Hi , I started about a year and a half ago. Not really knowing what I was doing I followed the usual points of eat till full ,eat more fat etc. I was 300 pounds 6 feet tall. Over that time I've stopped over Christmas and summer for a couple of months as I was discouraged with lack of results. Been back on it pretty strict since October of last year down to around 250 pounds. I've been doing omad with black coffee and tea throughout the day. Eat my meal around 5pm to 7pm daily. Again I've been eating till full with added fat. Usually I'll prep a weeks worth of beef ribs , shanks, oxtail, blade roast and have it all week with the broth and rendered fat from it. I'll add some eggs or chicken with skins here and there. I've noticed that I stalled my weight loss at around 250 ,255 pounds and my normal weight should be around 200. What am I doing wrong.

3 hours ago, kaz said:

What am I doing wrong.

Possibly nothing. How long did it take to get from 300 to 250? Sometimes we hit plateaus for several weeks and then things pick up again. Oftentimes during stalls people will still report healing or body recomposition, etc.

Can you think of anything in your habits that may have changed? Have you increased fat or upped your portions? How soon after eating your OMAD do you go to bed?

There are a couple possibilities here, and the same approach might be warranted for both.

1) Your body has adapted/adjusted to your new pattern, i.e. your metabolism has reset itself based on your current food intake. This is why some people can literally consume only 800 calories a day and still not lose weight. The body down-regulates energy usage to conserve because it thinks there is a famine.

The solution might be to either cut back on food or fat, OR keep the body guessing by maybe throwing a day or two in there where you eat 2 meals instead of one, OR throw in a fasting day, etc.

2) You required more energy when you were 300 lbs than you do now at 250 lbs. You've lost 17% of your body mass. That means your basal metabolic rate (energy needed just to keep cells alive) is 17% less than before.

The solution here might be to reduce food/fat intake, OR add some extra activity, whether that's running, walking, lifting, etc.