Hello All,

I have been lurking for quite a while and finally got the nerve up to join a little while back. I can not tell you how great, useful and motivational this site is!

Now, on to the issue at hand - lost a lot of weight but can not seem to lose this tummy and believe me it is nasty! I am not kidding when I say I am starting to look like an insect - arms and legs shrinking with this big abdomen. It is getting difficult to buy clothes since if they fit me in the waist they hang off of my non-existent hips and butt.

I work out regularly but due to a back injury can not do floor exercises and need to be extremely careful about bending or putting pressure on my lower back for about 2 more months, so I have been doing cardio - sometimes even twice a day! Every morning after a couple of cups of coffee I take a brisk walk with my dog for 30-45 minutes. Then on alternating days I either jog/walk where a typical split would be about 15 minutes jogging with 5 minutes walking recovery and another 15 minutes jogging and cool down. On the other days I ride the stationary bike at a moderate pace with heart level at 60-70 percent for 30 to 45 minutes.

I rotate my calories so that for a few days I am on about 1000 calories with very low carbs - just non starchy veggies, lots of green - and low fat with only about 25 grams of which only about 5 grams saturated fat and get around 150-160 grams of protein. Every 3rd day I add in about 300 calories of high fiber carbs. On top of this I take a multi-vitamin every day and drink between 4.5 and 6 liters of water a day.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. I am just so frustrated that the tummy isn't going anywhere and I have not seen the scale move in a while.

Thanks in advance and have a great day!!!!