Anyone else need to lose only about 10 lbs and STUCK?

ebs6778
ebs6778 Posts: 8
edited September 30 in Introduce Yourself
My ideal weight would be between 120-125. Unfortunately, my body just feels comfortable around 135. I have never gone above this weight but would love to get out of the 130s!
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  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    Yes, i've been stuck at 159 for 8 months. I want to be in the 140s.
  • BrendaBlis
    BrendaBlis Posts: 165 Member
    My ideal weight would be between 120-125. Unfortunately, my body just feels comfortable around 135. I have never gone above this weight but would love to get out of the 130s!

    Exactly where I am!
  • PBmaria
    PBmaria Posts: 854 Member
    I just hit the "10 to go" mark.
    I guess we'll see!!
  • vsyates
    vsyates Posts: 373 Member
    Yep. I'm stuck at 141 and my goal is at least 135. This is the first time I've been stuck since starting MFP and I don't like it. I've just started exercising so my body is probably in shock :laugh:
  • sykin
    sykin Posts: 1,676 Member
    That's how I get at around 150. I've been down to 140 in the last couple of years, but never lower. My ideal weight would be 130. I hope I can beat it this time!
  • jagoochie
    jagoochie Posts: 218 Member
    me stuck too!!
    123lbs - want to be 112-117lbs
  • cheddarboy
    cheddarboy Posts: 124 Member
    Wecome to add me (and most of my friends I'm sure) as most of us are looking to lose under 10 lbs or replace fat w muscle.
  • iamMaLisa
    iamMaLisa Posts: 278 Member
    Yes, i've been stuck at 159 for 8 months. I want to be in the 140s.


    yep i am 157 and have been stuck for awhile too, i am 10 pounds from my healthy weight zone. and it isnt moving an ounce. I changed my workout, and i am thinking of starting with weights to see if that moves it any...
  • JWGF01
    JWGF01 Posts: 59
    yup.... i was stuck around 9.5 and 10 stone for ages.... wanna be 9 stone...

    just hit below 10 stone today.... got 7 KG to go!!!

    feel free to add me =]
  • Yes YES yes! I would like to be 138/140lbs and at 155lbs now this is my heaviest weight but I know how amazing I feel when at 140/138lbs makes such a huge difference
  • Nachos88
    Nachos88 Posts: 47 Member
    I am soooo stuck. I have been stuck for a year now. my ideal weight wud be 140 or 135. i have inly reach 145 but my weght keeps going up and down between 155 to 147. Sigh I am now 152. i seriously don;t kno what to do.
  • MaryTuttle
    MaryTuttle Posts: 31 Member
    You need to "shock" your metabolizm. How? well either add a few calories, take a rest from exercise, or do some core work ... just make a drastic change for a couple days, then go back to routine. Give it a try! but don't cut calories below daily required. make sure you are sleeping enough, getting enough fat, drinking enough water.
  • jipper44
    jipper44 Posts: 111
    That's how I get at around 150. I've been down to 140 in the last couple of years, but never lower. My ideal weight would be 130. I hope I can beat it this time!

    This is where I'm at too. So frustrating...I wonder sometimes if I'm just meant to be 148.6 lbs.
  • Rebjones612
    Rebjones612 Posts: 408
    My ideal weight would be between 120-125. Unfortunately, my body just feels comfortable around 135. I have never gone above this weight but would love to get out of the 130s!

    Exactly where I am!
    Me too! I am also 135 and would like to lose about 5-10 more lbs.
  • loved11
    loved11 Posts: 92 Member
    Yep, that's me I have 9 lbs to go. My ideal is actually 108-110. Which is ridiculous! I was that weight when I was 12!!! My goal is 115. I am bouncing. Between 123-124. Its so annoying. I had a couple bad days with my calories and board with my workout Uhg, don't know what to do. I have increased weight, get the burn but not sore. I give 110% to cardio and still stuck. I think I might look into the fat burning foods?
  • TheSpicyMermaid
    TheSpicyMermaid Posts: 279 Member
    I'm so darn close. I can SEE the body I want right below the layer of fat. I'm planning on concentrating on my core. That's where the hula hooping comes in. It's amazing for that. I'm at 139 right now and NEED to get to 130! C'MONNNNNNN!!
  • ebs6778
    ebs6778 Posts: 8
    Yep, that's me I have 9 lbs to go. My ideal is actually 108-110. Which is ridiculous! I was that weight when I was 12!!! My goal is 115. I am bouncing. Between 123-124. Its so annoying. I had a couple bad days with my calories and board with my workout Uhg, don't know what to do. I have increased weight, get the burn but not sore. I give 110% to cardio and still stuck. I think I might look into the fat burning foods?

    wow- 110 is light! How tall are you? I have heard that one of the biggest mistakes is doing TOO much cardio and cardio only! Muscles burn fat - if you do too much cardio, you will burn your muscles after a certain point... then you're flabby :/ Try to do some light weight-training, it may help!
  • ebs6778
    ebs6778 Posts: 8
    Yep. I'm stuck at 141 and my goal is at least 135. This is the first time I've been stuck since starting MFP and I don't like it. I've just started exercising so my body is probably in shock :laugh:

    I hate it when that happens! Whenever I would start training for pageants it would take me a few weeks to see my weight drop. My body would hold onto all it could because I confused it so much! But when your body lets go of that weight, it REALLY lets go! Don't give up hope!
  • ebs6778
    ebs6778 Posts: 8
    I just hit the "10 to go" mark.
    I guess we'll see!!

