re: How to Break Through 2-Year Plateau

Your running is probably using calories from the wrong metabolic source. If you are running hard and fast enough you are breathing heavy enough it would be difficult to carry on a conversation without struggling for breath then your body is anaerobic and burning stored muscle glycogen. Then when you get through running your brain signals your body to replenish the stored muscle glycogen and you feel hungry.

You need to be running below your lactate threshold. At that point where your body is mostly using oxidized fat for fuel. Running at this pace will feel very easy, almost like you aren't even working out.

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I don't know how your maintenance calories were calculated but when I started at 206lbs my target for weight loss was closer to 1500. Sub 1500 calories and lots of Zone 2 cycling had the weight coming off 1-2lbs a week on average. I cycle a lot so I would fuel for hard rides before the ride. But Zone 2 fat burning rides I didn't factor into my calorie count.