lost weight for a while, now weight loss has slowed and stopped.. HELP!

If you've stopped doing weights and also stopped losing weight perhaps the two things are linked. Either exercise to burn more calories or eat less calories in the first place. Simples!

You didn't mention how long you've been stalled, but looking through your diary you're eating more than you think. There are generic entries (pasta, and it doesn't have sauce logged either), inaccurate entries (2 cups of Cheerios with skim milk for 150 calories?), no oils logged for when you cooked the steak/eggs/bacon, no sign of a food scale being used.

Read this thread and start working to tighten up your logging: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101

rudy336 wrote: »

some of the days, (mainly last weekend) was out of town visiting family, had to guess, the steak, eggs and bacon are cooked in a skillet using NO OIL. i am measuring ALL of my food.

In which case the only answer is to create a higher deficit. Calories in vs calories out man!

Consuming 1800 calories a day should lead to a weight loss for someone of your size, I would think. And you say you don't want to cut calories further (which makes total sense to me if in fact all your tracking is pretty accurate). I guess the only answer really is to move (walk) more each day. And find some heavy things to lift so that you maintain lean mass as much as possible. If you are still stalled in another month then somehow you are eating at maintenance ....

Hey Rudy, I was in the same boat 2 years ago until I learned the importance of making sure you have or cheat days where you reward yourself. Do you already do this? If you keep eating at a calorie deficit your body will adapt by lowering your metabolism to protect itself. Once I started adding off days I would lose 1 pound a week but it was always 2 or 3 days after my off day that I would lose the weight. Basically you gotta trick your body into thinking it's going to get more food so your metabolism shoots up then cut it back the rest of the week while the metabolism is revving high. There's a lot of science behind it and it makes sense. Usually the first 10-20 pounds is the easiest. Then it gets tricky. I've been going from 180-220 for the last 10 years. It's a constant battle for me. There are tons of articles you can read but here's one that I'm experimenting with right now. http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/04/06/how-to-lose-20-lbs-of-fat-in-30-days-without-doing-any-exercise/
I just had back surgery 2 months ago and I'm limited in the gym right now so this program looked right up my alley.

marksuh wrote: »

Hey Rudy, I was in the same boat 2 years ago until I learned the importance of making sure you have or cheat days where you reward yourself. Do you already do this? If you keep eating at a calorie deficit your body will adapt by lowering your metabolism to protect itself. Once I started adding off days I would lose 1 pound a week but it was always 2 or 3 days after my off day that I would lose the weight. Basically you gotta trick your body into thinking it's going to get more food so your metabolism shoots up then cut it back the rest of the week while the metabolism is revving high. There's a lot of science behind it and it makes sense. Usually the first 10-20 pounds is the easiest. Then it gets tricky. I've been going from 180-220 for the last 10 years. It's a constant battle for me. There are tons of articles you can read but here's one that I'm experimenting with right now. http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/04/06/how-to-lose-20-lbs-of-fat-in-30-days-without-doing-any-exercise/
I just had back surgery 2 months ago and I'm limited in the gym right now so this program looked right up my alley.

This about >>>Basically you gotta trick your body into thinking it's going to get more food so your metabolism shoots up then cut it back the rest of the week while the metabolism is revving high.
So true i've done this before. i did 2 days of overeating like really eating as much as i want , and to my surprise I had losted a lb each of them days i was so surprised!
i been trying to do it again but its not easy for me now.Ibeen having a bit of a rough time even getting pass 1900 calories I'll have my day , just gonna take a little while.

marksuh wrote: »

Hey Rudy, I was in the same boat 2 years ago until I learned the importance of making sure you have or cheat days where you reward yourself. Do you already do this? If you keep eating at a calorie deficit your body will adapt by lowering your metabolism to protect itself. Once I started adding off days I would lose 1 pound a week but it was always 2 or 3 days after my off day that I would lose the weight. Basically you gotta trick your body into thinking it's going to get more food so your metabolism shoots up then cut it back the rest of the week while the metabolism is revving high. There's a lot of science behind it and it makes sense. Usually the first 10-20 pounds is the easiest. Then it gets tricky. I've been going from 180-220 for the last 10 years. It's a constant battle for me. There are tons of articles you can read but here's one that I'm experimenting with right now. http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/04/06/how-to-lose-20-lbs-of-fat-in-30-days-without-doing-any-exercise/
I just had back surgery 2 months ago and I'm limited in the gym right now so this program looked right up my alley.

I do this once a week. Usually one weekend day I will eat what I want (within reason) and not worry about my goals for the day. But, still track your food as you don't want to break that habit. Sometimes when I hit plateaus, switching up the fitness routine will get things going too.