Well, I would figure you would fit into the next activity level up since you are lift ing 4-5 days a week and then doing cardio on top of that. That says you are running a deficit of more than 1000 calories a day. I’m just sayin that if you believe “calories in/calories out” you should be losing more than 2lbs/week. Instead, you have gotten stuck.
I also think SuFu is quite correct, and for muscle gains it really works. I just believe your main issue is cutting. And I don’t think with a 1000 calorie deficit you are going to gain muscle unless you are newbie, the absolute best you could hope for would be to maintain muscle mass.
Which brings up another possibility from SuFu’s post. Overtraining. You don’t get big and strong from lifting heavy weights, you get big and strong recovering from lifting weights. Your symptoms could be a sign of overtraining. I am old, I struggle being able to do three weight training sessions per week and properly recover. Often, all I can do is two. Remember, the rest is actually as important as the exercise.
