sweat was running into my eyes and my legs were saying, "Sweet baby Jesus, let this stop now!" I've used several HRMs, and the ones that I have found to be most accurate are my Garmin units that compare heart rate data with how far and fast I have biked or run, and how hilly the terrain was. They usually read 20-30% less than regular HRMs.

There have been several studies suggesting that HRMs overestimate calories: One study of the Polar F6 showed that, even calibrated with subjects' actual VO2max and HRmax, it overestimated energy expenditure by 27% (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21178923). An earlier study showed that the Polar S410 overestimated energy expenditure in women by 12% (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15292754). Another study found that the Polar S810i overestimated expenditure when exercising lightly but not moderately (http://www.jssm.org/vol9/n3/21/v9n3-21abst.php).

At some point, your body becomes accustomed to your diet and exercise routine. Add a recreational sport, or reduce your red meat intake to once a week.

The hrm is always more accurate--usually by more than that. Yesterday, the Precor said I burned 665, while the HRM said 382 for an hour's worth.

First, I would say ignore Juzaam's advice regarding the 1200 calorie thing. 1200 calories is way too low for most people, let alone someone as tall as you! As for eating back calories, that's totally fine if you didn't consider it already in your daily allowance. A good, general rule of thumb is don't eat much lower than what you'd want to eat at your ideal. If your ideal is 180, don't eat lower than what would be maintaining for that weight.

I would say if you aren't losing any weight at all, or very little, you are likely eating and exercising at maintaining. Reducing your intake by a few calories should be all you need to 'jumpstart' more weight loss. Looking at your diary, it appears you've already recently reduced your daily intake goal by about 400 calories. I personally think that's a bit drastic all at once, but I'm not a cold turkey sort of person. If you think you'll be able to go for 1900 steadily then you should be fine. I also recommend calculating your BMR, which is how much you need to eat minimum, and eat back calories, or your TDEE.

Best bet though: go see a nutritionist. They're schooled in that stuff and will help you much better than a lot of internet randoms (especially since they can also look into your medical history)

Hang in there...listen to the good advice. these smart bodies of ours think they're helping us by hanging onto fat. you got to be smarter...and wait it out. You are doing great... shake it up...flex your calories and work outs. Even take some rest days.. i bet that will get things moving. Throw in a cheat day too.

I had a friend once who ran every day. She got the flu and was in bed for a week and lost more weight then when she was running many miles a day. Her body didn't feel threatened by all the exercise and let go of the weight.

I agree with reggie. Have you been dieting non-stop for a year? If so, you may want to consider a diet break. Lyle McDonald, a highly-regarded nutrition expert, wrote an excellent article on the full diet break (link below). It's really proven for busting plateaus. You might consider this. Good luck!

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html