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Hello rebels, The time has come for me to ask in forums what am I doing wrong. I've read a lot and I've tried a lot, but it seems I can't lose fat. This is what I've been doing for the past 3 months: Stats Age: 28 Height: 5'7" (170cm) Weight: 198Lbs (90Kg) BF%: Around 25%-30%, eyeballing from here http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/ Diet My diet consists of eating eggs, tuna, and lettuce, that's pretty much it. I never starve neither I eat too much, I got used to eat the same stuff over and over, and I don't really have cravings anymore. Additionally, I drink 1 scoop of whey protein (50gr non-isolate) with 1oz of oatmeal (28g non instant) about 1.30 hours before gym, and 2 scoops of whey right after workout (100gr non-isolate) along with 8g of Omega-3 oil, mostly for the joints. I take these shakes 3x a week, not daily. I only drink water, around 1gal per day (4liters), no sugar or sweets (hate them TBH), and I use very little salt. However, I have one cheat meal a week, usually a pizza or a burger, nothing fancy, and 1 or maybe 2 beers. Workout I basically follow a modified version of stronglifts. I'm not a newbie, I consider myself intermediate, right now I'm squatting around 315lbs (140Kg) 3x5 @ 3x a week. About one month ago I decided to try cardio acceleration, which basically consists of doing 1min of high intensity cardio in between sets, it's brutal at first, but I'm improving my resistance and I'm getting a hang of it. On average I do 12mins of cardio @ a heartrate 175BPM. My resting heart rate is around 50BPM at the moment. Results My weight has been around the same all this time, sometimes goes a little bit up or down, but always the same. Have I lost fat? debatable, my belts and pants don't feel any different to me than 3 months ago, and my big fat belly looks exactly the same. Muscle gains? hard to tell, as I've said, I'm an intermediate lifter so I guess I'd say yes, but little if any. Strength and cardio improvements, yes, however, considering I was under a different training 3 months ago, I'm not sure how significant these improvements are. For instance, my 1RM squats in 2012 was around 405lbs, but I don't really think I can make it right now. All is relative at this point. ADVICE PLS I'm open to any suggestion, really, anything, I'd like to tackle this once and for all. I feel tempted to go for more cardio on my rest days, but I'm a bit concerned about overtraining, and honestly I don't know what else to do =( Should I weigh my food and count every calorie? should I remove some whey? should I exercise more? I took a thyroid blood test around 6 months ago when I was trying another training plan but results were not out of the ordinary, so maybe that rules out thyroid issues? UPDATE: 1 week of data http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/54759-what-am-i-doing-wrong/?p=1243659