    How exciting! You went from a size 12 to a 2???!!! I bet you are so proud of yourself!
  • luscadero
    luscadero Posts: 92 Member
    Yep, me too, and suffering an injury so I can't do much of a traditional workout or run right now. I'm gonna go to a jazz and rib festival this weekend and walk a kajillion miles in the intense heat... :drinker:
  • Amysgetnfit
    Amysgetnfit Posts: 231
    ME! I think i self sabatoge. I was within 6 lbs of my goal & went braindead & gained 5+ lbs now Its seems so hard to stick with it. & seems harder to get the weight to come off than it did before.
    any help greatly appreciated. any friends requests as well. I use the app on my phone a lot but am new to actually using the site. I hope it helps get me motivated & focused again.
  • JoAnn73
    JoAnn73 Posts: 161 Member
    Ok, i see that i am not the only one stuck!! Ten more pounds that's all, its not my ideal body weight but it is the weight that will make me happy.
  • joi1407
    joi1407 Posts: 79
    I've only started a couple of weeks ago, and have actually 15 to lose. which I know I will once I can exercise properly again.
    On 143 now, used to be relatively fit and happy on around 135 but now want to go below 130.

    I'm going to start 30 day shred as soon as my dvd arrives, anyone else in on that?
  • GingerBroad
    GingerBroad Posts: 45 Member
    ME! I think i self sabatoge. I was within 6 lbs of my goal & went braindead & gained 5+ lbs now Its seems so hard to stick with it. & seems harder to get the weight to come off than it did before.
    any help greatly appreciated. any friends requests as well. I use the app on my phone a lot but am new to actually using the site. I hope it helps get me motivated & focused again.

    Urgh! Me too! i always lose site of my goal when I am so close. What the heck is that?!

    I am also working to get to 120-125. I started at 136, started on the site at 134 and am now 133 (one week in). I WILL get down to 125. I definitely feel like those last 10lbs are the hardest. I think upping the workouts/week is the only way to get there.
  • GingerBroad
    GingerBroad Posts: 45 Member
    My ideal weight would be between 120-125. Unfortunately, my body just feels comfortable around 135. I have never gone above this weight but would love to get out of the 130s!

    Same for me! That is my exact goal and I am 133 right now. I am committed this time and being super positive. I just need to get my butt working out more often and with some stronger intensity. I think that's going to be the only way.
  • DayAtATime
    DayAtATime Posts: 72
    I am 135 and would like to be 125....10lbs! I have remained at this weight since January and I guess I do know how to do maintenance at this level which is a plus. I need to be stricter with my food choices....too many cheat meals and then too many calories to actually lose. I guess I need to really decide whether I want to lose the next 10. I know I do my best when I am sick and tired of being at a certain weight and get back to losing instead of maintaining.
  • For anyone that is stuck at a weight, drop your carbs to 60 to 100g,do not eat any grains,increase your fat. I was a carb junkie until I switched to paleo eating and found it hard to drop weight. My carbs are now around 70 to 80g a day and am loosing around 1lbs per week. I also eat olive oil, around 2 table spoons a day, on my salad, and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil when I make my breakfast. All the rest of the fat comes from food and I eat around 120g a day in total. When you hit your ideal weight put your carbs up to 100 to 150g and you will easily stay at your target weight. I have no more highs and lows with my energy levels since I dropped grains from my diet or bad stomach problems.

    Exercise plays a important part, I walk for 1 hour every day, do a hard cardio work out once every 10 days or so and strength train 3 times a week with kettlebells. Stay away from chronic cardio as it will break your body down and burn you out in the long term.:bigsmile:
  • mfreeby
    mfreeby Posts: 199 Member
    YES!!!! Stuck at 150-151, want to be 140. Been stuck for a month!!!!!! It's getting hard to stay on track! Grrrr....
  • PBmaria
    PBmaria Posts: 854 Member
    It hasn't been easy and it's been full of up and downs but I'm really pushing this time so I can be DONE!!!!!!
    I just hit the "10 to go" mark.
    I guess we'll see!!

    How exciting! You went from a size 12 to a 2???!!! I bet you are so proud of yourself!
  • Louiselesley
    Louiselesley Posts: 166 Member
    my body also seems to be very comfortable at 135-140 and refuses to loose another 10lbs too *sigh*
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