losing those stubborn 10 pounds

[Anonymous]

for about 3 years, I've weighed 10 pounds more than I would like...has anyone had any success with losing the last stubborn 10 pounds that have lingered around longer than you've liked? I do consistently exercise but my self-discipline with food wavers from day to day.

[Anonymous]

the problem is that we stick to an exercise routine.

do some drastic change and stick to it for a while and they'll disappear.

the secret to keep your weight where you want is to have 3 different work out routines and switch them every 3 months.

no personal trainer tells you this because that's how they make money.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP re switching up your routine.

[Anonymous]

and in includes not only the kind of workout but the time of the day and days of the week you exercise.

sorry major PITA i know...

[Anonymous]

Check the beauty and fitness folder here for more suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Give up primary dairy for a month to kick start the weight loss. Once you lose it, you don't miss it much. I have recently reintroduced it into my diet now that it doesn't appear to upset DD. I find that a lot of the dairy I was consuming before = needless calories and am now perfectly happy skipping cheese on a sandwich etc.

[Anonymous]

personal trainers don't have secrets. it's purely a science. trainers will push you beyond what you would normally do. they motivate you and teach you new things. you wanna lose those last 10 lbs...hire a trainer and consider it done.

[Anonymous]

I agree. I exercise more than just about any other mother who works full-time with more than one child I know....

I run a minimum of 5 miles per day and lift for 30 min or so. This is what I like to do...but my body does get used to this routine and I don't drop the weight. After a while I have to switch out for a spinning class or a session of pilates so my body is 'tricked'.

I have to laugh whenever I hear them recommend...'to get 'Kate Middleton' or 'Jennifer Aniston's body...do cardio for 30-40 min 3 X per week and eat healthy. Yea---whatever...3 days of 30 min cardio is not getting anyone to lose weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:personal trainers don't have secrets. it's purely a science. trainers will push you beyond what you would normally do. they motivate you and teach you new things. you wanna lose those last 10 lbs...hire a trainer and consider it done.

if you're not bright enough to notice, the "secret" is science based and rarely they'll tell you that you should change you exercise routine every 30 days. if they teach you this they'll be out of job very soon.

[Anonymous]

I highly recommend interval training. For years I ran 4-5 miles 4-5 times a week and the weight didn't budge. Then, I hired a trainer and he showed me how sprints--on the treadmill, outside or on a bike--can melt the pounds off. I'm 38 and in the best shape of my life now. Weights, too, are critical. I have muscle like I never thought I could have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:personal trainers don't have secrets. it's purely a science. trainers will push you beyond what you would normally do. they motivate you and teach you new things. you wanna lose those last 10 lbs...hire a trainer and consider it done.

if you're not bright enough to notice, the "secret" is science based and rarely they'll tell you that you should change you exercise routine every 30 days. if they teach you this they'll be out of job very soon.

What are you talking about? I have been working with the same personal trainer 4xs a week for the past 18months. My routine is extremely varied and I could do the routine myself BUT the trainer pushes me much farther than I would push myself. He makes me do things I thought I could never accomplish (and probably could not on my own).

My trainer is focused on switching up the routine, any trainer who does not would bore their clients to death and would never see results. Either you have never been to a trainer or had a horrible one. Having a PT will get you in amazing shape. What do you think celebrities do to look awesome? Trainers and a militant diet.

OP-Stop reading the lost 10lbs quick articles in SHAPE magazine. Once you hit a certain age, you must exercise and be so strict with your diet. I'm in the shape of my life, but eating is BORING. I hardly have room to budge with my diet. I eat very little bread, pasta, or sweets. I eat lean protiens, veggies, and fruit. Lentils and beans are my friends. It is not fun. When you hit your 30s (or that was at least my case) and after a few kids, it was so painful to look the way I want. I'm in great shape, and I have to watch my diet very closely in order to keep that layer of flab off, so my muscles shine through.

I will tell you OP, it TRULY is 80% diet, 20% exercise. If you lose the weight, focus on shaping your body. There is no easy fix. Exercise is easy, eating well for middle age is hard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:personal trainers don't have secrets. it's purely a science. trainers will push you beyond what you would normally do. they motivate you and teach you new things. you wanna lose those last 10 lbs...hire a trainer and consider it done.

if you're not bright enough to notice, the "secret" is science based and rarely they'll tell you that you should change you exercise routine every 30 days. if they teach you this they'll be out of job very soon.

