Anyone Trying to lose the LAST 5-10 LBS?
Jesusjohnjames
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Whats your game plan?
More Cardio or more weights?
Reduce Calories by 50 cals ?
More Cardio or more weights?
Reduce Calories by 50 cals ?
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I had to click on your post to see what others had responded for encouragement. Not because I am trying to lose the last 5-10 lbs but because I am trying to lose the first 5-10 lbs. HA-HA0
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Lol you got this!0
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My game plan right now is to try not to think about it too much. I'm working on losing about a half pound a week right now. I just upped my calories. I do weights 3x/wk and cardio 2-3. I'm hoping that not adding in calories for my increased activity outside over the summer (gardening, etc.) will help move this along. I'm tired of the whole process.0
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Yah I gained some over my last vacation so looking to lose that plus another 5 to a new low.
My game plan
200 calorie deficit from TDEE that is what will get me there
walking/running/lifting/biking/swimming...those things are for my health and fitness not for weight loss...0 -
I've been hovering around my goal weight(s)* for weeks now... just recommitted to tightening up my consumption this week... I just readjusted my calorie goal to 500 under the average between my sedentary and semi-active TDEE... before I think I set my goal based on the semi-active only... but I've not been making it to the gym as often as I'd like, so I didn't feel that was a good representation anymore.
*weight(s) - I ultimately want to see what 140lbs looks like on my 5' 8" frame... but 145 is my first goal, and if I like it, I may not go any further.0 -
I'm tired of WHOLE process too. I'm ready to maintain. I started at 220lbs, so my current weight isnt bad compared to that. But I want to be under 1690
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Last 5 - 10 here (most likely 10). Keeping the cardio in along with weights. I took a month off to maintain because I stopped losing...now I'm back with about a 500 cal deficit for a week or two and then I will gradually lessen my deficit as the weeks go on until I start maintaining again. Repeat depending on status.0
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I'm on the last 10, possibly 15. I've been losing steadily at 1.75lbs per week. Plan to keep chugging away and see how it goes. Hopefully it's gone by July or August.0
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My game plan is to keep doing what I've been doing.0
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I'm on my last 5-10lbs now. In the first 3 months I lost 25lbs, the next 3 months I lost 10lbs, and I've been working on the last 5-10 for a month already and assume it'll take at least another couple of months, maybe more.
So, yeah. My game plan is patience.
It's okay, though. I'm quite happy with the progress I've made so far, feeling healthier and stronger and better in my skin. I estimate I've cut down my health risks significantly, going from overweight-borderline-obese to a healthy BMI. I'm down almost 4 clothing sizes. So even though I want to take off a few more pounds, I'm really not stressing about it too much. It'll happen.
Meanwhile, I'm just enjoying my new smaller size. There's no finish line to this.0 -
I've been on the "last 5-10" for my entire life (aside from a fabulous year in college where I worked out NONSTOP and didn't eat much). I've got 9 to go, but I haven't been there since before I had a child...we'll see!0
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I'm trying to lose the last few, slow and steady, eating most exercise calories back, and trying to move more, so I can eat a bit closer to maintenance.
Weights, and cardio/ circuits.
And being patient
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Oh yeah, and to focus on the trend instead of the fluctuations, since with this slow rate of loss, it's easy to get discouraged on those days when the pound is up a scale.
But the graph don't lie:
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Loosing 5-10 lbs is my life song. Fortunately I have been tracking on Mfp and have finally figured out why I haven't lost the weight. Too many calories. It is an eye opener when you see it in black and white. I have always been into exercise. Between running and weight lifting, I thought I could exercise myself thin. Nope! It starts with food. So now time to buckle down.0
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galgenstrick wrote: »Lol, what happened in December?
Went on vacation for a couple of weeks. Didn't weigh in while I was travelling. Weighed in when I got home.0 -
galgenstrick wrote: »Lol, what happened in December?
Went on vacation for a couple of weeks. Didn't weigh in while I was travelling. Weighed in when I got home.
Gotcha. Nice progress BTW.0 -
galgenstrick wrote: »
Gotcha. Nice progress BTW.
Thanks! Judging by your profile, you too!0 -
Last 5-10 here! I've lost 30 in about 3.5 months. The last 10 seem to be impossible0
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I'm 5 pounds out from my goal weight.
