Weight loss rate near your target

ralostaz2000

What I know and experienced actually is that when you are done more than half of your goal with weight loss journey...losing those last few 6 to 8 pounds becomes much slower and harder...

What I need to know is: how much slower is that? I am on an average of 1200 calories a day since I started and I only have another 6.6 pounds left but the scale isn't moving since 15 days at all...I'm stuck with 64.5 kilos and started to get frustrated...

My weight stalled before at 67 before a month and it started moving after 20 days...

Please some advises if there is anything I can do other than decreasing my calories as I can't go much lower than 1200.

Or if this is normal...please tell me if the rate is that much slower now and this is usual.

Regards...

lauraemily84

I'm sorry I have no advise to offer, but I can sympathise as I was already close to my goal I'm finding shifting this 7lb hard work I've lost just under 5lb but it's dragging now and making me feel like oh why am I stopping my self eating something naughty when I only loose 0.5 lb in a week! X

kshama2001

Because of weight fluctuations due to female hormones, Lyle McDonald suggests women with menstrual cycles who are close to goal weight compare their weight to last month, not last week (or the week before.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6846ZTBu08k&index=4&list=PLUXvX9BaxgqG9yO5XWB3gA_QshvrrcjVr

hamstertango

I had this so really know how you feel. What worked for me (last 5) by accident is eating around maintenance on holiday for a week and then resetting my goal to lose half pound a week when I got back. Strangely I've been losing a pound a week (crazy bodies!) down to last 0.7lb
was also good practice for when you get to maintenance.
Just a suggestion!

kgirlhart

If you aren't already using a food scale, now is the time to get one. When you are at a 250 calorie deficit there is very little room for logging errors.

ralostaz2000

lauraemily84 wrote: »

I'm sorry I have no advise to offer, but I can sympathise as I was already close to my goal I'm finding shifting this 7lb hard work I've lost just under 5lb but it's dragging now and making me feel like oh why am I stopping my self eating something naughty when I only loose 0.5 lb in a week! X

Yes...this is what I am feeling at the moment...and not even losing 0.1 lbs a week..hoping it'll move soon

ralostaz2000

kgirlhart wrote: »

If you aren't already using a food scale, now is the time to get one. When you are at a 250 calorie deficit there is very little room for logging errors.

I am using the scale since day one...and I should be dificit in 500 calories from maintainance..

ralostaz2000

hamstertango wrote: »

I had this so really know how you feel. What worked for me (last 5) by accident is eating around maintenance on holiday for a week and then resetting my goal to lose half pound a week when I got back. Strangely I've been losing a pound a week (crazy bodies!) down to last 0.7lb
was also good practice for when you get to maintenance.
Just a
Great thing...I was actually thinking about this seriously just to maneuver this smart body

lauraemily84

I use electric scales to weigh my food too, I do wonder if doing a week at slightly higher cals then going back may help it's a good idea, except I'd be gutted if I gained! How do u know how much of a deficit your on? I set mfp to loose 1 lb a week so I'm on 1300 cals a day - some days I go slightly over others slightly under. I'm excersing everyday too. I agree with hormones last week I gain 1lb then then had my period this week I lost 2lb so it must effect it x

tahxirez

I hit goal by taking a maintenance break as well. I then came back to the deficit with my head really in the game and my logging on point and next thing you know I'm at goal. Just remember if you eat at maintenance for long enough (for me probably 1-2 weeks) you may see a slight increase in weight due to the glycogen. It can be scary but you should trust in the process that got you here.

kgirlhart

ralostaz2000 wrote: »

kgirlhart wrote: »

If you aren't already using a food scale, now is the time to get one. When you are at a 250 calorie deficit there is very little room for logging errors.

I am using the scale since day one...and I should be dificit in 500 calories from maintainance..

If you only have about 6 pounds to lose you shouldn't be set at a 1 pound per week deficit so I assumed you were at a 250 deficit since that is what you need to lose .5 per week. Have you been at 1200 the whole time? As you lose weight your maintenance calorie level will decrease so you may have started with a 500 calorie deficit but as you get closer to your goal your deficit will get smaller since mfp won't let you set it below 1200. Example: Mfp assumes that I will burn 1600 calories per day with no exercise. If I set my goal at .5 per week they give me 1350 calories. If I want to lose 1 pound per week I need to have a 500 calorie per day deficit and that would make my calorie goal 1100. Mfp won't let me go that low so they would give me a goal of 1200 which would only be a 400 calorie per day deficit, not a 500 calorie deficit. If your goal is set at 1200 and you only have 6 pounds to lose then it is very likely that an actual 500 calorie deficit will put you below 1200 and mfp will set that as your goal even if you say you want a 500 calorie deficit. At this point really all you can do is be diligent with your logging and be patient as your weight loss will probably only be about .5 pound per week. I would also change your goal to .5 per week instead of 1 pound.

