I’ve been dieting at 2000 calories a day for about 6 weeks now. I noticed great results for the first 4 weeks but the last 2 weeks seem to be at a stand still. I’m a little worried that perhaps I dropped my calories too low in the beginning and now my body has adapted. I don’t want to go any lower as I’m already hungry as a mofo with 2000 calories.
Giving my stats in the subject, 200 lbs, 14-15% bodyfat, is this too low? I was considering raising my cals up about 2-300 calories next week and attempting that, but if my metabolism has slowed this seems like it could cause more problems. Should I take a week off at maintenance calories to reset my metabolism and then shift down again, but not go as low? Or can simply upping my calories make a diff?
Up till now I haven’t been doing much cardio, I usually rely on weight training(4 days a week) with maybe a day or 2 of cardio max. Could it be that I just need to up my cardio with my current calorie intake? Like I said though my worry is that I’ve dropped calories too much and that more cardio might make it worse.
I've been following about a 45/30/25-pro/fat/carb diet this whole time and I find it easy to follow. However I haven't been too picky on the carb type, eating a lot of whole wheat breads, whole wheat waffles, etc... Also I usually shoot for 45/30/25 at each meal and haven't been breaking them up between pro/fat and pro/carb like JMB suggests.
So my dilemna is should I take a week off and then readjust calories? Or should I add in more cardio, adjust my diet to JMB style of pro/carb and pro/fat meals with lower GI carbs, maybe adding 2-300 calories back in or sticking with current intake? Anyone dieting with similar stats as me please let me know what your calorie intake is and how it’s working for you.