Advice on the last 15

Heidi_20
Heidi_20 Posts: 138 Member
edited January 22 in Health and Weight Loss
So, I am 5'5" and weigh 160lbs (SW 196lbs). My goal is to be at 145lbs. TDEE-20% worked wonders for me for a nice consistent loss for the past 4months. But now that I am on the last 15lbs and I am starving!!! Should I be cutting my loss to 15% or 10%?? When do you usually start the TDEE-10%, when you are on the last 10lbs??? Just looking for advice for the last leg of this journey!!!

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  • ChrissieP80
    ChrissieP80 Posts: 112 Member
    Yep I learnt to listen to my body and upped my cals when I was consistently hungry. I think as your body composition changes your TDEE might change too. I tend to up cals when I plateau.
  • Abells
    Abells Posts: 756 Member
    Yes starting eating closer to your maintenance since you don't have much to lose and your muscle to fat ratio is closer. I had to do the same thing. You'll hit that standstill for a bit but then it should start moving again. YOu will lose slower but don't get discouraged.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    The last 15 are the hardest to be sure. I upped my calories to maintainance when I was hungry and some days I was slightly under my weight loss calories. I mixed it up and that helped. Remember to keep the protein up.
  • Mylolamia
    Mylolamia Posts: 86 Member
    Heidi...I was where you are awhile back. I too am 5'5" and lost over 20 lbs. on MFP. Tried the TDEE-20% but was struggling so decided to go back to the MFP program and the weight came off. You cannot force your body to accept less food if it needs more. I was and am never hungry and usually don't eat enough based on my daily calorie burn...I walk a lot and usually accumulate 400-500 extra calories a day because of the exercise. Use the MFP program...it works. I am a true example of that.
  • Heidi_20
    Heidi_20 Posts: 138 Member
    Thanks everyone!!! Your advice is wonderful! Def going to eat more!!! Just toying with 15% or 10%?!?!? Maybe I will average them out And target in the middle!!
  • arturo_marti
    arturo_marti Posts: 13 Member
    How many calories a day are you eating? And weight/age ...
  • Heidi_20
    Heidi_20 Posts: 138 Member
    Im 34, 5'5", I eat 1670 a day! Im light exercise on the edge of being moderate! That is the my TDEE-15%
  • prokomds
    prokomds Posts: 318 Member
    Are you someone who went from being very inactive to active? That was me, definitely. And there was a point, maybe six months in, when the calorie level I was eating at (1600, I think?) just wasn't cutting it anymore. I think the cumulative effects of all the extra activity I was doing (varied sports/cardio/strength) eventually just upped my metabolism a bit? I'm not talking about a change that happened in days/weeks, but literally at least half a year or so. I added an extra hundred calories a day, and some days it's a bit more than that. It keeps me more content, and I've still continued to improve my strength (and my measurements). You could try adding back 5% more and see how that is after a few weeks? It's up to you.

    And I have to admit, once I got closer to my goal I stopped worrying about pounds. I can measure my progress in the inches I've lost off my stomach, and if the scale moves, that's cool. But if it doesn't, who cares? "Goal" weights are kind of arbitrary anyway. I don't like measuring my progress using something that varies wildly over the course of the day and depends on how much liquid I've had in the past few hours, you know? Body fat percentages and measurements are a much better scale for your progress. Good luck!
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