How long did the last 10-15 lbs take for YOU?!

15 lbs ( 14.6 ) took me 4 weeks i started at 197.5 now i'm 182.9

I stabilized for about 6months at about 10lbs heavier than my idea of my "ideal weight", even though I was OK with where I was, I wanted that 10lbs gone. During that 6months, I was still eating healthy and working out, but nothing was changing, then all of a sudden one weigh in the weight starting to slowly come off and now I'm done those last 10lbs. Once it started coming off it took about 2 months, give or take. I'd have to go back and look at my weigh in chart to be exact, it was definitely slow going, but steady.

I started new years weekend and i am down 10 lbs----i exercise everyday and i am always under my calorie intake goal---i can feel my clothes getting looser and i am wearing pants that i was not able to --so i know i am going in the right direction--but it is frustrating that my scales havent moved in a week---but reading yalls posts gives me a boost

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I am in that boat right now, 14 lbs to go to goal. Lost 22 lbs before joing MFP, that toke a year to do. So it may take 6 mos or more for me to lose the last 14 lbs. Have went from a very tight 12 levis jean to a lose 10 now. They say that the last fews lbs are the hardest . I try not to focus so much on the number on the scale and more on how my clothes fit and how I overall feel.

If you are on your last 10-15 lbs you should be set at 0.5lbs/week to ensure you don't lose a lot of lean muscle along with the fat. So having said that it should take you around 20 weeks to lose the last 10 and 25-30 weeks to lose the last 15 (assuming you set your goal between 0.5 and 1lb until the last 10)

Here is a guide for setting weekly weight loss goals based on the amount of weight you have to lose (and with each of these you should be eating back the cals burned from exercise):
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

I see you have 21 lbs to go so your goal should be 1lb/week at the most, so I would say 10-12 weeks for 10 lbs, or 16-20 for 15lbs

the last 10-15 is so damn hard to lose! ive been trying to lose it for 6 months now.

The first 50 pounds came off pretty fast. About 8 to 10 months. The next 10 -15 took a year! I am partly to blame. I got comfortable and didn't work as hard at it.

Over a year and still counting lol

I set out to lose 15 lbs about three months ago, but I fell off the wagon during the Christmas holidays.

I've lost 7 lbs in 3 months. 8 lbs more to go. This is on 1200-1300 calories per day.

In the past I've been able to lose faster, but to do it I have to go under 1000 calories per day.

the last 10-15 is so damn hard to lose! ive been trying to lose it for 6 months now.

Same here!!!! It is ridiculously hard!!! I actually decided to maintain my weightloss of 50lbs for about 6 months for awhile because I thought my body needed a break from losing. Now I have been working on the last 10 lbs since mid Decemeber (about 2 months now)...and as you can see from my ticker, I still have 8 to go!!!

How long? TOO LONG!! I know my body wants to make sure that I really want to lose more, but I really do. I lost 1.5 pounds in January which was really frustrating. But, I also lost 4 inches in January which was pretty nice. I'm thinking about doing more zigzagging and going to maintenance level for a month or so. I'm also considering changing my goals to be more about my clothes size instead of the scale. That might help.

Down to 13 lbs lost as of this morning, took me 51 days to do so at a target of 1,400 calores per day. I typically burn between 700 - 900 calories a day working out and my norm is 4 days working out then one day off. Rinse and repeat.