To start off i feel like some background is required.
193cm, 145kg, male, 32 years old
8 years ago i was in the best shape of my life after losing 25kg and gaining a lot of muscle. Going from not being able to do pull ups to doing 20 at once. It felt amazing. I believe i weighed 100kg at the time. From there i got into a happy relationship and stopped going to the gym and eventually just started gaining a lot of weight. The most i've weighed myself at was 156kg about 4-5 months ago.
I know how to build muscle and how to eat properly while eating in a way that is sustainable.
I started properly going to the gym again 4 months ago but i had a good attempt last year also. Basically over the last 16 months, i've gone to the gym for about 10 of them, 3-5 times a week.
First 2 months: started gym this year at 156kg and doing 3 workouts per week. Push, pull, full body. After the first 1-1.5 months i lost about 10kg (probably water weight) and that's about the exact same weight i've been ever since.
After the first 2 months: Went back to my old workout routine of push, pull, legs, push, pull, full body so 6 days a week. I also started to follow all of my calorie intake for about 2 weeks so i roughly know what every meal has in it. On top of daily gym, i do about 45min of intense walking outside. I feel like i shouldnt try to jog at this weight.
The problem: I'm having insane motivation issues as my scale is stuck. I eat about 1500 calories per day on a good day and 1800-1900 on a bad day. Either day is still well below my maintenance calories which are about 2500-3000 depending on what site to believe.
My meals consist of the same foods each week but its the foods that i love so i'll probably keep eating them:
- Minced chicken
- Cottage cheese
- A lot of salad and vegetables (volume eater)
- Potatoes
- Steak
- Salmon
I feel like i've never been stuck at the same weight for so long as i have right now. It definitely feels even worse since i've been very strict on the diet and have not gone above 2k kcal on a single day for about 3 months in a row now. Today i weighed myself at 146 and i had a insane motivation loss as my brain is telling me "another week, same exact weight"
Either i'm doing something horribly wrong or losing even a few kg will take me about 2 months on 500-1000 calorie deficit per day. Which should not be a thing at my weight and the amount i move and workout per day.
I wouldnt ask for help usually but i feel like if i fail this now then i'm done and it's going to be harder to return to weight loss journey the older i get. I want to get it done now.
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