Good morning everybody.
I need your help. I started my journey about a year ago. And I've significantly improved. Lost a lot of fat and gained an amount of muscle I never dreamed of having. However, for a couple of months now, I've been stuck at 23% body fat. That number fluctuated over the months. One month I go down to 22 over the course of 2 months and the next month I go back up to 23 again. The upside was that I gained about a kilo and a half of muscle with that increase (which is pretty normal). Last month however, I've stagnated. No added muscle and no fat loss. In fact, I gained like half a kilo of fat. I don't know what's wrong and I'm at the end of my rope here.
These are my daily meals:
Breakfast: A banana. 2 boiled eggs mashed into a plate of cooked (no oil) fava beans and bell pepper slices. A cup of tea with milk (fat free).
Lunch (before my workout which has become 1 hour of pure calisthenics. I used to lift weights, but stopped about a month ago because I had goals to be achieved through calisthenics):
A chicken breast (boned with skin and wing). A plate of veggies (bell peppers, broccoli, carrots). And a choice of either lentil soup, a bowl of rice (sometimes I have baby potato slices over them) or a small bowl of spaghetti. I mostly eat spaghetti.
Dinner: A chicken thigh and drumstick (boned with skin). Sometimes I have a cup of tea with milk (fat free).
Snack before bed: A protein shake of 2 scoops of whey protein, a tablespoon of peanut butter an fat free milk.
Sometimes, I like to switch it up. So, my day changes as my lunch changes.
So, if I decide to have a different lunch from the one above, I have a whole tilapia fish (cooked with oil and lemon). And a bowl of rice. And on that day, my dinner becomes 3 fried eggs and a cup of tea with fat free milk. That typically happens twice a week. Otherwise, my lunch and dinner can be some sort of beef/ribs and with dinner I have the same cup of tea.
I have the one free day where I eat the one heavy meal and a dessert and tea with fat free milk and and a teaspoon of honey. If I'm still hungry (which doesn't really happen), I will eat scrambled eggs with the tea.
I do occasionally take a teaspoon or 2 of Nutella, but I've since stopped. I don't smoke. I don't drink (except water of course).
That's all. Can you guys please help identify what I'm doing wrong? Because I don't feel like I'm eating too much. If anything, I feel I'm not eating enough. And if you can, please suggest foods/meals that I can eat because I'm starting to get tired of the things I'm eating. Thank you so much in advance.
