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Anonymous
First thing, HIIT isn't like regular cardio. If you read the descriptions about HIIT, the caloric burn and benefits happen 48 hours after the actual excercise. HIIT is diff. from regular cardio, more like lifting weights because the intensity and intervals break down your muscle like in weight lifting... so you're buring calories during muscle repair/recovery days after while you're resting. So you can't just figure 100 calories burnt during your HIIT session (its not steady state cardio).
It sounds like you're not consuming enough calories, that your caloric deficit is too high. Bottomline is that with all the cardio and HIIT you're doing, you're not eating enough and your body is going into starvation mode, eating muscle; which is why you're plateauing and even starting to go back up a little.
You need to eat more, provide the nutrients your body needs for the exercise and recovery. Whatever you're feeding your body is not enough. Up it a bit more. You're on the right track, you just need to adjust your nutrition.
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