Please help me. This is the most frustrated I have ever been trying to lose weight. Here is my story.
Two years ago I was 208lbs and sick of looking like crap. So i joined the gym and started eating a little healthier. In 8 months I lost 38lbs. I then hit the plateau. So i started Trying to carb cycle a little and while i put on a little muscle i also put on about 10 lbs of fat too. Then along came the kid and promotion to an office job at work. I stopped eating clean and going to the gym for a while and put back on all of the weight i lost. Strangely I look leaner at 208 now than I did at 208 two years ago so i think there is more muscle under the fat now. In march i started back at the gym and eating clean again determined to hit my goal of 165lbs (at a height of 5'9" and age of 29). I have way more knowledge about nutrition and training than i did the first time and am even using Fitday to track my eating. The frustrating thing is that this time around after I quickly lost 5lbs (mostly water weight) i have stalled and been at 203 for 7 weeks. At first I thought i cut calories too low so for two weeks i raised them alittle and that didn't work. I have used all the harris-benedict calculators and others to try and determine my maintainance calories and go from there. 3100-3300 seems to be my mtc. level so i went to 2300 avg daily and that didn't work so i raised them to 2500-2800 and that hasn't been working. My workout now consists of 4 days of Alwyn Cosgrove's barbell complex and hiit (sprints mostly) after the wieght training. Weighing the same and looking the same in the mirror and photos after eating so strictly and busting my ass in the gym is one of the most frustrating things i have ever had to deal with. Here is a link to my Fitday food journal if anyone wants to look. Please look it over and give me any advice you think may work. I am willing to try anything at this point. I just don't get it. The first time around I lost all the wieght with less knowledge and commitment to nutrition and training.
thanks in advance
http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJour...wner=6901hayes