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kommodevaran wrote: »

You're not maintaing that body/weight on 2000 calories. Tighten up your logging. If you find it difficult, free up some mental energy by ditching "clean eating".

This, but I also agree with the first poster. Your weight may not have changed but I notice a significant difference in your body composition.

I will keep this short. Basically you look better. You have made obvious progress. Be proud, celebrate the achievement and carry on doing what you are doing

You've made a big improvement. But you're not eating 2000 calories. You might be netting it but not eating it. Cut back by 250/day and see how that goes.

It concerns me that you're not getting enough sleep and that you're concentrating too hard on getting your weight down. You're only 37, so what are your long term goals? Are you going to keep up this regime for the next twenty years? For the rest of your life? Why are you in such a rush to change everything as soon as you can? You may not appreciate how your body is changing because you see your body every day, so may miss the incremental changes. You may be putting on muscle, which is denser than fat, so the scales will give you the same reading even if you're carrying less fat. I don't know what 'clean' eating is, but honestly, there's no such thing as 'clean' or 'dirty' food, there's just food that's more nutritious and food that's less nutritious. Whatever food choices you're making, just make sure you enjoy it and don't put unnecessary restrictions on your overall diet. My main worry is that you're becoming a bit intense and that might not bode well for the future. If you remain consistently dissatisfied with how your body looks, and genuinely don't see any improvement, then it might be an idea, as other posters have suggested, that you talk to a therapist, as you may have some body issues going on. If that's the case, even if you ended up looking like a Greek god you'd still think there was something wrong. I would avoid comparing yourself to other people doing these kind of 'transformation' programs, as different people have different lifestyles, different responsibilities and different end results. Different bodies do different things. So give yourself a break. You're doing well, and if there's no rush, why put unnecessary pressure on yourself?

Ok. You’ve hit a point in your life where no results have become apparent. The first thing I would tell you to do is invest in a Fitbit preferably blaze or better. It will be the best bloody investment you can make. People can argue and chat shiz about how accurate they are but if you leave the device to what’s its had millions in investment to do it genuinely IS ACCURATE and it works. Using this device you can adjust your overall calorie intake based on a daily reading of calories burnt per day. You’ll be surprised how little you may actually be burning per day.
Next switch up your training. Periodisation is key meaning every 3-4 weeks training variables should be changed. Hypertrophy training and volume for fat loss is actually better in my opinion. If your training heavy. Stop. Train slightly lighter and aim to execute each exercise with absolute accuracy and full contraction of muscle.
Question? Are you aiming to hit macronutrient targets or just eating overall calories without paying attention to proteins, carbs, fats?