What are you talking about? I have been working with the same personal trainer 4xs a week for the past 18months. My routine is extremely varied and I could do the routine myself BUT the trainer pushes me much farther than I would push myself. He makes me do things I thought I could never accomplish (and probably could not on my own).

My trainer is focused on switching up the routine, any trainer who does not would bore their clients to death and would never see results. Either you have never been to a trainer or had a horrible one. Having a PT will get you in amazing shape. What do you think celebrities do to look awesome? Trainers and a militant diet.

OP-Stop reading the lost 10lbs quick articles in SHAPE magazine. Once you hit a certain age, you must exercise and be so strict with your diet. I'm in the shape of my life, but eating is BORING. I hardly have room to budge with my diet. I eat very little bread, pasta, or sweets. I eat lean protiens, veggies, and fruit. Lentils and beans are my friends. It is not fun. When you hit your 30s (or that was at least my case) and after a few kids, it was so painful to look the way I want. I'm in great shape, and I have to watch my diet very closely in order to keep that layer of flab off, so my muscles shine through.

I will tell you OP, it TRULY is 80% diet, 20% exercise. If you lose the weight, focus on shaping your body. There is no easy fix. Exercise is easy, eating well for middle age is hard!

I was typing from my phone and it didn't went well.

I'm a personal trainer and what I meant to say is that we tell our clients just as much as we want them to know. Depending on the client's goal they need to know a little more or a little less.

Changing the routine is very important to shed those last 10 pounds but the trainer will do it without you noticing it most of the times (not always, depend on what kind of client you are).

That's what I meant to say. Sorry I was obviously not clear enough.

[Anonymous]

I gave up on trying to lose them. I like to actually enjoy my food and refuse to live my life with no bread or pasta just to be at my ideal weight. Blech.

[Anonymous]

Probably you don't want to hear this. But modifying your diet will give much better results then adding more and more exercise. Definitely mix your routine up.... but if you are eating lots of sugar, bakery items, breads, pastas, rice, corn, potatoes, etc. you might not see the results you want. All that just gets turned into fat and is just are not healthy for the human body period. I used to eat all that without much thought, but like most people in our society who were unfortunately encouraged to eat lots of carbs, my insuling sensitivity has decreased as I've gotten older and paying attention to that has really made a huge difference for me!

[Anonymous]

Ditto to whomever posted about doing intervals rather than running 5 miles routinely. I was running 3-4 miles a few times a week too, and the weight stayed on. Now I run about 3 miles, but 80% of my run is intervals, where i sprint for a minute and jog (or walk) for 2 minutes. I do my sprints at consecutively faster speeds each time, going from 7.0 mph to 7.5, and then back down again.

Also, I would recommend keeping a food journal for a week. Record EVERYTHING you put in your mouth. At the end of the week look at it with a really honest and critical eye and see where you can make some substitutions. I did this and found that I was eating a ton of chocolate during the day at work, because several of my coworkers keep big jars of it on their desk. I still allow myself one piece, but now i come to work loaded with apples, oranges, bananas, and bags of those frozen steamer veggies, and I substitute those for sweets. It's resulted in about 18 pounds lost over the last 9 months. I still have 7 to go to make my goal, so now i'm again looking at substitutions. I had switched my breakfast from two packages of maple/brown sugar instant oatmeal with milk and using 2% or whole milk in my coffee, to eating a sandwich thin with some peanut butter and apple and putting skim milk in my coffee and it worked really well. But this morning I started a new routine where I have an eggwhite "muffin" on a sandwich thin with some lowfat cream cheese and tomato, and it's keeping me fuller than my old breakfast with much less fat.

This will sound contradictory, but I also tend to agree with the PP who said, you know what, just accept those 10 pounds and live your life. Now that I'm so close to meeting my goal (pre-baby) weight, I am wavering between wanting to really push myself to get there, and feeling like what the hell, I'm happy where I am, why do I keep wanting to get thinner? But for today, the pushing side is winning.