I have become addicted to the gym...well not so much the gym but to the calories I am burning. I workout for about an 1 1/2 per day. I started going to the gym because the scale wasn't moving, but guess what? The scale still isn't moving!

I cut out all re-fined carbs, such as bread, and Pasta, because I thought that would also help but so far no luck...so I thought I would come to you guys for a bit of advice...

Here is my diet:

Breakfast:

• Starbucks mocha half sweet-non fat- no whip 175 calories ( I cant give it up...I tried but when I don't have it I eat and eat and eat, because I am looking for my fix!)
  
• Fruit salad-berries, pineapple, melon, grapes- 250 grams

Lunch

• Chili 1.5 cups
  
• Sour cream-fat free 2 to 3 table spoons

Dinner

• Chicken breast no skin 4- 5 oz.
  
• Salad- cabbage-veggies-lettuce- 1.5 cup
  
• Tomato -just a few chopped up for taste
  
• Green peppers small hand full
  
• Sour cream-fat free 2 to 3 table spoons
  
• Frank's Red hot sauce ( I use the sour cream and the hot sauce as dressing- it is only 45 calories and 0 grams of fat. I figure it helps make up for the mocha in the morning!)

Snack

• Protein drink with 23 grams of Protein (right before bed)

I drink 10 - 12 glasses of Water per day.

Totals for the day:

Calories: 1450

Fat: 34 grams

Carbs: 179 (they are from fruit, milk, and bean products)

Protein: 101 grams

I am burning 900 to 1000 calories per day- 6 times a week. I do cardio every other day, and strengh training on the other days- which consist of Tai chi, yoga, an hour of curves, and an hour walk. Sunday I rest. My scale has refused to budge. I want to know if anyone has suggestions for me. I don't want to lose my spirit and put the breaks on and turn into a couch potato, but it is hard to be motivated when your scale is not backing you up.:thumbup:

My pants are still tight too...I could accept all of this if I could fit into to smaller clothes and have a NSV, but I am still in my FAT pants!

Has this happened to anyone else?:smile:

ANY advice is appreciated!

I have never worked this hard to stay in the same spot.

I presented your problem to a close friend of mine who has been banded for 3 years and greatly successfull, lost 135 pds in 10 months. His surgeon has him come to the seminars to talk to people and they send patients who are having problems loosing the weight to him.

His recomendation is to cut the Protein drink before bed and to not eat anything 2 hours before bed. Also, he said you are getting an excess of protein and could stand to cut that back, best done by cutting the drink.

I would only have a protein shake when you weight train, like after. But that's it. I would drop the protein shake. Don't eat anything 2hrs before bed, if you must have something, have sugar free jello, if you get hungry.

The other thing is when people have a plateau, you may just have to switch things up. Are you doing the same exercises that you did when you started this? If so then try something different. Switch it up, the body adapts and will refuse to budge. So try this for at least a week and see if that helps. Drop the protein shake before bed, switch to Jello if you like it. Only have a protein shake after weight training. Switch your aerobics to something else, something you haven't tried yet. Gives you a new challenge. And nothing for 2 hrs before bed. If you don't notice a change then, then I would call your dr. and have them do some blood work make sure your thyroid is working like it should. That thyroid can be a touchy thing!

And let us know if that works! :drool: