so ok...
I've been hovering between 207 & 209 for a couple of weeks now...really almost 3 with no obvious gains or losses so I'm wondering if I've hit my first plateau. I'm sure it's just because i'm so close to onederland that I can almost taste it!...ahhh obstacles. Well here's what I've been doing...
I'm working out at the gym about 5 days a week (sometimes 6, sometimes 4 but I really aim to do something every day) doing 1-1.5 hours of fairly intense cardio each session and lifting weights 2 days. I've been trying to mix up my cardio routines so that I'm not doing the same thing every day. I regularly move between the elliptical, stairmaster, stair mill and treadmill at varying speeds and intensities.
Food wise I am between 1400 and 1500 calories a day. I'm a creature of habit so I eat close to the same things most days... here is what I've eaten today as an example
7:00AM breakfast - individual serving of egg beaters, scrambled with nothing added and 2 slices of whole wheat toast (with a teaspoon of brummel & brown yogurt spread)
10:00AM - snack - coffee, 1 mug black and an orange.
1:00PM - Lunch - 1 serving tuna w/1 oz of dill pickles (i know I'm weird) in a sahara whole wheat multigrain pita and 1 microwavable bowl of healthy choice soup (various kinds but all similar nutritionally)
5:00PM - Snack (still at work) - 1 dannon carb & sugar control yogurt and a light string cheese
7:00PM (or 9:00PM if i go to the gym after work) dinner - 4 oz grilled chicken (i buy the perdu pre-portion ones in plain or italian and grill it in the george foreman) a cup of some sort of whole grain, usually long grain brown rice and 1 cup of a veggie (broccoli, carrots, green beans etc) steamed with nothing added.
With all of this on fitday for today as an example I come in at 1467 calories, 33g fat, 188g carbs & 111g protein.
Following this pattern has helped me to lose the first 30lbs, I'm afraid if I cut too much more calories I will be feeling hungry and be tempted to binge which I want to avoid. Any advice on areas I can cut or add or up intensity to help me bust through what I assume is my first plateau?
thanks!