the last few freaking pounds

becon1022

i just looked at your profile & i think you look great. plus i read where you said big thighs run in your family, i know it probably doesnt mean much from a stranger but your legs from what i could see DO NOT look big at all. i dont (again i know it want change your mind) see your you need to really lose any more weight, & because you are so small it will be hard to lose any more weight. i believe if you did add more protein & ate a little cleaner, then add a extra day or go just a little heavier, once you added some new lean muscle you would love the way you look even if you didnt lose those 5lbs. plus even if you lose 5lbs, its not guaranteed that any would be thight width, if thats what you are hoping for, esp if thats a problem area for your family. but again good luck wish i could give you a guaranteed 5lb weight lose solution, but you have done a great job so far & look great so im sure you will reach your goal.

eksproductions

Last November I was 4lbs away from my goal weight, I had been sitting in that range for a month. The holidays came and I gave in, I had been down 52lbs! I gained everything back. Do not lose sight of your goal, or focus. Hit the gym, and hit it hard, eat right, and you will see the result, I don't know why the last few pounds stay with us, but it won't matter to me if it happens again. I

t's about a lifestyle change, not a couple of pounds to me anymore.

mmapags

Quote from Steve Troutman of Body Improvements:
"I simply don't think it's worth worrying about what your weight should be. Rather, worry about what your health, functionality, performance, and physique should be. Weight will settle where it needs to be once those things are optimized."

You can chase that arbitrary number on the scale that you've decided is so important and make yourself nuts as you seems to be doing or your can get focused on more apropriate priorities. Choice is yours.

ElizaRoche

I understand where you're coming from, but it is very important to me to be below a certain number. Trying to prove to myself that I can do it.

im the same way!.. Family members are already telling me to stop, that the weight I wanna reach is too low blah blah blah (its a perfectly healthy weight for my height). Yeah might be low, if we compare it to the rest of my life, but I have to prove myself I can do it.
The closer you get to your GW the harder it gets for sure, im there myself and arghhhh :grumble:

dad106

I think many people in this thread are trying to give you the advice to lose the last 5 lbs. I know you don't want to lift, but if you want to lose that last 5lbs and possibly some inches too it might be what you need to do to get to your weight goals.

I agree with the others that you should lift. It may not be what you want to hear but it's great advice to get down to your weight goals.

It's not that I don't lift at all. I understand resistance is important but I am not going to focus on that right now. In my family women have large thighs and I would like to lose a couple more pounds because they don't need to be bigger. I'm not daft. I understand what is being said, but for my body and my goals beginning to deadlift will not work. I wanted to know how others lost the last five pounds, I don't need a string of posts telling me to throw my scale out the window and that my goal to lose a couple more pounds is irrelevant.

Your thighs are not going to get larger unless you eat in a surplus. It is very hard for Women to gain muscle since we don't have the hormones to do it.

Bottom line is, you need to keep eating in a deficit, lift more and do cardio... period.

tobnrn

Quote from Steve Troutman of Body Improvements:
"I simply don't think it's worth worrying about what your weight should be. Rather, worry about what your health, functionality, performance, and physique should be. Weight will settle where it needs to be once those things are optimized."

You can chase that arbitrary number on the scale that you've decided is so important and make yourself nuts as you seems to be doing or your can get focused on more apropriate priorities. Choice is yours.

Best advice I've read in a long time. I struggle with what the scale says at times, however it really isn't important what that number says. My weight hasn't really changed in about a month or two. Same 5lbs keep fluctuating, however, my clothing size keeps going down. If I had to choose between the scale going down or my body looking better, I would pick the better body any day.

The scale is just one tool to measure progress. Try taking pictures to compare the progress.

jzammetti

I understand where you're coming from, but it is very important to me to be below a certain number. Trying to prove to myself that I can do it.

I can relate to that too... but sometimes getting below that number and STAYING there just takes a little longer when you do it right.