20 more to go, need advice!

I'm 20 pounds away from my goal. I've been told they're the hardest. The last 10 pounds has been very difficult, so I'm intimidated about the rest of this goal (I've lost 70 so far, 90 is my goal). So I'm starting to think about it all, and trying to learn from others why this is, for them, and hopefully for myself. This is mostly a mind game, and I know progress can be slow once you're close. But I feel like I'm standing still, and sometimes going backwards. Why is it harder to stay under my calorie limit now? I know everyone's different, but advice welcome!

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Bxqtie116

As you get closer to your goal, reduce your weight loss goal to .5 a week. You'll lose at a slower pace, but it should remain steady. Continue dong what you've been dong to get you this far and you'll reach your goal in no time.

nowine4me

Hi @SunnyDayzMomma, I'm exactly 20 pounds from my goal too. The last 10 were harder than the first 50, but I've tried to really button down my diary to track the tiniest things. Also, switching up exercise and making it more intense. For the last 10 I plan to do what @Bxqtie116 suggests -- back it down to .5 and be uber patient. I'm hoping to hit my goal by the end of the year. Cheers to success!

Maxematics

SunnyDayzMomma wrote: »

I'm 20 pounds away from my goal. I've been told they're the hardest. The last 10 pounds has been very difficult, so I'm intimidated about the rest of this goal (I've lost 70 so far, 90 is my goal). So I'm starting to think about it all, and trying to learn from others why this is, for them, and hopefully for myself. This is mostly a mind game, and I know progress can be slow once you're close. But I feel like I'm standing still, and sometimes going backwards. Why is it harder to stay under my calorie limit now? I know everyone's different, but advice welcome!

I feel like I can provide a bit of insight on this. When you have more body fat, your body looks to that as a source of fuel to burn while you're eating at a deficit, so the more body fat you have the easier it can be to eat at a deficit overall. I'm 5'3.5" and when I weighed 139 pounds I could eat 1200 calories without an issue; in fact, half of the time I never even felt hungry enough to eat my exercise calories back. Now I'm maintaining at 108 pounds and there is no way on Earth I would be able to eat 1200 calories. I eat back all of my exercise calories now, sometimes a bit more and sometimes a bit less. I eat around 2100 calories per day on average.