Help! Weight Loss Plateau page

[cheapo]

My situation is probably not unique, but I'm getting frustrated and would certainly appreciate some Help.

I've been getting gradually more Primal over the past two years, to the point where I am about 80-90% primal now. In that time I went from ±220 lbs to ±200 lbs. I was happy with the improvement, but felt I could do more.

So, at the beginning of April, I began using the Lose-It! iPhone app to track my food and using its plan to lose 1 lb/week (a 2100 calorie/day budget). In the first 3-4 weeks I lost 6-7 lbs. I've lost another pound since, but that's it!

Because of Lose-It! I have a good idea of how I have been eating:

Over the past 7 weeks I have eaten, on average, 2170 calories per day.
129 g or 53.5% Calories from Fat
123 g or 22.7% Calories from Protein (= .85 g / pound Lean Body Mass)
126 g or 23.3% Calories from Carbohydrates

Hmm.
Looking at the numbers, I guess I need to cut more carbs, right?

Anything else I should be looking at?

[soonerfan90]

Your numbers look good. My only ? is what kind of carbs are you eating? Also, you could be gaining muscle while losing fat. One time the scale showed I had lost only 3 pounds in 4 weeks but I dropped my body fat 10%.

[Nasno]

If you're looking to get leaner, try dropping your carbs to under 50g/day and upping your fats for two weeks.

[cheapo]

Your numbers look good. My only ? is what kind of carbs are you eating? Also, you could be gaining muscle while losing fat. One time the scale showed I had lost only 3 pounds in 4 weeks but I dropped my body fat 10%.

Carbs are from vegetable 80% of the time, grains and legumes 20%.

My workout routine is fairly steady these days, so I don't think I am packing on much muscle.

[cheapo]

If you're looking to get leaner, try dropping your carbs to under 50g/day and upping your fats for two weeks.

I would like to try this.

[RSL]

I'm new around here - I thought that grains and legumes were taboo...

[cheapo]

They are. But, as I said, most of my carbs are from vegetables. Maybe 20% are from PB-blacklisted foods.

(If you're new, why are you a senior member?)

[hbeck]

(If you're new, why are you a senior member?)

Title is from number of posts, rather than time here.

[RSL]

yeah, what hbeck said.

[RSL]

They are. But, as I said, most of my carbs are from vegetables. Maybe 20% are from PB-blacklisted foods.

I'm sure I don't know what I'm talking about, but what about cutting those out and see if it helps?