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    Cant get rid of it

    Ok, for about a month and a half now i've been trying to get down to a 6% bodyfat so that I can have some definition. So far its gone pretty good. I've been able to go from 17% to 11-12% body fat and basically lost 10 pounds of fat and managed to put on 3 pounds of muscle. Now i've come to a stop though. I can't get it below to go below 11%. The closest(sp?)i've come is 11.3%. At first I figured out my calorie intake by what my weight was at the time and it worked until I got down to 13% and it stopped there. From there I changed my calorie intake to what a person that weighed 140 would take in which got me down 2% more but now im stuck at 150 with 137 pounds of muscle. Here's my nurtitional intake right now:

    Calories: 1995
    Carbs: 249
    Protein: 149
    Fat: 44

    Heres my workout routine:

    Monday

    Bench Press
    Curls
    Military Press
    Rev. Curls
    Run 2 miles


    Wednesday

    Squats
    Calf Raises
    Leg Extensions
    Leg Curls
    Run 2 miles


    Friday

    Lat Pulldowns
    Tricep Ext.
    Flys
    Skull Crushers
    Run 2 miles

    Doing the diet and the exercise like this im still putting on muscle but I can't get rid of the remaining fat. I've though about doing high intensity interval running on wednesday instead of the 2 miles. Does anyone see anything that I should change here that might help me to reach a 6% bodyfat because right now i'm stumped.

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    Well, the interval training will certainly help, but the biggest thing you could do is drop those carbs! You probably don't need to lower them as far as the Atkins diet would have you do, just drop most starchy foods and replace them with fruits and vegetables. Try to raise your intake of good fats also, such as flaxseed oil, olive oil, fish oil, (or just eat lots of fish). Since you're lifting, try to raise your protein intake also.

    Your percentages would be more like this-
    protein--40%
    carbs--30%
    fat--30%

    This is what works best for me. I could never lose weight on a high carb, low calorie diet. Only after dropping carbs was I able to consistantly lose bodyfat.

    Good luck!
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    Thanks for the help, i'll give that a shot and hopefully it'll work.

    BTW, did you ever start taking NO2?

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    No, money is a little tight right now. Hopefully soon...
    Big egos are fragile.

    Where the violent see only violence, the skillfull can see skill.

    "You cannot solve a problem with the same level of thinking that existed when it was created." Albert Einstein

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    Unhappy

    No, money is a little tight right now. Hopefully soon...

    Heard some good things about it.
    Big egos are fragile.

    Where the violent see only violence, the skillfull can see skill.

    "You cannot solve a problem with the same level of thinking that existed when it was created." Albert Einstein

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