Can't lose the last 1kg!

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supermysza
supermysza Posts: 167 Member
edited January 2015 in Health and Weight Loss
I've hit a plateau since October with just 1kg to lose. I've lost 14kg so far (I weigh 56kg now), am eating at 1300kcal and have a fairly busy lifestyle. I dropped to 1200kcal for two weeks and the weight didn't budge, I was just grumpy all the time.
How do I shift my last kilogram? Eat less? Exercise more?

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  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
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    Eat 1300, but make sure you are weighing your food and logging every bite.
  • bonniejo
    bonniejo Posts: 787 Member
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    Maybe you need a mental and physical break for a few weeks? Try eating at maintenance for a few weeks and try again
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    Why would 1kg matter?
  • bukowski_shine
    bukowski_shine Posts: 70 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Why would 1kg matter?
    Every kg counts.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    1kg is a water weight fluctuation
  • supermysza
    supermysza Posts: 167 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Why would 1kg matter?
    I got fat because I tolerated a 1kg weight gain at a time because "it's just 1kg so it's ok". Of course it matters.
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    1kg is a water weight fluctuation
    It's not. It never "fluctuates" to my goal weight so it's not water.
  • supermysza
    supermysza Posts: 167 Member
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    bonniejo wrote: »
    Maybe you need a mental and physical break for a few weeks? Try eating at maintenance for a few weeks and try again
    I think that's a good idea, thanks :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited January 2015
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    fine

    set your loss at 0.5lb / 0.2kg a week to give you a 250 calorie defecit a day

    And make sure you weigh and log everything - refocus to make sure it's as exact as possible

    Only eat back 50% of exercise calories
  • mymodernbabylon
    mymodernbabylon Posts: 1,038 Member
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    Give yourself a range of weight to be happy with as you will find weight does fluctuate (even if you don't think it does now). As you are 1kg from your goal, you should be eating more and not less, and the weight loss should be taking a while (especially if your goal is on the lower end of a healthy weight). I have a goal weight but I'm going to try to stay w/in a range that includes that weight (at the bottom).

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