Losing the last ten pounds

[Kameo Kid]

I am cutting and I am trying to get those last few pounds off. I seem to just keep maintaning. I dropped my cal intake but I just seem to have maintain. I did cheat to help fire up my metabolism but that doesn't seem to be really contributing. I just maintain! Should I stop the calorie diet and trying something else now to try and lose?

[JamesInLA]

Well, to state the obvious, if it ain't working, change something. First thing you should do is post your height/weight/bodyfat% so people can give good advice.

Reading between the lines of your post, I'm guessing you aren't managing your macros (carb/protein/fat), just your calories. Look into carb cycling or keto diets, those have kickstarted my -- and many others' -- metabolism when hitting plateaus.

[Hunterchilla]

I hate to be a dik not to hijack but ive been askin this question for a while, I just started carb cycling and so far it seems to be working, well I lost alot of water weight so far. I do one day 0-15 carbs, and the next day 100-200 carbs, and then repeat. Am I doing the carb cycling diet right? im not sure.. Im doing my high carbs on the days I work out, and the 0 carbs on days I dont.

[JamesInLA]

Carb cycling doesn't have to be complicated - what you're doing will work. You are right to have the carbs on workout days. You can increase the effectiveness a bit more by doing two things -- focus your meals so that you're having a good chunk of the carbs (say 1/3 to 1/2) immediately after your workout and in your first real post-workout meal about an hour later. The other thing you can do to increase effectiveness is go for two low/no carb days back-to-back each week.