As hard as I try, I just can't lose that 10 pounds. Shouldn't I just give up?

Answer 1

NO DON"T GIVE UP!!!

If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem.

Here are the golden rules:
Initially cut down to 1200 calories.
Exercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved.
Don't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise.
Drink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day.
Limit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day.
Never eat dinner after 6pm.
Adopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!
Make low fat dairy choices

Follow this menu plan as a suggestion:
Breakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon
20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR
fruit salad w low GI soy yogurt
Snack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)
Lunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)
Snack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt
Dinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato
Snack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)

Exercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between.

Cardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes.

To maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again.

Good luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.

Answer 2

Losing that last 10 pounds is probably the most challenging prospect of losing weight. At this point, you've likely stiffled your metabolism by cutting calories too much.

To get down to your ideal weight, I'd certainly 'up' the intensity of your workouts (assuming you've been doing them). Throw in a few extra miles on the treadmill or an another 15 minutes on the bike. Hit the weights or go for an extra walk in the evening.

Finally, be sure you are being dilligent in your calorie counting. You should strive to burn consume 250 - 500 calories less than you burn per day to lose weight (about a pound a week). Use a free website such as http://www.fitday.com to help you in your efforts.

Ultimately, weight loss involves fitness, a healthful diet, and dedication.

Good luck!

Answer 3

No you should never give up on anything that you want to accomplish, sometimes it's best to lay back awhile and then come back to that problem and maybe you will be in a better frame of mind. Also it helps to seek other people who have had the same problem that you may be having and then you will get a little more motivated to to accomplish your goal. This works for me. Even if you don't lose 10 pounds maybe you can do 5 just thing a little at a time you have accomplished something. Just relax , reseach and remotivate.

Answer 4

It is always seems that the hardest part of losing weight is those last few pounds. You need to change your routine, try something else, the same workouts do not always work for everyone.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

Your weight management efforts shouldn't necessarily be measured by the number of pounds you lose. Eating more healthfully and adding physical activity to your day have health benefits of their own, including improvements in your chronic disease risk factors such as blood pressure, blood sugar levels and cholesterol.

Answer 7

What and let that 12 pounds beat you, try not focussing on it and just become interested in an activity that loses it. I don't think weight likes going away when you're watching it, I think it likes just slipping off unnoticed when your focussed on other things.

Answer 8

Took me awhile, but I lost weight, it's hard. Make sure to exercise and cut out all the junk/fast food.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

no don't give up you will eventually get there
try changing the way you exercise cause sometimes that will help
goodluck & hopefully it will start falling off you soon