Losing the last 10lbs

that would be a great group, i havent lost any weight in a couple weeks and would like to lose at least 5 more.

I also had to do something drastic to lose the last 15. I pretty much exercised twice a day (hour-hour and a half total) and ate low(er) carbs and way less calories to get to where I wanted to (105-107lbs). However, I have maintained it (+/- 3 pounds) for 5 years. In fact, I hadn't been my current weight in my adult life. So even though it took drastic measures to get there initially, I have stayed there with moderate effort. I won't go back to my old style of eating though, I have adopted this healthy life as regular daily life. So yes, it does take extra effort to get er done! Also forgot to mention it took about 3 months.

What I did to lose my last ten pounds is NOT the popular route to take (and I'll likely be shamed for it), but I had to work out HARD each day (300 - 500 cals or more of exercise) and NOT eat my exercise calories. It took about six weeks to get those pounds off, but off they are. I am a firm believer that each one of us is different and what works for one may not work for another; anyway, that's what worked for me.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Not going to shame you, just say that this is also, basically, Jillian Michael's advice for taking off the "vanity pounds" -- the last 10. She basically says eat at your BMR and workout hard about 5 hours/week. No eating the exercise calories. (But still eat at your BMR on your rest days.) Unfortunately, I haven't been kicking the exercise up quite enough, but I have made some gains in the past couple of weeks with increasing my number of workouts at trying to eat 1400/day (my BMR). Now if my hip would get better I could start running again and kick up the calorie burn a lot more....

PS. I meant to say do 30 minutes of cardio and 60 minutes of circuit trainig three time a week. Wish I had time for 3 times a day... hehe... but you get the idea.

As anyone read "Making the Cut" by Jillian Michaels? I guess that is her program dedicated to the last 10 pounds. I haven't read it yet, but I have listened to all of the back episodes of her radio show that used to be on (you can download the podcasts) and, from what I understand, one of the key things is to definitely not drop your calories too low. Of course, by her standards, "enough calories" is your BMR, so it still isn't a lot. The basic reasoning is that, for people who have a lot of extra weight, their bodies are like "yay! This weight is bad for us. Let's get it gone!" So the body releases fat because it can easily use it for energy without too much fear of starvation. However, once you get down to the last 10, you are already at a healthy weight. So, you body is like "What? We're healthy riiiight here. Let's not lose these last few pounds because we need that for an emergency". So, the basic thing is to make sure that your body doesn't think it is going to starve. So, all this boils down to the basic advice of calculate your BMR and don't eat below that, even on a rest day.

But I would really like to hear more from people who have read "Making the Cut".

Hello Ladies,
I will start a new thread called "the Last 10" so we can all join. Hope to see you all there!
Gaby