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What would you do with the last 10 pounds?

20carrots
20carrots Posts: 279 Member
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
Let's say you are 10 lbs from your goal. Do you:
a) go hardcore for 2 weeks (maybe less?) eating very little "fun" food to try and get 'em off
b) go the slow and steady route?

I always try for B but it has never worked out. Part of me is thinking to do A, get all gung ho, get to my goal weight and then be more balanced. :laugh:

What do you think?

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  • vettle
    vettle Posts: 621 Member
    slow and steady wins the race! (and not only that, the weight stays off)
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    part B all the way
  • spammyanna
    spammyanna Posts: 871 Member
    I am sticking with plan B, it has worked fine so far, I'm sure it will keep working!
  • Nikstergirl
    Nikstergirl Posts: 1,549 Member
    It's slowed down even more, but I'm still sticking with plan B!!!!
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    I can enlist at around 135 so my last 15 lbs. are purely vanity/elective weight loss. I am not in any rush but I intend to focus on nutrition and fitness so I can compete in a body competition. Seriously. Sometime in the next 3 years (by the time I'm 30). So that's a pretty relaxed goal as far as timeline goes. But extremely ambitious for someone who was once 235.
  • hazelnut861
    hazelnut861 Posts: 390 Member
    Im almost to that and im staying with b. I need to clean it up because it's the hardest to lose. Im impatient. I'm working on more sleep.
  • RNMDFF
    RNMDFF Posts: 153 Member
    I am doing plan B. But that isn't going well maybe I should try plan A
  • AHolly86
    AHolly86 Posts: 20
    Slow and Steady. If you think it doesn't usually work out for you, try tweaking your routine a little bit. Up your level of exercise or decrease your calorie intake by 100 (unless you're already taking in only 1200/day). Maybe that will give you the boost you need! Good luck with your last 10lbs!
  • bjfmade
    bjfmade Posts: 543 Member
    Definitely B
  • 20carrots
    20carrots Posts: 279 Member
    hmm scale up today--maybe it's a sign??
  • Peanutmanda
    Peanutmanda Posts: 103
    I have been doing plan B scince May.. i've lost 5 lbs... in 5 months, so now, Im going to plan A for the month of November.. I really just want to try to lose these so I can start maintence!!
  • 20carrots
    20carrots Posts: 279 Member
    Great work so far Peanutmanda! I may do the same. For some reason I can always lose weight around the holidays (what??) maybe b/c I'm off of work, etc. I really just want to bang it out and be done by the start of 2012!

    How'd you reduce your body fat by so much??
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