Lost 40 lbs now stuck

Do you take your measurements? If not, then start. Chest, waist, belly, butt, thigh, neck, and bicep are good (for women, it should be both the bust and the band underneath as those are both used in calculating bra sizes). I take mine every Monday morning when I also weigh in. I'm a data nerd so it's all in an Excel spreadsheet and I could graph it and completely seal the deal in nerditude.

Also, you should take note of how your clothes are fitting, and how your body is reconfiguring. Sometimes we get stuck but then suddenly the bottom drops out of the weight.

Your program sounds good but you could probably stand to have more variety in what you do, maybe something different like spinning or swimming to challenge your body again.

Good luck to you. I know how hard this is.

Glycine. A quarter teaspoon equals a gram. I take about 15 grams a day. It is one of the 22 proteins the body needs, theoretically it can be made by the body from other proteins but it's best to take it. Since it has a sweetish taste, I've cut out all added sugar and substitute glycine powder in tea and coffee.

Has been scientifically shown to help lose weight, and even better, studies have shown that when you lose weight by calorie restriction alone, you also lose "lean body mass", (bone and muscle). If you lose weight by calorie restriction while taking glycine, will not lose "lean body mass", only fat. And yet you will lose as much or more weight than before.

The reason glycine works so well is that it is contained in the bones of game animals, and the ancients made use of the entire animal back then-no wastage. So the bones were well boiled for soup. Now we don't do that much, so we get much less glycine than our forebears, and we suffer for it. Also helps the joints and cartilage as well. I buy mine in 1 pound containers as a powder, available at online supplement websites. Inexpensive as well.

Oops, I meant to add - you might also want to (a) start weighing/measuring your food more and (b) reducing the percentage of carbs in your diet in favor of more protein. You don't have to go super-low carb but see if a change in the mix helps.