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Extremely Frustrated...Thank you in advance for any ideas.

Help! Please.

I am to the point of being red hot pissed off with this sudden stop in weight loss. I haven't lost a single pound in 10 days and its nothing short of infuriating when you are busting your ass everyday in the damn gym.

Here are the diet, measurements and targets.

Diet:

I use fitday.com to track everything that goes in my body so I know my info is correct and not merely guessed.

2000 Cal diet per day, give or take a 150 Cal, most often under. Once every two weeks or so, I will go up 2500 calories to try to keep the body from adapting.

High protein diet, lower on carbs and limited healthy fats
Protein 200 to 220 grams a day, Carbs 130 to 150 grams, and fats around 60 grams - mostly monos/polys. Food sources are lots of lean meat - chicken and salmon, veggies -broccoli and cauliflour, peanut butter, citrus fruit, almonds, only Whole wheat bread and limited amounts of that, and 2 to 4 cups 1% Milk.

I lift six days a week about 60mins per session, incorporating compound lifts, circuits and supersets. I have varied my cardio from an 8 minute warm up on the treadmill, to a 38 minute run and everything in between to find something that works.

Measurements

As of 02/12/08
Bodyfat percentage 23.6
Weight 236 (since then down to 223)
Waist 38
Biceps 16 1/2
Chest 42.5

TARGET Goals:
To get to under ten percent body fat, and preferably closer to that 7% area, thinking this should be about at 195 lbs. I've been working my ass off to get this done by late spring/early summer. My target date is May 1st. That gives me about three weeks cushion for unplanned circumstances, or adjustments along the way. Secondary goal is to add significant new lean muscle mass to get a good lean, solid muscular look.
 
Wow, sounds like you are doing really well!!! I just recently revamped my diet and at the urging of so many experts here, logged every thing that goes into my mouth. Looks like you are already doing that.

I have also started High Intensity Intrival Training. I do a 20 minuet warm up just to break a light sweat and then go at close to 100% effort for 1 minuet. Then I do an active rest period of about 1 minuet or so. I do this 8x and it almost kills me. When I'm done I am all shakey and feel almost ill. I even do my makeup (hands spazzz out) or drive until resting for about 20 minuets or so. I look like a total crazy woman on the elliptical machine but it is working.

I cannot believe I am giving you advice since there are so many other more qualified people here who will lend a hand. But, I just wanted to respond and say it sounds like we have a lot in common with our goals and it looks like you are right on track! Keep going!!!

EDITED TO ADD: Please do an EF search for HIIT and make your own word doc about it. What I described here just what I have adapted for me. Sounds like you are a pretty resourceful guy though so I'm sure you have it under control. :)
 
post up your most recent days meals with times and serving sizes of everything. include any condiments and drinks
 
Thanks a ton for taking a look. I really, really appreciate it.

Unless otherwise included, the only condiments used would be salt and pepper

Breakfast: 9 AM
2 Egglands Best Eggs
1/8 cup shredded cheddar
1 tsp of smart balance light spead
2 slices Wonder 100% Whole wheat toast (116 cal 2 fat 22 carbs 5 protein per 2 slices)
3 tbsp of Peanut Butter Chunky
2 tbsp of Smuckers Half Sugar Jelly
1 cup 1% Milk

Supplements with breakfast 4 fish oil caps, multivitamin, Vitamin E, C

1pm
½ Large Chicken Breast

4pm
½ Large Chicken Breast

6pm
Whey Protein Shake w/ ½ cup 1% milk and ½ cup water

7 PM supposed to be at the gym, but delayed due to unforeseen events

8:20 – 10:00 Pm Gym (35 minutes lifting, 23minutes Cardio,

10:15 Whey Protein Shake with ½ cup 1% milk
10:30 Half Chicken Breast

10:45 to 11:15 Stretching Routine


Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1931
Fat: 67 604 32%
Sat: 22 198 10%
Poly: 11 103 5%
Mono: 22 195 10%
Carbs: 123 450 24%
Fiber: 10 0 0%
Protein: 209 835 44%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Calories Burned Today
cals % total
Total: 4365
Basal: 2159 49%
Lifestyle: 1238 28%
Activities: 968 22%


Day Before

8 AM
2 Egglands Best Eggs
1/8 cup shredded cheddar
1 tsp of smart balance light spead
1 slice Wonder 100% Whole wheat toast
2 tbsp of Peanut Butter Chunky
1 tbsp of Smuckers Half Sugar Jelly
1 cup 1% Milk
Supplements with breakfast 4 fish oil caps, multivitamin, Vitamin E, C

2pm
Whey Shake with ½ cup 1% Milk

2:45 BCAA’s
3PM to 5 PM Gym

5:15 Whey Shake with ½ cup 1% Milk
BCAA's

6:00 12 oz boneless chicken breast strips (not breaded)
1 California Navel Orange

9:00 2 cups Life Cinn. Cereal
.5 cups milk

Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1700
Fat: 57 513 31%
Sat: 19 174 11%
Poly: 11 97 6%
Mono: 21 191 12%
Carbs: 135 488 30%
Fiber: 13 0 0%
Protein: 162 647 39%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%


Tuesday

2AM Weight Watchers Amaretto Cheesecake Yogurt (100cal 0fat 17 carbs 6 pro)
10 blueberries
(wicked case of insomnia)

