Dwindling down to my final pounds! Help!

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  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    I also have another suggestion. If you have been at a calorific deficit since your join date - take a 10 - 14 day diet break where you eat at maintenance. Dieting is stressful on the body and it can get hormones out of whack.

    See link for more details:

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html
  • heather_huggins
    heather_huggins Posts: 194 Member
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    good luck!! the closer i get to my goal the harder it is. it takes me a month or 2 to lose one pound at this point! have you readjusted your mfp goals since you lost? it may assign you more cals. if you switch it to lose 1/2 lb a week it might help jumpstart your metabolism


    i just recently switched it from 2lbs to 1lb a week. i completely forgot i was even at 2lbs so i had been a plateau for a month and when it upped me from 1300 to 1640, i've lost 2lbs since it switched me. a friend on here told me to switch it to 1/2lb once i get down to 10 more lbs to go. i've been anxiously looking at the scale every single morning hoping for more than just a .2-.4 lb loss :( no such luck..
  • heather_huggins
    heather_huggins Posts: 194 Member
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    I also have another suggestion. If you have been at a calorific deficit since your join date - take a 10 - 14 day diet break where you eat at maintenance. Dieting is stressful on the body and it can get hormones out of whack.

    See link for more details:

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html


    i tried to find what "maintenance calories" were, meaning how many should i eat a day? and i could not really find it. it's such a long article! would you happen to know?
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    I also have another suggestion. If you have been at a calorific deficit since your join date - take a 10 - 14 day diet break where you eat at maintenance. Dieting is stressful on the body and it can get hormones out of whack.

    See link for more details:

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html


    i tried to find what "maintenance calories" were, meaning how many should i eat a day? and i could not really find it. it's such a long article! would you happen to know?

    The best way to find out maintenance is to go back and calculate your weight loss over the long term, multiply each pound by 3,500, calculate your calories eaten and add these two together and divide by the period you are looking at - this should be maintenance (which will include exercise)

    Alternatively, you can estimate what it is. here is a link to a good estimation tool:

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • orishp
    orishp Posts: 214 Member
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  • orishp
    orishp Posts: 214 Member
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    In MFP in goals, i believe it tells you what your daily caloric expenditure is, if you have your settings for 1 lb loss/week it would be your current goal + 500 calories (so your total calorie deficit is 3500 cals in a week, 3500 cals = 1 lb)
    You could also google TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) and you'll find many formulas to calculate this.

    I agree with the advice to lift weights, I am doing new rules of lifting for women. Do you have a YMCA nearby, cheaper than a gym and has everything I need

    I have been trying to lose the last lb to get to my goal for a while, so yes, its so much harder as you get clOser :s

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