Carb cycling

 well, when I was going to the gym, I would spend an extra 30 min on weights after I finished cardio.  Does this count as weight training? im not sure...

I guess, it would depend upon what you were doing. Most trainers recommend warming up for a few minutes on a cardio machine, then do weights, and add cardio at the end. It might help to kick start your weight loss to try something different.

gail

 thanks Gail!

I would increase water. If you are using your muscles that much during the day, they need water to rebuild. Have you taken measurements? Are your clothes fitting differently whic means loss of inches? Frisco can attest to the fact that the last 15-30lbs are the hardest to lose, he talks about it a lot because it's so true.

I would focus on weight training. Focus on a specific muscle group, say Arms are day 1, do bicep, tricep, shoulders/back workouts then day 2 do legs, and lower body stuff. I never did much cardio to be honest. I never "run" do the treadmill, ellipticals were invented by the devil himself. I loved Hip Hop Abs at home for ab/core workouts because situps and crunches were invented by the devil's twin.

Again, I'm not saying don't do it, maybe add some fruit somewhere, but I wouldn't add in any sort of simple carbs.

 I will definitely give it a shot.  Thanks for all your guidance :)

During the losing phase, I believe that consistency is key i.e. low carbs, high protein.  This worked for me. Where carb cycling can be helpful, is to break through plateaus and to lose a few pounds towards the end of weight loss or during maintenance. There is research that backs this up, and body builders and fitness people have been doing this for years. It all depends upon how carb sensitive one is, as to how many carbs one handle. Some people are extremely insulin resistance, thus carb sensitive.


gail

The idea has some merits, as most stalls come from glycogen starvation the time it takes to rebuild those stocks and the water to keep it in solution. Like the others, I never played the wig wag game, but I also never played the ultra low carb game, either, keeping a more consistent nutritional balance throughout (typically 70-100g carb, 120 or so later in the loss phase as exercise intensity picked up,) and never had any significant stalls. Presumably, I never went into glycogen starvation mode, but maintainted a more consistent fat burn by simple caloric deficit. Note, however, that the Atkins style diet might yield quicker loss (that's the hypothesis at least) despite the stalls, but I sure didn't want to lose any faster than I did.