Hey guys,

This is the first post I've ever made at this forum, so HELLO :D.
I finally decided to post something because my fat loss seems to be going really slow. I started on March 1st - trial and error with nutrition for a while, and have come to somewhat a 'routine' for food/exercise.
Below is my daily menu (Monday-Saturday):
Breakfast
2 x Soy & Linseed bread slices toasted (high protein/low GI carbs)
2 x peanut butter on the bread slices (high fat/moderate protein/carbs)
1 glass low fat milk (high protein/slow release carbs/high insulin index)
Morning snack - I can't really be picky
2 x Multigrain bread slices
2 x thin cheese slices
Small amount of mayo
3.5 ounces chicken sliced (grilled)
Small amount of lettuce
1 x 200 mL orange juice
Lunch
Depends on how early I finish college.
Some days it's 6" Chicken sub with Ranch sauce (a bit)
Some days it's Pork Roast roll (White roll) with gravy
Other days it's the same as Morning snack
Afternoon snack
Protein shake (1 scoop of gourmet protein) + 1 cup low fat milk
1 tbsp peanut butter
PWO snack (gym days only)
1 scoop gourm protein + 1 cup low fat milk
1.5 cups low GI orange juice
Dinner
Varies, some nights vegetarian fare with wheat bread, some nights roasted quarter chicken.

I also do weights training 3 times per week - Tue, Thur, Sat. I just recently started following Max-OT principles.

Does there look like anything I can tweak to speed up the process? Honestly, I kept believing that I'd be able to do it like John Stone, but it's been 2 months and I still sort of look the same in the mirror - even though measurements have dropped (6 kg loss in 8 weeks, 2 inch loss off waist, 1 inch off abdomen)

I'd appreciate any constructive advice. Thanks. :claplow:

based on other responses to diets, eat more veggies!
lose the cheese
lose the bread
replace the bread with vegetables
eat vegetables with your chicken
Mmm, i seem to be getting stuck on the vegies thing, but thats the big thing that i see missing here.
BTW, your progress isn't slow! 6 kgs in 8 weeks is fine, you don't want to do it that much faster.

Sounds to me like you have the perfect diet. your losing between 1-2 pounds per week which is the optimum when your aiming to keep lean mass. If anything I'd lose the cheese and swap white bread for brown bread.
Have you got any stats? It may just be that your burning off a fair bit of fat. I mean if your 30lb of fat overweight your not going to look massively different from being 20lb overweight. Its the difference between 20 and 10lb overweight that you really start to see the difference. You may find that the next 8kg that come off make a massive difference. I've lost 14lb (about 6kg) in the past few months and i don't look any different in the mirror but i know when i lose another 6kg I'll start to notice things.
Anyway good luck, not that it looks like you'll need much its been good progress so far :tu:

If you're losing almost a kg every week, I'd say don't change it up. It's far better to go slowly than to "speed up the process". Your body won't shed fat faster anyway, since it's actually quite keen on keeping it (to a certain extent anyway, if you're 500 lbs you could probably lose fat faster than at 200 lbs). Going too low on calories will only cause the body to burn muscles instead of extra fat.

Don't compare yourself to other people. Even though John accomplished something great, John is John, and not you. No matter how good you are, there's always going to be someone better just around the next corner. If you lose 10 lbs and someone else loses 50, your 10 are still good, aren't they? As long as you're losing, you shouldn't worry a bit.

I bet you've heard it before, but pictures are the best way of keeping track of changes, since you won't notice them day by day looking in the mirror.

I wish you the best of luck in your quest for a better body.