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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started trying to lose weight in late January and lost a good amount pretty fast - about ten pounds in a month. However, I have been stuck in the same 3-ish pound window for the last six weeks.

I’m 5’3, 170-173. I workout (HIIT or strength) 3-4 hours a week, otherwise work a sedentary job but am “active” (gardening, chores, walks take up a good portion of my afternoons and weekends). Since I started losing weight I have tracked my calories ruthlessly: last week I averaged 1312 a day, the week before that, 1530, then 1489, 1066, 1600. If I didn’t post it, I didn’t eat it.

I don’t track macros but generally have coffee (with cream and sugar, which I log), broth, maybe eggs for breakfast , soup or leftovers for lunch, and dinners which might look like lamb stew, chicken wings, rice, and salad, shrimp cocktail, sweet potatoes, greens, and steak.

I eat whole food forward, only drink water after my morning coffees, don’t drink alcohol.

So what am I doing wrong?[/quote]

Extremely common to hit a weight loss plateau. It can be incredibly difficult to break.
Perhaps try mixing up your activity and workout routines. Try doing a sport like tennis or swimming or running instead of typical gym workouts. And stop obsessing about calorie counts. You likely know by now what to eat and what amounts. And maybe insert some different foods once in a while. I think our bodies can get used to the same things all the time and switching it up makes it say "whoa! wait a minute! what was that?!" and can wake it up a bit.[/quote]

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