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I have been doing various BB programs over the last 3 years with continuous progress but in the last 6 months I hit a road block. I got sick and was not able to workout right when I was down to my last 3 pounds. I was so close to hitting my all time goal that I never thought I would achieve AND then wham! I get very sick and end up gaining 7 lbs. So now I get back on the wagon, begin a hybrid program and start following the Turbo Fire diet plan that worked for me before. I am now a month in and not losing an ounce!
Maybe its because I'm under a lot of stress or maybe I'm expecting too much too soon.
I may just be frustrated and angry at myself for letting myself go that long. I do not know.

Here are the details:
I've cut out sugar, increased my protein, and will cut back further on my fat intake with leaner meats. I'm sleeping well about 7 hours a night and drinking all my water. I may only have a glass of wine occasionally every few weeks and drink 1-2 cups of coffee a day. I take all my supplements and eat 6 meals a day about every 2 hours. I'm shooting for 1300-1500 calories and burning about 300 a day with workouts and 400 when I run.
I did one week of Turbo Fire & yoga then 3 weeks of P90X to get me back into the swing of things and am now on to do X2 with running twice a week and substituting Fire45 for Plyocide. This routine worked for me last year so I was going to do it again.

My biggest problem lately is that I'm SO HUNGRY all the time. I crave sugar and bread throughout the day and then salt and cheese at night. Between 8-10pm is the worst for me too when I often want to eat.

I thought I would try to keep some plain cooked whole-grains around like bulger wheat or barley that I can grab with some almonds and greek yogurt maybe as a late night snack instead of not eating. I also figure I need to increase my greens too.
I don't know. Just feeling frustrated. What am I overlooking?

Is it that I am just asking for too much too soon?
I guess I just need some motivation and support.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Thanks. I recalculated my info again and it puts me at 1600. When I first tried P90X I went with the book equation to find my calories and it put me at 1800 but I ended up gaining weight with that number so I have always been very cautious about going beyond 1500 knowing I still have a decent amount of body fat left to lose. I do know my burn rate has increased quite a bit since then tho. I will try going up by at least 200 calories and see what happens.

Do you recommend recalculating every month?

Usually when I get sick I rest a day or two and get back to working out and feel better. This time I was sick for 7 solid weeks and every time I thought I was getting better I would push play and workout only to get even sicker. I finally had to stop trying and stay in bed. It was a very bad virus & upper respiratory infection. Now that its gone, I gotta get back to where I was.
My ultimate goal was to to hit 120 lbs. I was 123 when I got sick and ended up gaining 7 lbs being unable to workout so now I'm 130 lbs I am 5'3 tall and 39 yrs old.

Thanks everyone. This helps a lot