hamstertango

ralostaz2000 wrote: »

hamstertango wrote: »

I had this so really know how you feel. What worked for me (last 5) by accident is eating around maintenance on holiday for a week and then resetting my goal to lose half pound a week when I got back. Strangely I've been losing a pound a week (crazy bodies!) down to last 0.7lb
was also good practice for when you get to maintenance.
Just a
Great thing...I was actually thinking about this seriously just to maneuver this smart body

To clarify I was on 1200 cals to lose 31lbs before I hit that last 5lb which wasn't coming off for more than a month of trying and then did that maintenance break on holiday. I didn't gain (apart from holiday bloat and that went away in a week) I felt the break really helped get things moving again.

ziggyc

kshama2001 wrote: »

Because of weight fluctuations due to female hormones, Lyle McDonald suggests women with menstrual cycles who are close to goal weight compare their weight to last month, not last week (or the week before.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6846ZTBu08k&index=4&list=PLUXvX9BaxgqG9yO5XWB3gA_QshvrrcjVr

THIS!!! Figure out when your lightest time of the month is, and then weigh every 4 weeks (or however your cycle works) at the same time of day.

lorrpb

I have 9 pounds to goal and I only see a drop on the scale every 2-3 weeks.

ralostaz2000

tahxirez wrote: »

I hit goal by taking a maintenance break as well. I then came back to the deficit with my head really in the game and my logging on point and next thing you know I'm at goal. Just remember if you eat at maintenance for long enough (for me probably 1-2 weeks) you may see a slight increase in weight due to the glycogen. It can be scary but you should trust in the process that got you here.

Hiw much time did it take you to strat losing again after going on deficit after maintainance? Was it quick?

ralostaz2000

kgirlhart wrote: »

ralostaz2000 wrote: »

kgirlhart wrote: »

If you aren't already using a food scale, now is the time to get one. When you are at a 250 calorie deficit there is very little room for logging errors.

I am using the scale since day one...and I should be dificit in 500 calories from maintainance..

If you only have about 6 pounds to lose you shouldn't be set at a 1 pound per week deficit so I assumed you were at a 250 deficit since that is what you need to lose .5 per week. Have you been at 1200 the whole time? As you lose weight your maintenance calorie level will decrease so you may have started with a 500 calorie deficit but as you get closer to your goal your deficit will get smaller since mfp won't let you set it below 1200. Example: Mfp assumes that I will burn 1600 calories per day with no exercise. If I set my goal at .5 per week they give me 1350 calories. If I want to lose 1 pound per week I need to have a 500 calorie per day deficit and that would make my calorie goal 1100. Mfp won't let me go that low so they would give me a goal of 1200 which would only be a 400 calorie per day deficit, not a 500 calorie deficit. If your goal is set at 1200 and you only have 6 pounds to lose then it is very likely that an actual 500 calorie deficit will put you below 1200 and mfp will set that as your goal even if you say you want a 500 calorie deficit. At this point really all you can do is be diligent with your logging and be patient as your weight loss will probably only be about .5 pound per week. I would also change your goal to .5 per week instead of 1 pound.

Awesome explanation. ..So what I must do is waiting only because yes...I have been in 1200 through the whole time.

kgirlhart

You'll get there. Six pounds is really close to goal anyway. I have 8 to go but once I get there is plan to have a 5 pound maintenance range.

NinjaChinchillaNZ

It is slow going at the end. Are you exercising at all OP? I found the only thing that got things moving again was burning an extra 50 calories per exercise session (that's going by what my treadmill says). It's not a lot extra each exercise day but adds up over the week. Unfortunately after getting to goal I put 5kg back on so working on getting rid of it again!

Christine_72

I'm down to my last 4-5lbs, and I'm losing a massive 0.1kg a week lol I have no idea how to convert that tiny number in to lbs for y'all.

CattOfTheGarage

0.1kg = 0.2lb (approx)

Christine_72

CattOfTheGarage wrote: »

0.1kg = 0.2lb (approx)

Thanks

ralostaz2000

NinjaChinchillaNZ wrote: »

It is slow going at the end. Are you exercising at all OP? I found the only thing that got things moving again was burning an extra 50 calories per exercise session (that's going by what my treadmill says). It's not a lot extra each exercise day but adds up over the week. Unfortunately after getting to goal I put 5kg back on so working on getting rid of it again!

No I wasn't exercising alot...but I am now doing jumping rope 10 minutes aday and burn 130 calories in average...hope it will move soon..