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"That last 10 lbs" - why is that a saying?
I'm hitting the end of my weight loss journey and it's taking longer and longer to drop weight. Everyone keeps saying "well, those last 10 lbs are always the hardest." Why is this a well-known fact? What's going on in those last 10 lbs that make it so difficult to lose them?
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Plateaued after 20 lbs lost--help?
Hey all! For the first three months using MFP, I was doing great--losing 2-3 lbs regularly each week. For the past two months I seem to have plateaued and I'm not sure why. I lost 2 lbs total last month, and this month I don't seem to have lost any at all. I'm staying 100-200 below my calorie budget on average each day,…
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Weight vests and calorie burn
I've lost 20 lbs this year so far and I've noticed a marked decrease in the rate of weight loss each week recently. This makes sense--I weigh less, so I burn less calories from exercise. I'm planning on adding a weight vest to my exercise routine to offset this, but I'm not sure how to count the calories burned as a…
