The Last 10: Action Plan (no complaints!)
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MissMarlyIc wrote: »The last few are tricky. Forget the scale. Its hardly going down but I'm losing fat and gaining muscle. For me, my body is changing so much, its getting leaner and last bit of fat around my thighs is disappearing. I do intense weight training and cardio 100 mins/600-800 calorie burn per workout, 4-5 days a week and I eat around 1600-1900 calories per day depending on workouts. I think the key is to, change up your macros during the week.
...After losing 16lbs originally on a low calorie diet and intense cardio, some weights, my body requires different calorie intake/macros now and there's no way I can eat less. I tried and would only end up binging on junk and feel crap about myself.
The same thing happened to me after going on a 1200 calorie a day diet with 6 small meals spaced 3 hours apart for a long period of time. I did high carb/low fat. Then I plateaued for a long time and couldn't lose weight for a while.
A couple weeks ago I tried low carb/high fat and intermittent fasting and am doing much better. So anecdotally I can concur about changing up macros. The scale started budging, and I am thrilled even though I still cannot eat as much as I used to for my daily calories.
I have been reading some books about insulin resistance like Obesity Code and think that eating processed carbs (wheat & sugar) frequently was preventing my loss previously. I don't care if people on the general boards say I should be able to eat anything as long as CI <CO. Macros DO matter for me.
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Just checking in. I'm super excited! I just broke my barrier weight (which was 128)!! I am now 127.2! Still have 7.2 lbs of fat to go. I'm so happy! I hope everyone here is having some happy making success too! Toning instead of weight loss, eating habits your working on, etc There's all kinds of ways to measure a win. We can rock this!!
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Hi I have 10-13 lb to go (6kg). My baby's just suddenly got very active so I think it will be easy to lose the last little bit. I just need to fill up on low GI foods to keep me going for longer. And not sweet stuff-like dried fruit. 5"2, 133 pounds. I walk, skip , aerobics and run for exercise. Do some strength training but not enough. I'm on 1200 cals a day but eat back all my exercise calories as I'm lightly active anyway. So nice to see the end in sight1
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.0 -
Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the forum.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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MissMarlyIc wrote: »The last few are tricky. Forget the scale. Its hardly going down but I'm losing fat and gaining muscle. For me, my body is changing so much, its getting leaner and last bit of fat around my thighs is disappearing. I do intense weight training and cardio 100 mins/600-800 calorie burn per workout, 4-5 days a week and I eat around 1600-1900 calories per day depending on workouts. I think the key is to, change up your macros during the week. In general mine are 35% carbs, 30% fat, 35% protein. But twice a week I up my carbs, lower my fat, protein always high. Other once or twice a week, I lower my carbs, up my fat. This seems to work, progress is not superfast but its great progress. And none of this is planned, I just feel hungry for carbs so I eat them then, when I don't, I decide its low carb day. Consistency and patience, yeah had to learn that. Hope this helps, it works for me and after losing 16lbs originally on a low calorie diet and intense cardio, some weights, my body requires different calorie intake/macros now and there's no way I can eat less. I tried and would only end up binging on junk and feel crap about myself.
Thank you for establishing the forum.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the platform.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs. Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for the forum.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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bananabeannn wrote: »Hi everybody!
Alright so - many of us want to lose those last 10 little bratty pounds. YES it is hard. I, myself, am not exempt from having whined a significant amount about how hard or impossible this is. My goal here is to create a forum of guys and gals who are ready to do this together. I know myself that I can be so easily discouraged, and I wanted us to have a place where we can share our successes and encouragements.
I've been trolling the maintainers and success stories forums and it sounds like it is most definitely a possibility. Join me here if you would like to be friends, and talk about how we are going to do this, together!
I have an open diary and will begin updating it tomorrow on the regular.
I'm 5'3, 130lbs, want to get to about 118. Been at 130 for years. My plan is 1500 calories per day and 5 days a week of HIIT/weight training.
Welcome, and come say hello!
BB
Thank you for establishing the forum.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.0 -
Thank you for establishing the forum. Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1. Goal weight: 108-110ibs. Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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Thank you for establishing the forum. Height: 5ft 4.5inch; age: 40; current weight: 113-114ibs; goal weight: 108-110ibs; current waist 26-26.2inch; goal waist: 25-25.5inch. Action plan:
daily walk > 10000 steps
every other day strength training > 20 minutes
every other day yoga/stretching > 30 minutes
daily sleep > 7 hours
daily food tracking.0 -
Thank you for establishing the forum.
Height 5ft 4in; age 40; joined MFP in April; lost 4ibs in May (123-119); lost 6ibs in June and July (119-113); stay between 112.5-114ibs since August 1.
Goal weight: 108-110ibs.
Goal waist: 25-25.5in (currently 26in)
Action plan:
Walk: daily, 10000 steps minimum
Strength: 20 min, every other day/3-4 times a week.
Yoga: 30 min every other day/3-4 times a week.
Food: logging in daily.
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I'm 5'3, 36yrs old, 143lbs and trying to get back in the 120's. I lift 3 times a week and do cardio 2-3 days.
I started a carb cycling program last week. I've already lost 5lbs (from 148), so I'll be interested to see what this week brings, knowing that part of the loss was probably water weight. I'm basically doing low carb on rest or cardio days followed by higher carb when I'm lifting. I give myself one day off.
M/W/F : 1490 cal, 135p, 165c, 35f
S/T/Th: 1250 cal, 135p, 75c, 50f
I love my carbs, but so far haven't really felt like I'm missing anything because it's only a day. Because of the varied calories and macros, you do need to plan ahead and do meal prep to make it easier.
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I agree with the scale. It's not moved but my jeans are much more baggy, almost falling off. I'm not worrying about macros though, the weight is coming off at a calorie deficitMissMarlyIc wrote: »The last few are tricky. Forget the scale. Its hardly going down but I'm losing fat and gaining muscle. For me, my body is changing so much, its getting leaner and last bit of fat around my thighs is disappearing. I do intense weight training and cardio 100 mins/600-800 calorie burn per workout, 4-5 days a week and I eat around 1600-1900 calories per day depending on workouts. I think the key is to, change up your macros during the week. In general mine are 35% carbs, 30% fat, 35% protein. But twice a week I up my carbs, lower my fat, protein always high. Other once or twice a week, I lower my carbs, up my fat. This seems to work, progress is not superfast but its great progress. And none of this is planned, I just feel hungry for carbs so I eat them then, when I don't, I decide its low carb day. Consistency and patience, yeah had to learn that. Hope this helps, it works for me and after losing 16lbs originally on a low calorie diet and intense cardio, some weights, my body requires different calorie intake/macros now and there's no way I can eat less. I tried and would only end up binging on junk and feel crap about myself.
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