The last two pounds

lillianwynter

I cannot seem to loose the last two pounds to hit my goal weight. I’m 5’1 and weigh in at 107.6 and my goal is 105. I go to the gym twice a week and do kettle bell classes and then workout at home three days a week using videos from YouTube for 40 mins. The gym classes are about an hour long. I also follow a mostly vegan lifestyle and have fish about once a month. Another goal for the year is to really tone my stomach which I have a really hard time toning because that’s where most of my body fat goes. I have my calories set at 1200 and I don’t know if I should be eatting less or more but I am scared I am going to gain weight please helpppp!!!

nicolemarie__

Honestly those last two pounds aren't really going to make that much of a difference for you at this point, you're already in a healthy weight range for your height, and at the lower end of it. I'd recommend at this point trying a progressive lifting program like strong lifts and eating to maintain your current weight. You'll see a lot more physical changes vs losing those last two darn pounds.

Tankiscool

I would stop focusing on the number that is on the scale and focus on how you feel and how far you have come from where you started. At the end of the day its just a number, it doesn't define who you are. If you are unhappy with how you look as the toned stomach goal of yours implies you still want to improve, I would look into reading about body recomp and some of Lyle McDonald's writings and research. Hes a bit of an *kitten* but I find him a good and thought provoking read. You may find yourself down the road into being leaner than you are now but yet weighing actually more due to gaining muscle and obtaining that toned you look you have your eyes one, which goes back to my first point, at the end of the day the number on the scale is just a number.

apullum

How long have you been trying to lose two pounds?

Do you weigh all of your food using a food scale?

How long have you been doing this exercise routine?

middlehaitch

What are your calories for maintenance?

You may be just so close to eating maintenance cals that your loss is going to be 1lbs a month or less.
The last few lbs, espescially when they are towards the lower end of the BMI scale, can be incredibly slow.

I am older and when losing to a maintenance of 100-105 lbs at 5’1 my maintenance was 1200 sedentary (I ate back ~200 cal per hr exercise), so those last few lbs came off very, very slowly.

Really being accurate with food and exercise logging was what I needed. No more averaging out a slice of bread or an orange, everything was weighed, and I rechecked my exercise data to make sure I was not over eating exercise cals.

Some kind of weight training will help you resculpt your body.

I would suggest you decide what your maintenance range will be. 103-107 maybe, set your calories to the middle of that, and start maintenance now while doing a recomp.

Cheers, h.

kimny72

This thread might be useful OP

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

jasondjulian

2lbs? Honestly, you're in a weight range now that is perfectly healthy, and that 2lbs may just be irrelevant. I'd focus on strength training and the aesthetic that you want as opposed to what the actual weight number is. You may (probably will) look leaner and stronger at 112lbs but with more muscle then if you were to stay as you are now but lose only 2lbs of only body fat.

lorrpb

Is your weight exactly 107 every day? It’s normal for weight to fluctuate by at least 2 lbs during the week.

lillianwynter

My calories for maintenance are 1300

lillianwynter

I have been intensely exercising for ab seven months

middlehaitch

If 1300 is your goal weight maintenance, switch to that now, and tighten your logging.

You may want to switch out some of your exercise routine and start lifting, unless your kettlebell class is a progressive weigh programme.

Here is a list of good programmes.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

One of the above programmes will help sculpt your body and help your abs.

I did light weight classes, Pilates, bodyshape, 30day Shred and other classes that were good conditioning classes that included cardio and light or body weight. It wasn’t until I started lifting heavy (what was heavy for me) that I saw real improvement in my abs and even then it took time.

Cheers, h.

Have a read of this thread too.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1