I've been eating low fat since Spring this year. This way of eating seems to have fit my body very well and I lost a total of 18 pounds through eating like this. I did hit a plateau sometime around June this year, which I expected and it's been pretty awful trying to break the plateau. Infact, I'm still trying to break it and it's October already!
After studying what I eat, it seems that I eat quite high carbs (over 100g a day), low fat (less than 15g a day) and moderate protein (around 50g a day, though this figure does fluctuate). A lot of the carbs I eat come from fruit. I love fruit, I eat at least 4oz grapes, plus a banana or maybe an apple a day. Add to that at least 1 portion of veggies with my evening meal. I eat around 1600 cals a day.
Is it possible that I am taking in too many carbs from fruit/veg which is then making it difficult to break my plateau? I've heard that reducing carb content and increasing protein can break this but I can't imagine giving up much of my fruit intake. It's what I snack on and eat after dinner as my pudding.
I do exercise every day at least 30 mins and I try vary it incase my body gets too familiar and stops burning fat (the things we do!). I walk, lift light weights or get on our elliptical.
I'm at a loss! I would like to shed some more pounds and continue being a loser but it's very hard to stay motivated when the plateau will not break.
Any advice from other successful low fat dieters?