Q: Mike I run about 60 to 70 k per week, one day is a 20k run. I try to do weights 2 x's a week, work the main muscles eat about 1980 calories per day and I am still sitting at the weight of 133 lbs. I am a female and very frustrated. How can I get myself down to 125 lbs or so?????

A: You didn't mention your height, but assuming you are 5 foot 4 inches or taller you are already in very good shape, so first thing to realize is the better shape you are in, the harder it is to keep improving. You might need to try a lot of different approaches before making a breakthrough. With that in mind, lets continue... First off, good job eating as much as you do -- too many women cut their calories way down and kill their metabolism. Second, you are running a lot more than I would recommend for most people. If you are training for marathons or other endurance events, that makes sense. But if you are running only so you can lose weight, I would recommend cutting down on the volume of running and instead upping your weight training. Too much cardio becomes destructive for your metabolism, just like too few calories. I would decrease running to no more than maybe 20k total per week and incerase the weights to 4x week. You didn't go in detail on your weight program, but hopefully it focuses on big compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, lunges, presses, rows, pulldowns/pullups as well as core work. Don't spend too much (or even any) time on isolation exercises like bicep curls or tricep kickbacks.

You may want to review my Nutrition and Weight Training articles to make sure your weight training and diet programs are as good as they can be. If you want, you can post back with a lot more detail about your diet and weight training program and I'll look over it and suggest any changes. Or you could register for my site and start your own Fitness Blog so I can answer your questions right there (again, it's all free). Hope that helps and good luck!