10 AM
2 Egglands Best Eggs
1/8 cup shredded cheddar
1 tsp of smart balance light spead
1 slice Wonder 100% Whole wheat toast
2 tbsp of Peanut Butter Chunky
1 tbsp of Smuckers Half Sugar Jelly
1 cup 1% Milk

2:30pm 4 oz chicken breast strips (not breaded)

3:00pm Whey Protein Shake w/ ½ cup 1% Milk
BCAA’s

3:30 to 5:30 Gym

5:45 Whey Protein Shake w/ ½ cup 1% Milk
1 Serving Creatine Monohydrate

7:45pm 8oz chicken breast strips (not breaded)


grams cals %total
Total: 1915
Fat: 62 556 30%
Sat: 22 197 11%
Poly: 10 92 5%
Mono: 22 196 11%
Carbs: 122 451 24%
Fiber: 9 0 0%
Protein: 212 847 46%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Calories Burned Today
cals % total
Total: 4528
Basal: 2159 48%
Lifestyle: 1092 24%
Activities: 1277 28%
 
curvymommy said:
Wow, sounds like you are doing really well!!! I just recently revamped my diet and at the urging of so many experts here, logged every thing that goes into my mouth. Looks like you are already doing that.

I have also started High Intensity Intrival Training. I do a 20 minuet warm up just to break a light sweat and then go at close to 100% effort for 1 minuet. Then I do an active rest period of about 1 minuet or so. I do this 8x and it almost kills me. When I'm done I am all shakey and feel almost ill. I even do my makeup (hands spazzz out) or drive until resting for about 20 minuets or so. I look like a total crazy woman on the elliptical machine but it is working.

I cannot believe I am giving you advice since there are so many other more qualified people here who will lend a hand. But, I just wanted to respond and say it sounds like we have a lot in common with our goals and it looks like you are right on track! Keep going!!!

EDITED TO ADD: Please do an EF search for HIIT and make your own word doc about it. What I described here just what I have adapted for me. Sounds like you are a pretty resourceful guy though so I'm sure you have it under control. :)


This is great advice. Here is an article I read about this:

http://www.rippednaturally.com/bodybuilding_cardiovascular_exercise_lose_fat_from_metabolism.html

Good luck!
 
Well to start I would say that you've made good progress, but you must set realistic goals and your not going to get from 23% bodyfat down to 7% by may 1st you are setting yourself up for failure. I think the low teens would be a safe assumption. As far as the diet goes:
breakfast try 1 whole egg and 5 egg whites, and 1 cup of oats cooked, or 2 slices of ezekiel bread. If you are going to use peanut butter make sure its all natural. It should say nothing else in the ingredients except for peanuts and salt.
With your shakes loose the milk and mix with water, maybe add some healthy fats. With the chicken breast have some brown rice, 1/2 cup cooked. You should try and eat more frequently, I know it can be tough, but shoot for every 3 hours with 5-7 meals a day. Loose the Life cereal, loaded with sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Bad stuff. The only cold cereal I would recommend is Ezekiel, but it is real expensive.
Feel free to branch out with your protein choices. Ground turkey, 93% lean ground beef these are other choices. Each meal should include a lean protein, fibrous veggies and brown rice, sweet potato, oatmeal or any good complex carb. If your calorie count goes to high, cut out the complex carbs in your later meals until its where you want to be.

Finally you need way way more veggies. There are no veggies in there at all. They help you stay full and they help your digestive track, and with added protein you will need it. Shoot for close to a gallon of water a day. And weigh your food for a while to make sure you are really eating what you think you are. Hope this helps.
 
I should also mention that I am on adderall, and have been for some time for a bit of adult ADHD. Typically I am supposed to take 45 mg in the AM, and 45mg in the afternoon. Every once in awhile I will forget the afternoon dose (apparently the morning dose doesn't prevent ADHD), but for the most part I take it as directed.

This is a high, high dosage of adderal, in fact above the recommended max dosage. So there should be absolutely no reason for a metabolic slow down.

I've also got some T3 on the way, we'll see where that goes.
 
Well to update this I've had a pretty astounding change in direction and found a couple potential answers. I've lost 17 pounds in the last two weeks. Potential answer one, is that the liquid T3 is doing one hell of an amazing job and/or the synergistic effect of liquid T3 and the adderall.

Something else I just found today may answer quite a bit as well. I didnt think to mention that I had been having a period of really bad insomnia for about a month. In the last three weeks thats completely resolved, but check out this study I found today....

Deep Sleep Impact
Missing out on a few nights of good rest increases your risk for type 2 diabetes. Deep, restorative sleep, also called slow-wave sleep, is important for regulating blood sugar. A University of Chicago Medical Center study found that suppressing deep sleep for just three nights causes a 25 percent drop in insulin sensitivity. The researchers say that the decrease in insulin sensitivity after three nights of bad sleep is equivalent to gaining 20 to 30 pounds. While there’s no surefire indicator that you’re getting enough slow-wave sleep, it’s a good sign if you’re sleeping at least seven hours a night, you wake up feeling refreshed, and you don’t suffer from sleep apnea or daytime fatigue.

Clearly this could have had a big impact in causing the weight loss to stop, pretty wild.
 
You lost 17 lbs in 2 weeks?....that cant be anything close to healthy lol

How are you dosing your T3 and are you taking any other sups? Curious.

Sounds to me like it also could have been some OVER TRAINING also. Looks like you werent giving your body any time to rest and heal doing 6 days of lifting.

-Legacy
 
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