Those last few pesky pounds..

My suggestion is to increase calories by 100 every week until you get to maintenance. Eat at this for a while, then drop it down to your dieting amount of calories, or you can do the complete opposite and cut more calories and exercise more. Thirdly, just keep on doing what you're doing. You might be gaining lean muscle mass and getting rid of some of the fat. Remember: It's not the weight that matters, but how you look in the mirror.

I just made a post recently where I talked about this. I joked and said I wanted to call them dog pounds. When you're close and you've lost a pound - think of it as 7. Seriously, they just ARE tougher. You can exercise more, find new foods that fit into your plan and help you stay within calories, but the biggest thing to do is to persevere. Just don't give up.

You may also find it helpful to start measuring yourself more and weighing yourself less. You can do it!

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How many calories are you netting at the end of the day?

I would take the advice of the poster above, adding calories. To figure out all the numbers start here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

You should always net above your BMR (base metabolic rate), which is what your body needs to function if you were to do nothing but lay in bed. Again, net means calories consumed minus calories expended during exercise.

Find where you need to be, usually 20% under your TDEE will give you weight loss. If you undercut that amount you are not adequately fueling your body, and will train your body to require less, which can slow your metabolism.

Man, I was so stuck but the last few pounds FINALLY came off and for hanging in there, a few more came off too! Nice surprise for hitting that wall for so long! It will happen!

The leaner you get, the less true fat you lose so fat loss become slower. This means you need to adjust your deficit to a smaller value the closer you get to your goal.

Try adjusting your settings. Now that you've lost a significant amount of weight, your calorie limit will be different. If your current weight loss goal is set to lose 1.0 lbs. per week, change it to 0.5 lbs. per week. Leave it there for 4 weeks before making further adjustments. You can then change it back to 1.0 lbs. per week if you like.

If you customize your macros (and you should), you'll need to go back in and change them because changing your weight loss goal will wipe out your customization and revert back to MFP defaults. I lift heavy weights and mine are set to 30/45/25 protein/carbs/fat. Another popular macro setting for lifters is 40/40/20.

To customize go to My Home>>Goals>>Change Goals>>Custom. Save your changes. While there, I recommend increasing your fiber to at least 25g per day and decreasing your sodium to 1800-2100mg per day; the lower the better.

Also, in addition to changing up my workouts and calorie limit, I had to totally cut out alcohol to break my plateau. Good luck hon!

I am in the same boat. I made a few changes to my diet & exercise routine early in the month. I haven't looked at the scale and don't plan to til Friday. Lots of good tips here that I may need to try.

Thanks, Kax! The only reason I have a lot of those bread elements in there is because I have to maintain a high fiber diet (long story as to why). It's difficult to get in the fiber when I focus more on the protein, even when I eat beans and lentils, they still have the carbs.

YOu can always supplement fiber in with powder type drink mixes ( but who really wants to do that ) make adjustments and eat more fiber rich vegetables can help.