Last 10lbs are impossible!

alilarmour

I'm really struggling. I'm stuck at 154lbs. I went down to 150 early July then back up to 157 and now I'm back at 154 again. I've been hovering here for at least a few months and just can't seem to get going to my goal of 144 (that's my top of ideal weight range and I really want to be 140 but it seems impossible right now). I'm going in holiday in 6 weeks and need that extra push now to get as close to goal as possible. While it would be amazing to lose that last 10lbs before then I am realistic and would be happy with 6lbs. I'm also not totally hung up on losing the lbs if I lose inches instead - its about fitting into clothes.

I've signed up for a half marathon in 5 weeks time and am training for it. This week I exercised 6 days - I did a 4 mile run, a 5 mile run, 20 min HIIT on treadmill, a 7.5 mile run, an 80 minute walk and a 7 mile run. I was also doing a detox kick start diet this week so on limited calories but had some extra for my training. I have this weeks meals all planned out and will be exercising hard. I just need to focus and stop the little treats and get motivated. I've been stuck at this weight for so long that I'm thinking it won't happen and that's not a good frame of mind to motivate myself!

spaingirl2011

First thing to do is to check your measurements. With all of the exercise you're doing it's possible that you've lost inches and not scale weight-- so you may still be losing weight, it just isn't registering on the scale.

Second thing to do: make sure that you're eating enough to accommodate your intense exercise schedule. Sometimes you need to eat a couple hundred calories more for your body to register a loss.

Third thing to do after you've established that you aren't losing inches or scale weight or that you actually are eating enough to maintain your training schedule: watch for calorie creep. Sometimes "eyeballing it" actually allows you to take more in than you've recorded in your diary and that can happen if you're getting close to the end.

Best of luck!

Francl27

I would switch to TDEE-15% instead of the MFP method, and honestly it seems you don't even eat all your calories anyway. Or you're not logging properly (as some days you're at 600 calories or something).

Also make sure you weigh all your food properly, and that you're not overestimating your exercise calories (which doesn't matter if you switch to TDEE-15%).

kimosabe1

i'd eat more but not high fat foods......

spoiledpuppies

I'd actually cut calories and be really diligent about logging every one. The other thing to consider is that maybe you don't have it to lose. In the past, when I looked at my body fat % and where i wanted to get, I realized that it really would have been impossible to get to the weight I wanted. Based on your body fat %, you know how many pounds are actually fat. Based on how many pounds you'd have to lose to get to your goal--assuming you get there losing fat--take a look at what your body fat % would be at that point and whether that's really reasonable. (Do you actually have 10 pounds of fat to lose?)

alilarmour

Thanks all. I haven't lost inches either. I feel fatter and clothes are tighter. I have been logging correctly last week and some days were only 600 cals as it was a kickstart diet so very low some days. This week back to normal - healthy normal foods and around 1200 calories a day (apart from tmw when Chinese is planned eith friends for tea). I definitely have at least a stone to lose. My body fat is 31 on scales and 28 with callipers. I have nice love handles, a flabby belly and chunky thighs and that's just for starters. I wouldn't be worried about weight if I was happy with my shape but theres def too much fat to lose. I might try eating more this week, a minimum of 1200 per day.