IM STUCK LOSING WEIGHT

[ALLOUTRAINNING16]

HELLO EVERYONE ! NAME IS CARLOS, STATS .5,9 WT.220 AGE.33 . I WAS AT 282POUNDS IN JULY 15, 07. NOW IM IN 220. I STARTED A STRIKED DIET , NO SALT, NO SUGAR , NO FATS, LOW CARBS. CHICKEN, FISH, TURKY, VEGGIES AND FRUITS. SMALL PORSTIONS, 3 TO 4 TIMES A DAY. IM AT APPROX 1000 CALORIES A DAY. STARTED WALKING TO GET TO JOGGING/SPRINTING .I RECENTLY STARTED THE GYM ,ONE MONTH AND A HALF, ONE HOUR IN THE MORNING OF HEAVY WEIGHT TRAINNING AND ANOTHER HOUR IN THE NIGHT CARDIO. PROBLEM IS THAT IM STUCK IN 220 POUNDS AND IM TRING TO GET TO 185 OR 190 POUNDS DEPENDING HOW WOULD I LOOK THEN . WORST PROBLEM AREA IS UPPER TORSO, ,LOVE HANDLES, AND THE LOVELY BREASTS. I DONT KNOW IF IM OVER MOTIVATED OR JUST IMPATIAT. OBIOUSLY IM DOING SOMETHING WRONG. AT NIGHT I JOG FOR 15 MIN ,SPRINT FOR 10 MIN ON AND OFF. STATIONARY BIKE FOR 15MIN, AND ALSO DO ABBS ,SIDE TO SIDE CARDIO FOR THE REST OF THE HOUR 5 DAYS A WEEK. THEN IN THE MORNING ONE HOUR OF HEAVY WEIGHT TRAINNING WORKING A DIFFERENT MUSCLE A DAY 5 DAYS A WEEK OFF SAT SUN. I MUST CONFESS , I EAT PIZZA ONE DAY OF THE WEEK(LOW TOMATO SAUCE, NORMAL CHEESE, PINAPPLE TOPPINGS. BUT IHAVE A FEELING THAT THIS PIZZA IS NOT THE ONLY THING IM DOING WRONG. PLEASE HELP !

[Boss Man]

Cals are wrong.

You can't keep losing weight at 1,000 cals a day, with your activity levels, you're causing a starvation mode, which means the body hanging onto calories it can ill afford to burn.

The Pizza must go, but dont be keen to get rid of all Fats. Some Fats like Omegas, Polyunsaturated, Monounsaturated, HDL Cholesterol and CLA, are all good choices.

If you want to, sub the Pizza for this.

1x Piece of Whole-grain Wheatbread, with Low Fat Cheese on it, and then grilled, then you can add things like bits of Lean Ham, Sliced Tomato and Sliced Mushroom.

This cuts out a lot of Fat, and Grilling would be a good way to do this.

Your Cals need to be higher though bud, you can't be as active as you are, and eat 1,000 calories a day. You need probably about 2x that many, and I'd suggest you add them back in gradually.

So try this.

Week 1. 6 meals a day 200 cals per meal, so your calories are up to 1,200 a day.

Week 2. Calories 250 a meal, so that's 1,500 a day.

Week 3. Calories 300 a meal, so that's 1,800 a day.

Week 4. Calories 350 a meal, so that's 2,100 a day.

This gets you to about your target, in a good way. If you just bump calories up by 2x straight away, the Metabolism will view a lot of those as excess and convert them back to Fat.

This gradual increasing system, will help your body cope better week by week, and allow you to bump them up better, with less Fat conversion, and give your bodies Metabolism a week, to get used to new calorie increases and use then properly.

Keep your meals spaced every 3 hours as well.

Hopefully this should rectify your problem.

However you may find the system I've suggested, could be slightly tweaked, or certain food choices altered to help you better, so I would like you to tell me your meal times, and actual meals, as Veggies, Fruits, Turkey etc etc, doesn't explain how you consume these foods, and when.

[ALLOUTRAINNING16]

THANKS BOSS ! HERES WHAT TIMES I EAT.

5.15AM 1. BREAKFAST. DIET SPECIAL K CEREAL WITH HALF A BANANA AND SOY MILK AND ONE GALSS OF WATER. OR SOMETIMES 1/4 CUP OF EGG BEATERS WITH SOME SLICED TURKY.

12.00AM 2. LUNCH. 1/4 CUP OF EGG BEATERS WITH ONE PITTA WHEAT BREAD OR LOW SODIUM CANNED TUNNA WITH 1 PITTA BREAD AND WATER.

3:00PM 3. 1 APPLE OR ORANGE AND WATER.

5:00PM 4. 1 CHICKEN LARGE BREAST WITH MIXED VEGGIES OR 2 MEDIUM FISH TELAPIA WITH VEGGIES . AND WATER.

9:15PM 5. SOMETIMES A COUPLE OF SLICED TURKY OR 1/4 CUP OF SOY MILK OR JUST FLAT OU WATER. THIS USUALLY WHEN I COME FROM THE GYM THE SECOND HOUR AT NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP.

I ALSO TAKE A NICE NAP AFTER I COME FROM THE GYM IN THE MORNING FROM DOING HEAVY WEIGHT LIFTING WORKOUT.

I DEFATNATLY NEED TO START EATING MORE CALS. THANK AGAIN .

[swanso5]

yes cal's are too low...for your goal wt you need at least 2500/cal's a day plus you're exerciseing like a demon which is too much on the other hand

read these

training

http://steelmuscle.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=131

eating

http://steelmuscle.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=107

[ALLOUTRAINNING16]

THANKS SWANS ! I LIKE THE DEMON PART . LOL

HOW ABOUT IF I CUT BACK ON THE CARDIO ? AND EAT 1500 CALORIES . HOW CAN I MAKE IT EVEN BUY CUTING DOWN THE CARDIO AND JUST CONCENTRATING ON MORE HEAVY WEIGHT LIFTING AND EATING MORE PROTEIN ? WHAT DO U THINK ?

[Christopheel]

I think you should stop caping will typing,

Do as Bossman said, increase cal from meal every week to reach around 2,200 calories or maybe a bit more, and follow a full body workouts and interval training ... Again just follow what Swanso linked you