Stuck on these last three pounds, HELP!

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  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    So, if my body won't really look different with a three lb loss, is my only other option body recomp with weight training?

    Um 3 lb is not going to be noticeable!
  • Shellerini
    Shellerini Posts: 57 Member
    We're the same height/weight and I have the same problem! :) But I have been eating a bit more healthy for the last few weeks and I hope to see a lower number on my weigh in day ( even if its only 0.5 lbs ) :) Good luck
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    do the 5.2 diet, it's marvellous!!

    Are you kidding?!? The OP is trying to lose 3...yes THREE...pounds. The 5:2 diet is extreme and unnecessary.
    Extreme? You clearly don't understand the 5:2 diet - the usual deficit over the course of a week is only 3000 calories. Less than a pound a week loss.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Nope, you need to SHOCK your body into doing something.

    Your body adapts to stimuli that cause it harm. When you start running or walking, it's a shock to your body, your muscles aren't used to contracting and staying under tension for that long.

    After a while, the body adapts to the stimuli, and the same work is performed with less effort.

    http://jasonferruggia.com/how-to-get-a-body-like-jessica-biel/

    read that article for a general idea on how to nuke the last ten pounds. Essentially, every pound of muscle gained will increase your BMR by 50 calories. Gain ten pounds of muscle everywhere, and look more filled out.. and you'll be able to eat an extra 500 calories per day just maintaining.

    =)
    Those numbers are way off. A pound of muscle uses just under 6 calories a day to maintain itself not 50.
    A woman would do well to gain 10lbs of muscle in 10 months - that would be an extra 60 calories a day!! Whoopeee.
  • Doctorpurple
    Doctorpurple Posts: 507 Member
    I am in free same boat! I'm a little under 5'5" and my goal weight is 117. I got there about 2 1/2 weeks ago but now I'm back up to 120. I'm eating the same and running even longer so I'm annoyed as well. I know it's just a number but I would still like to get there and maintain it :).

    Maybe your body doesn't want to be there. Just a thought. No one can see those 3 pounds, not even you. I think you should give it a rest.


    I can definitely see three pounds on my body and I'm about the same height just a tad bit shorter at 5'4.5". 3 lbs is a difference of fitting into the next pant size at least with my height and frame.
  • Siege_Tank
    Siege_Tank Posts: 781 Member
    Those numbers are way off. A pound of muscle uses just under 6 calories a day to maintain itself not 50.
    A woman would do well to gain 10lbs of muscle in 10 months - that would be an extra 60 calories a day!! Whoopeee.

    I stand corrected. The one time I took a snippet of "information" from a trainer at my gym, LA fitness, and this is what it gets me.

    F***ing broscience. I thought trainers knew better than to spout off undocumented broscience. That's one of the first things he said to me in his sales pitch: A pound of muscle burns 50 calories more a day.

    I'm going to destroy them with the fury of a thousand NIH studies disproving that, along with the dozens of papercuts that will go along with it.

    However, the idea that strength training creates more of a metabolic lift in the recovery period after does have merit. As your body is repairing and rebuilding torn muscles, that has a metabolic cost associated with it, and hard strength training does burn more calories than cardio can, when you judge it by the time spent working out compared to the metabolic costs of building muscle. 30 minutes of strength training is greater than 30 minutes of steady state cardio on a treadmill.

    Strength training forces your body to keep going, and keeps your BMR and hormones from shifting into a conservative stance.

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