Try varying your running or add some other cardio activity to "shake things up." If you always run 4 or 5 miles a day, run 6 another day. Or start doing speed training if you do not already do that. (interval training for one run or something like that.) Or if you do not want to add more running or change that aspect, get some other xtraining in there, like weights, or walking, tennis, rollerblading, whatever you think will keep you entertained.

As far as not lifting weights, I am a big proponent of weight lifting for overall fitness, but if you don't like it then you won't stick with it. But perhaps add a few strength training moves in, such as ab work, push ups, squats, lunges, dips (using a chair or a stair.) Things you can do at home, things you can do during commercial breaks (assuming you watch tv.) It might be enough to get you out of your plateau.

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I started at 265 pounds (6ft tall), I have been running every other day, 4 or 5 miles. I'm 48 years old and I now weigh 230 pounds, and will click up to 233 occasionally. I cut my calories significantly, and I stay hungry. I probably eat 2000 calories a day.

I have been stuck at 230 pounds for 4 months now. I want to lose another 30 pounds, but that seems like a fantasy right now. What do you think I should/can do to step up my weight loss?

I have found that running everyday results in injury, for me. I dislike lifting weights, but will do it if there is no other choice (please give me another choice!). Any replies will be most appreciated.

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I am not a guy, so I do not know the numbers well for men. However, I know that women who want to lose weight are told to cut their calorie intake to about 1,500. I would guess that your 2,000 calorie intake is high, esp. on the days that you do not run.
Weight lifting did not do anything for me in terms of weight loss. I maintained my weight during the 4 years that I lifted weights. But that may be due to other factors also. There is no one to one relationship to weight lifting and weight loss.
I stopped lifting weights because I incorporated more swimming in my schedule, and had to cut something for the sake of time. I plan to get back to it in the Fall.
Of course, someone will argue that I did not do the right kind of weight lifting, but there is always a way to defend a position or to argue against another one.
To curb your appetite, you might consider dinking more water.

You might want to look at the quality of your diet. My husband over the course of two years went from 225 down to 180 (he's 6'4"). His doctor had told him his cholesterol was too high and threatened to put him on meds if he didn't bring it down with healthy eating and exercise. So he started cycling and completely changed the way he eats.

About his diet. He makes sure to get plenty of whole grains to fuel his workouts. He eats steel-cut oatmeal or a whole wheat bagel with smoked salmon on it for breakfast. He usually eats either a large salad with lean protein (something like you'd find at CPK or Cheesecake Factory) for lunch. Occasionally, he'll just saute a huge amount of vegetables (you name it, asparagus, zucchini, broccoli,cauliflower) in a little olive oil and fresh herbs for lunch. Dinner we usually have lean protein (chicken, fish, sushi, and only very rarely red meat) and another heaping portion of veggies. We might have a little freshly-baked bread from Whole Foods with dinner but that's usually the extent of the processed food. He also has a glass or two of red or white wine with dinner. He snacks on nuts or on carrots dipped in hummus.

He's far from a dietary saint. He ends every day with at least two of the small Peppermint Patties and usually for dessert has a Drumstick (you know, the ice cream cone with chocolate and nuts on top) or some similar sort of treat. He also has at least one grande skim latte from Starbucks every day. He'll have times where he'll indulge in pizza from a great pizza place in town and every great once in a while will want a bowl of pasta but he makes sure he gets a big serving of fresh vegetables in his stomach first.

If he can do it, you can do it. It just takes time and patience. Make sure your diet is well-rounded and healthy and be honest with yourself. If that alone doesn't do it, then look at your workouts.

BTW he never went back to the doctor to check on his cholesterol levels again -- he just assumes they're better and that he couldn't be predisposed to high cholesterol. Men!

Good luck!

I think that some of the other posters are giving good advice. You likely need to switch what you are eating so that you can fill up and still be at the proper cals for your height/weight. If you eat more veggies, low cal snacks, whole grains, lean meats, etc you will likely start losing again. What do you eat in a typical day?

Im currently in a similar situation as the OP. Ive lost 30lb over about 5months, but the past month or so its literally STOPPED coming off. I do weights every other day, I run every other day, I try to hit an elliptical inbetween. I was stumped as to what else I could possibly do. I was eating about 2000cal per day which should have been enough of a deficiency to continue to lose.

But I ate mostly like 2 big meals per day and nothing inbetween. Im currently trying to do the 5-6 smaller meals per day to see what happened. Only been doing it for a week or 2 so no results as of yet. But hoping it will rev up my metabolism eventually.