Ten pounds away from goal and not losing

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    Lets start simple. What is your height, weight, age and workout routine? Also, do you use a food scale to weigh and measure your foods?

    ON a side note, i would recommend dropping your carbs and upping your protein/fats.

    I am 5'1" and I weight 138 pounds. I go to the gym 4-5 days a week doing cardio and weights. I measure EVERYTHING. I am very stringent about it (drives my hubby nuts).

    Any medical conditions such as hypothyrodism, pcos, etc..? Based on your stats, I would suggest eating 1700 calories daily; macro's around 40% carbs, 30% protein and fats.

    None. I have been set at 40, 30 & 30 from day one. 138 seems a lot for my height but a lot of it is in my chest. Lol

    So, 1700 calories? Eating back my calories? That is a big jump

    I think he meant 1700 without eating back exercise calories.

    I'm roughly the same height and weight as you, and I'm eating 1400 plus exercise calories, and I'm still losing, slowly.

    Yep, I mean set a custom calorie goal for 1700 and do NOT eat back exercise calories. This lines up with the majority of women I know. They are all 1700-2100 to lose. Below is a good thread for motivation. I know others will suggest, based on the article, that you are miscalculating, but I don't always believe that. If you say you are meticulous, I believe you and believe you just need more fuel. I can tell you I saw more weight loss when I minimized my deficit and so can thousands of other members. There are a lot of things that come into play when you create large deficits, to include hormones.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/506349-women-who-eat-more-than-1800-calories-a-day
  • Siansonea
    Siansonea Posts: 917 Member
    I am within ten pounds of my goal, and basically my approach is "keep cutting calories until the weight starts coming off". If 1400 net calories doesn't result in weight loss after a week, I'm going down to 1300, if that doesn't work, I'm going down to 1200. And I'm hyper-vigilant about hidden calories. They are the enemy! I always drink calorie-free beverages, who needs to drink calories?
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    YAY EXPERIMENT TIME!!!!
  • NRSPAM
    NRSPAM Posts: 961 Member
    So, by looking at your food diary I figured that without exercise your goal is 1420. Is this what MFP gave you to lose 1b a week? If so, reduce it to .5lb a week and I'm pretty sure you'll start dropping again in a few weeks. Have you ever calculated your TDEE and BMR? You may want to try eating at a reduction of 10% from your TDEE (don't eat back exercise calories) for a few weeks also to see if that helps. I'm pretty sure eating at maintance won't be necessary! Good Luck!

    I was eating at 1200 calories for quite a while and not losing. I was recommended to up my calories to 250 below my maintanance weight. This was an attempt to jumpstart my metabolism. This is not working at all. Everything is just staying the same.

    Did you go back to a deficit? To get over a plateau, you should increase calories for a while, and then go back to a deficit of 500 cal's below maintenance, or -20% below TDEE. If that doesn't work, you can try to decrease calories a bit more, and up the exercise a bit. Maybe just adding a couple walks during the week. Good luck!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You may be only 10 Lbs from goal weight but your body doesn't give a crap about some arbitrary scale value...in my experience, once you've reached a healthy BF%, your body becomes reluctant to burn those fat stores....those remaining fat stores are deep ones and they can take a looonnngggg time to melt. I'd recommend a more modest deficit and really focus on the process and your fitness rather than those 10 particular pounds.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    I am within ten pounds of my goal, and basically my approach is "keep cutting calories until the weight starts coming off". If 1400 net calories doesn't result in weight loss after a week, I'm going down to 1300, if that doesn't work, I'm going down to 1200. And I'm hyper-vigilant about hidden calories. They are the enemy! I always drink calorie-free beverages, who needs to drink calories?

    you really need to give experiments a month. Water weight fluctuations alone can mask fat loss. So dropping calories eafh week will just hurt your results. Heck, I can have one heavy carb day and gain several lbs.

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