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95lb down... why is this last 5lb so hard to lose?!

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ThisMustBeMyDream · 11/02/2025 20:25

Over 21 months I have lost 95lb. I'm aiming for a bmi of 25, so nothing extreme! Yet these last few lb are so stubborn! The losses are so very very slow. It is frustrating as I'm anxious about maintenance as it is, and this isn't helping! I'm only 5ft 2, so my tdee is already low. It's probably even lower than the calculation given I'm only losing half a lb a week at best (I've got my calories set to lose 1lb a week, but I don't lose that!). I've only got about 2 weeks left of my saxenda, and then it's gone. I've gone down to 0.6 as I know I can't get it anymore. I'm scared of stopping, scared of still having weight to lose. But mostly scared if I've done enough to sustain the loss. I was hoping I'd be able to increase calories and gain some muscle mass, but right now that seems like a very distant dream. It's incredibly hard to lose weight and gain muscle mass. Believe me, I've tried. Been trying for a year. My muscle mass has just gone down (although it is now more visable). My hopes of being one of those people being able to maintain on 1800 are not going to come true!
Please give me some motivation to see this through to the end! I have to get there. And I have to maintain. And preferably do some body recomposition!

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AlphaApple · 11/02/2025 20:43

IMO 1/2 a lb a week is bloody good going! As is 95lb. Well done.

shrinkingthiswinter · 11/02/2025 21:49

What an AMAZING loss! So much respect.

Will you not be able to get a maintenance dose? A lot of providers do it?

Doggymummar · 11/02/2025 21:52

I'm on the same journey, at 60lb, two years in March. Well done. But yes the last few are hard. I've got 40 to go and lose less than a pound a week. So another YEAR to go

WaitingForMojo · 11/02/2025 21:53

1/2 a lb a week isn’t slow!

ThisMustBeMyDream · 12/02/2025 11:29

At the minute it isn't even half a pound! The 2lb that came off last week after nothing for a while... has gone back on, frustrating! I daily weigh as its the only way I can see losses. But gah! Just let me see some new numbers soon!
I took some progress pics in my underwear last night. That really made me see how far I've come which helped keep me motivated!
Deep breaths... keep on going!

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