For those of us with only 10-30 pounds to lose....

I've been loosing consistently. I am 5'8" tall and so far have lost 10 lbs in 4 weeks with only 5 lbs to go to reach my goal of 56 kg (123? Lbs). I never go hungry and always exercise my food intake then some. However nearly all my food is what I consider high performance which is either super nutritious or provides good liver and digestion nutrients, your fat burning and waste elimination and goodness absorption centres. I also take supplements that are known to help with weight loss, such as mega B group vitamins, 2 gms of fish oil for omega 3, liver vitamin mix, vitamin C, and as I am in my 50's I top with a calcium with D vitamin, also one gender/ age specific multivitamin. This may sound a lot but necessary given the the calorie and exercise (cardio and weights) that I do. However, this episode has been quite revealing. Not only have I after pushing past sore muscles etc now extremely light on my feet and quicker in motion but my skin and EYESIGHT ! Have improved. Clearly I must have been missing some vital nutrients for even my eyesight to be effected! As we age we may not be absorbing nutrients from our food as once we did, leaving us with a shortfall. I also top with probiotics.

Ugh, it feels like it's taken FOREVER to lose 10lbs (it took 2 months), and I want to lose another 10-15lbs! I am not a patient person so it's reeeeally hard.

i know! i dont know wtf? i do indulge, im definitly not perfect, but i work out like a crazy person most days. my lil ones been sick, so ivew been taking it easy the past cpl days. im hoping that the lack of activity will help me kinda slow down enough for it to make a deiffernce whrn i get back in. i dont know.

Here too. I have under 10 to lose and have been stuck. On this plateau. Forever. I've tried so many things, and am trying to be patient. I am just starting Power 90, no small feat for me at 52, but I am determined to do it.

Me too! 10 pounds to lose. Started working out 5days a week in January. Started MFP at end of Mar. Have only lost 5 ( f-i-v-e ) pounds. Soooo frustrating. I must add, however, that I FEEL much better. Some of my long asleep muscles are waking up and that feels great. Still I wish it would come off a bit faster. 5 pounds/ 5 months !!! Slow as molasses. Age 54 and still kicking come this Friday! : )
PS Was daunted but began 30 day shred last week. Ok, so far. Hope to be injury free by day 30.

Right here!!! Ive started only wanting to lose thirty lbs!! Its been a month and only lost 5 lbs. :grumble:

Right here!!! Ive started only wanting to lose thirty lbs!! Its been a month and only lost 5 lbs. :grumble:

Though I know this doesn't change how much you have to lose, look at it a different way. On average you are losing 1.25 pounds per week, which is a great pace, and very good for your body! The struggle may come a little later. I have gained and lost the same pound since about April 20th. But I am at that point where I have about 6 or 7 to go. It may end up that I don't actuallt get there, but instead reduce body fat and ignore the scale (trying to wrap my mind around that after a lifetime of weighing-in).

I don't really have weight to lose, just want to convert about 20 lbs of fat into 20 lbs of muscle!

wish it worked that way. Fat is adipose tissue..muscle is lean tissue. They are different tissues. One cannot "convert" to the other. You have to work to lose one...then work to gain the other. work work!!!

I know. What I meant by it was I want to drop 20 lbs of fat and put on 20 lbs of muscle.

I have been recycling the same 2-4 lbs for about 3 months I have 11lbs to go but can't seem to get pass this 140lb mark i know once I do it is game on...

I have notice that I am going out more and I have starting social drinking on weekends so I am sure this is the reason I just need to focus but I am so happy with the way I look and feel I want to go out and PARTAY (party) LOL

CHEERS! AND DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN
Good Luck

I'm with yah!

Previous weight: 174 lbs (May 1,2012)
need to reach : 155 lbs marker ( before July 2012)
Target weight : 144 lbs (August 1, 2012)

Last 15lbs to go, been a few weeks now and no budging.

I'm in! 17-20lbs and its is much harder than when I first started. I feel like I have to count every calorie work my tail off. It's taking forever this time around. Trying to stay patient- but some days are TOUGH!

Good luck everyone

SW: 137.5
CW: 129.8
GW: 105

Total remaining to lose is 24.8 pounds!

It really is tough. I work out at the Gym 6 days a week for 60 minutes and it's definitely coming off slow! Good luck to everyone.

I cannot believe I fall into this category now! Holy sheet!

believe me running a marathon will not help with losing the pounds ran 2 half marathon and all I did was gain weight afterward. still have 10 bs to lose and I have not lost an ounce since September.:grumble:

Running a marathon is a goal of mine..but not to lose weight. I am donig it with a dear friend and is an experience I want to look back on one day. I'm not doing it just to loose weight. I also weight train, hike a lot, and keep active in other ways. The weight IS coming off...but 1/2 a pound...1 pound...even when I'm super active and eating very very clean. I guess that's just the way it goes.

It's hard when you see weight loss shows where people lose 25 pounds in a week!....and I think "oh god...if ONLY!" I do realize that people that can do that are often morbidly obese..and I know WHY this happens...but it's still frustrating!

I know what you mean. I have about 25 pounds to go (and I'm very tall). It seems like with doing weights and cardio and keeping my diet as clean as possible I only lose 1/2 pound to 1 pound a week, and even then it fluctuates.

It IS hard not to be discouraged when you see others losing more and faster, but you just have to hang in there. We'll get there eventually!

I'm definitely a member of this club! I need to lose 15 pounds and it has been extremely frustrating! I keep plugging along....I know I'll get there!