Last 10-20 lbs

pinksunnyrose

This is where I am and I am wondering if you did anything different to lose your last 10-20 lbs? Thanks!

kami3006

Nope, I just kept on with the regular routine and made sure my logging was as accurate as possible. Smaller deficits are easy to negate without even realizing it. It came off a half pound at at time, which was my goal.

sardelsa

Not really. Just kept on going. Trying not to get discouraged by water weight fluctuations which can mask progress. Maybe slowing the rate of loss a bit. Also making sure your tracking is accurate can help as you don't have as much wiggle room the closet you get to goal.

CarvedTones

I really didn't slow down much until I had less than 10 to lose. At .5 pounds a week, 10 pounds will take over 4 months. I am not that patient and feared I would start rationalizing a higher goal. The last 5 took me a while.

apullum

I had to really tighten up my logging. Weigh everything you can possibly weigh. At this point, your deficit is probably very small and it takes only a few errors to wipe it out altogether. Don't panic if it takes many months--that's common for the last few pounds.

fiddletime

apullum wrote: »

I had to really tighten up my logging. Weigh everything you can possibly weigh. At this point, your deficit is probably very small and it takes only a few errors to wipe it out altogether. Don't panic if it takes many months--that's common for the last few pounds.

This^^^

I have 5 pounds to go, but have had to really tighten up my logging, back to weighing everything. Don’t get frustrated.

pinuplove

Be patient. I'm roughly 10 pounds from goal and if you look at my weight trend for June, you'll see it's going in the right direction - just sloooowly. If you don't already use a weight trending tool, I'd highly suggest it. Otherwise it's easy to get frustrated and assume you're making NO progress, when in fact you are.

sijomial

Nothing different - I lost at 1lb/week all the way.

cinnabondelights

Being patient is key. I'm on my last 8 lbs (again after gaining 10 lol) and when I was losing the last 10 lbs the first time, I didn't really change anything except exercising a bit more. Didn't change how I ate and I was able to reach my goal weight.

AnnPT77

I slowed down at the end to coast into maintenance. IIRC, I was still at 1 lb/week with 20 to go, then went to 0.5 lb/week at around 10-15. (Hard to to remember because I was adjusting goal weight then, too . . . downward.)

Best wishes!

DX2JX2

I ate at the same calorie level until I hit target. I didn't consciously slow down my weight loss, it just naturally happened as I lost pounds.

I tapered to maintenance once I hit target such that I started maintenance 5 pounds below target. It was nice to have a little bit of runway to learn how to maintain.

susanafreundt

I lost 20 Lb with portion control, later I lost 32 Lb more with Keto in 6 months. I went from size 16 to size 8. I weigh more than I look, so my goal is to get to a true size 6, and I will love to reduce my stomach and waist. I have been working out for 7 months and I just maintenance my weigh, new muscles, but still in the same size. I am not doing Keto, because my LDL level got very bad. I am eating Low Carbs, Low Sugar. No Grains, No dairy.

DaniCanadian

I have 10-15lbs left to go and I found myself getting really discouraged because it seems like it’ll never end (I’ve lost 40lbs over the last 2 years). About 5 weeks ago I decided to change to maintenance and focus on fitness goals instead of scale weight. Best choice I could make for myself and where I’m at, I feel so reinvigorated to keep going. It’s only 250 cals more per day but it feels like so much extra food.

I’m 5’3, cw is 145lbs. I eat 1680 cals as sedentary maintenance and don’t log my workout calories. I’ve been running about 20km a week, and then doing 3 heavy lift days for upper body, 2 heavy lift for legs, and 2-3 Pilates ab workouts. I had set a mini goal about 6 months ago to be able to do a full, nose to the ground plank position push up and yesterday I finally did it!

fiddletime

DaniCanadian wrote: »

I have 10-15lbs left to go and I found myself getting really discouraged because it seems like it’ll never end (I’ve lost 40lbs over the last 2 years). About 5 weeks ago I decided to change to maintenance and focus on fitness goals instead of scale weight. Best choice I could make for myself and where I’m at, I feel so reinvigorated to keep going. It’s only 250 cals more per day but it feels like so much extra food.

I’m 5’3, cw is 145lbs. I eat 1680 cals as sedentary maintenance and don’t log my workout calories. I’ve been running about 20km a week, and then doing 3 heavy lift days for upper body, 2 heavy lift for legs, and 2-3 Pilates ab workouts. I had set a mini goal about 6 months ago to be able to do a full, nose to the ground plank position push up and yesterday I finally did it!

You might find it very informative at some point to calculate your exercise calories, especially running. Also, see what MFP says your maintenance calories should be. If the ap says 1680 then you must be eating a lot more than that to maintain at their recommended maintenance calories. In the big scheme of life the more you understand about your portion size and calorie intake, the more easily you can figure out why you aren’t losing the “last 10-15 pounds”. But, I suspect you actually are eating back your exercise calories, or 1680 is too high a number. MFP gives you a number not counting exercise.

DaniCanadian

fiddletime wrote: »

DaniCanadian wrote: »

I have 10-15lbs left to go and I found myself getting really discouraged because it seems like it’ll never end (I’ve lost 40lbs over the last 2 years). About 5 weeks ago I decided to change to maintenance and focus on fitness goals instead of scale weight. Best choice I could make for myself and where I’m at, I feel so reinvigorated to keep going. It’s only 250 cals more per day but it feels like so much extra food.

I’m 5’3, cw is 145lbs. I eat 1680 cals as sedentary maintenance and don’t log my workout calories. I’ve been running about 20km a week, and then doing 3 heavy lift days for upper body, 2 heavy lift for legs, and 2-3 Pilates ab workouts. I had set a mini goal about 6 months ago to be able to do a full, nose to the ground plank position push up and yesterday I finally did it!

You might find it very informative at some point to calculate your exercise calories, especially running. Also, see what MFP says your maintenance calories should be. If the ap says 1680 then you must be eating a lot more than that to maintain at their recommended maintenance calories. In the big scheme of life the more you understand about your portion size and calorie intake, the more easily you can figure out why you aren’t losing the “last 10-15 pounds”. But, I suspect you actually are eating back your exercise calories, or 1680 is too high a number. MFP gives you a number not counting exercise.

I don’t see where I said that I wasn’t losing weight, I am. Loss at .5/ week for me is 1480 and I was tracking exercise calories. My point was that I need a different perspective to keep going and not fall completely off the wagon. Changing my focus to fitness rather than maintaining a deficit is how I’m doing that. I’ve lost 5 inches over my body since the end of may, i know how to lose weight.

DomesticKat

I'm at the top of a healthy BMI range now and set to lose .5 pound a week for the final 10 pounds. I'm in no hurry and don't have a deadline. I generally don't lose every week now. I'll go 2 or 3 weeks without any movement on the scale and then lose a pound or a pound and a half in a whoosh. This week I lost a half pound in bits and pieces over the course of three days. My logging is the same as it's always been, I think normal fluctuations just mask the loss more easily now. I've been doing this long enough that it doesn't bother me.

pinksunnyrose

Thank you so much for your replies! I love the weight loss trend graph as my daily weigh in looks like an angry zig zag. I am also looking into getting a food scale although I just bought measuring cups/spoons. My bmr is low ->1186 (I’m 5”3) so what I eat really matters. I don’t exercise other than some light walking. I would be more patient but I already booked a trip for my birthday next month as motivation.