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Ok.......... Well in January I hit the scales at 336 pounds, I'm 6'4" and today I'm 295 but I've 295 for the last couple of weeks. I was doing the weight watcher thing pretty hard and thats when I started working out at the gym a month a go, I'm not doing the weight watchers thing anymore I just watch my calories and I stay between 2-3000 a day. I work out at the gym once a day for an hour. I do a half hour cardio on a treadmill at 15 degrees and the other half hour I do weights. I've noticed my muscles getting bigger but I cant lose anymore weight and thats what I want to do. I really want to get down to 240 or so. Should I do more cardio and less weight lifting, should I go back to the weight watchers thing and forget counting my calories like I am now. I'm about ready to quit because I'm getting mad that I'm not losing weight.

Please help me out, I'm lost.

Thanks, TJ
 
Whats your diet like?
Whats your BMR -500 calories?

What i've grasped is, you've begun weight training, which means your gaining muscle mass, and muscle weighs more than fat, that could be the cause of you staying at 275.

We need some more information to coherently solve your problems.
 
This could be for a number of reasons IMO.

1. The weight you've lost has meant that you're now working more efficiently in the Gym and not burning as many calories to create a deficit. Think how much more effort it would take to do your workout whilst carrying a 40lb sack of potatoes!

2. Your body has gotten used to the workouts you do and isn't responding as well. Try changing your workout - perhaps a single day of cardio and a single day of weights? Also try the cross trainer, rowing machine and bike instead of just the treadmill.

3. You've hit a natural plateau with your weight loss and your body won't respond to either your diet or your excercise regime. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I upped my calorie intake for a week to maintenance + 500 calories (that was a fun week!) and shook up my workouts. I changed my cardio routine to incorporate some compound lifting and body weight work and I switched from doing 3 x 10-12 Reps with the weights to 4 x 8 reps with more weight!

This worked a charm and for the week I was over eating, I actually lost a pound. I started cutting again this week and have dropped a further 2 pounds.

4. It could be that you're not counting calories effectively. My advice is to count everything at least for a few weeks until you start to drop weight again. In all honesty you should be keeping some sort of diary anyway to weed out the bad and not so bad habits etc.
 
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