Losing the last 5 kilos

My only advice is be prepared for it to take more like 3-5mths. You're already very light so it will be sloooow going, plus once you're so close to goal your logging and calorie compliance needs to be closer to 100%.

amyrebel15 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

You're at a healthy weight already, so it's going to take a LOT longer than 3.5 weeks to get to your goal weight (and even that rate isn't recommended at all). Be patient and make sure you're logging everything as accurately as possible. Being below your goal 90% of the time probably isn't good enough if those 10% are enough to erase your deficit. You should be AT your goal every single day, or averaged out over the week.

It's been 4 weeks already though. Even if I go above my calorie goal, I offset it by exercising... thus still maintaining my deficit. Not sure what more to do agh.

Patience and tight logging will be your best friends moving forward.

amyrebel15 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

amyrebel15 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

You're at a healthy weight already, so it's going to take a LOT longer than 3.5 weeks to get to your goal weight (and even that rate isn't recommended at all). Be patient and make sure you're logging everything as accurately as possible. Being below your goal 90% of the time probably isn't good enough if those 10% are enough to erase your deficit. You should be AT your goal every single day, or averaged out over the week.

It's been 4 weeks already though. Even if I go above my calorie goal, I offset it by exercising... thus still maintaining my deficit. Not sure what more to do agh.

How many calories a day are you eating? How are you measuring them?

My goal is a 900 but I end up at 1000 where as the recommended intake is 1250.

Measuring them by reading labels or googling and estimating (the same way I've done for the past year+).

First off, you should not be aiming for anything that low. Set your goal to a quarter of a kilogram per week since you have so little to lose.

Second, invest in a food scale. Your estimations are way off, and weighing your food will help you see exactly how much a serving is. Also when you eat your exercise calories (which is what you are supposed to do), don't eat all of them...try 50% to start off with, as they can often be overestimated.

I was just under 61 kilos around mid August and only reached 56.5 kilos about a week ago so it's taken me just over 3 months to lose 4.5 kilos. My average net calories per day was around 1400 at the beginning (which includes over indulging at the week end) and I only exercise a few times a week. Yes it has taken a long time to shed those last pounds but I haven't felt like I've missed out on anything and you do have to be more accurate with your logging as you get closer to your goal

@amyrebel15 are all the "homemade" entries in your diary your own recipes or ones you chose from the database? If they are random entries then i would start there by entering your own recipes into the recipe builder here, their recipes could be completely different to yours so the calorie count could be way off.
Also, ditch the spoon/slices and cups and weigh everything on a food scale, save the cups for liquids only.

amyrebel15 wrote: »

PAV8888 wrote: »

With exercise in the mix and normal starting weight the goal should be physique not weight number oriented. Deficit should not exceed 20% of tdee. And that 20℅ would be with 100% exercise counted, not half. Trending weight app. Essentially recomp.

What happens even if deficit increases from that?
My stats are such that my deficit has usually been more than 20% of the tdee, including exercise specially. Still not working....

If your deficit really is that big you end up losing more lean mass than you should/could. And you end up potentially making your body more efficient thus reducing your actual TDEE below what it is "expected" to be and having to eat at a lower level in order to generate an actual deficit

Of course we don't KNOW that your deficit really is that big.

Your actual deficit also depends on the accuracy of your logging. Correctly weighed, correct entries, items not forgotten, all food, tastes, pan wipes, samples, and drinks including those on overage days and/or the middle of the night accounted for using verified usda or similar entries and potentially even correcting deliberately misleading manufacturer/food producer labels. And correctly estimated daily activity and exercise calories.

In reality you will never know how accurate your logging is. But with some effort (keeping track, comparing trending weight results) you may manage to find a golden path between over-eating and under-eating.

The point is that eating nothing and exercising lots at a normal weight is an exercise in frustration that will get you no-where other than yo-yoing a few hard fought lbs up and down for the foreseeable future.

Changing your body by eating a little bit less, moving a little bit more, and throwing in some kick *kitten* exercise may well yield results. But it is also an exercise in patience.

I am sure that there exist people who hit the weights hard and cut real hard and lost weight fast while retaining most muscle in the presence of eating sufficient protein and doing this for only short periods of time. It is not the way that MFP (or I for that matter) advocates and it neglects that you should be engaged in routines and eat in a way that you are willing to continue doing for the foreseeable future. You know... when you're done with your diet!