I'm not changing anything, I've actually been doing less lately.
I just got over being sick, finals, and have had lots of things going on over the past two weeks.
But, I've still been managing to lose about a pound a week.
So I would be so ecstatic if that kept up!
haha
I am going to keep doing exactly what I've been doing,
and I'm gonna hope that it doesn't slow down TOO much. haha 0 -
Kimmy82109 wrote: »Last 5-10 here! I've lost 30 in about 3.5 months. The last 10 seem to be impossible
Nothing's impossible!
It's true that the last 5-10 pounds come off much more slowly for most people. There are a lot of reasons for it. For one thing, you're smaller so you're burning less energy just doing your normal daily activities or your workouts, so most people have to step up the intensity of their exercise to see similar burns as before. For another, small errors in logging that were masked by bigger deficits before start to become much more obvious. And the fluctuation range can mask the slower weight loss, making it seem like it's not working when it is.
Bump up the exercise, tighten up on the logging, and just have lots of patience. It'll happen.0 -
I'm trying to lose the last few, slow and steady, eating most exercise calories back, and trying to move more, so I can eat a bit closer to maintenance.
Weights, and cardio/ circuits.
And being patient
This! Especially the being patient part. I lost 27 pounds a couple of years ago and then slowly gained half of it back, so I am very impatient to be back at my goal weight and able to wear all of those cute clothes I bought.0 -
Well said, segacs. I've noticed about a 10% drop in calories burned going by my HRM since I started really working out 8 weeks ago and about 6 pounds ago. Which isn't a lot, but will add up.
I don't know how true to the norm that is, but I have to push harder now or go a little longer.
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Last 5-10 here, man is it hard. Heavy weight training and being super careful with my eating.0
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Jenndynamite wrote: »Loosing 5-10 lbs is my life song. Fortunately I have been tracking on Mfp and have finally figured out why I haven't lost the weight. Too many calories. It is an eye opener when you see it in black and white. I have always been into exercise. Between running and weight lifting, I thought I could exercise myself thin. Nope! It starts with food. So now time to buckle down.
Jeeezz, you and me both...only two weeks on MFP to see how little we need, even in terms of ''five a day'' fruit and veg recommendation, that's about my daily allowance lol
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Yah I gained some over my last vacation so looking to lose that plus another 5 to a new low.
My game plan
200 calorie deficit from TDEE that is what will get me there
walking/running/lifting/biking/swimming...those things are for my health and fitness not for weight loss...
@SezxyStef , say it ain't so. Aren't you the one who, not but a few hours ago, assured me that you wouldn't be gaining weight?0 -
I've been maintaining by trying to lose those last 5lbs and not weighing my food. Lol
Weights (legs, back/bi, chest tri) 4 days a week, I usually get a hike in on the weekends, and I get my 10k steps a day per my fitbit however I want (stairs, walk to dinner, run, doesn't matter).
If I started weighing my food again I could lose it, but at 123 I don't feel the need to.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »Yah I gained some over my last vacation so looking to lose that plus another 5 to a new low.
My game plan
200 calorie deficit from TDEE that is what will get me there
walking/running/lifting/biking/swimming...those things are for my health and fitness not for weight loss...
@SezxyStef , say it ain't so. Aren't you the one who, not but a few hours ago, assured me that you wouldn't be gaining weight?
@TimothyFish I am not gaining weight...I am losing weight.
New Goal after being at maintenance all winter...thought I would try 140 and see how I liked it...I am still in my maintenance range no worries...even after the holidays and a trip down south to an all inclusive where I ate what I wanted in the quantities I wanted and drank my fill.
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I am about 11 pounds away from my goal. I have started logging my food again to see my carb intake as I think it is a bit low for my activity level. I started running again and weight loss stalled. I plan to run and do sprints and starting Piyo tomorrow. Also I am eating Paleo now so my diet will not really change at all except maybe cutting out nuts and fruit (don't eat a lot of fruit, but sugar is sugar), and keep an eye on those carbs.0
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Yup last 5-10 lbs here too (probably will be again next year too). It's not fun, some seriously slow progress here as I'm eating 200 below maintance tdee.
My first time losing slowly, trying not to run head first into losing too fast. Still on weights mostly with 30min runs twice a week, tabata once a week.... Im getting there slowly. Very slowly....0
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