last 5 kgs to loose but...it seems difficult!

[katanel]

Hi guys,

I've 42 years, 174 cm tall and weight arounds 80kgs. I'm wearing a Fitbit device for almost 1,5 years - bought my first Charge in 2015.

I'm trying to achieve my target of having 75kgs (BMI  < 25) but the last 5 kgs to loose seems to be more or less a complicate story.

I'm logging my daily food on MFP application which integrates with my Fitbit Charge 2 tracker. I'm walking around 10-12k steps per day (my monthly average is 12300 steps). I've a sedentary job (staying 8-9 hrs in front of a computer) but I'm going to gym 2-3 days per week (cardio and workouts). Also every 1hr I’m trying to make 250 steps or more.

I've set in MFP to loose only 0.2kg per week which means around 1828 calories daily (~500 calories less from my TEE which is 2285 calories) but in the last 3 months I only lose 0.9-1kg.

So, what I'm doing wrong? Should I go on a more aggressive calories diet on MFP like 0.5kg/week which means to eat around 1550 calories?

PS: I'm not eating back my calories (exercise added by Fitbit)

[katanel]

Hi @Dominique,

Thanks for replying.

Well...here is the trend for 3 months (I've started the diet on January 1st 2017, 6 months graph isn't too relevant):

About the activity graph you have right: I need to increase yellow and red curves up.

Currently I'm doing like:

- 30 minutes per day cardio at the gym x 5 days

- 1hr swimming x 1-2 days per week

- walking daily like 2 x 50 minutes (till work and back to home)  on fat burn zone

Problem is the nature of my job: staying at a desk like 8-9 hrs daily - of course I'm doing breaks every 30-40-50mins maxim and take the stairs not the elevator when I can, etc

[katanel]

Hi @Jeff_M,

Thanks for replying, yes we are quite in same situation 🙂

Only difference: I've set my target in MFP to eat around 2040 calories and not 1800 (Lightly Active, Loose 0,2 kg/week). I thought that 1800 is a little bit too less - I've done this already in the first 5-6 weeks of the diet.The whole idea with MFP - I'm not eating back my calories or If I do sometimes I let always 500 calories deficit.

About burning calories: my 28 days average = 3184 calories and yes in cardio days I'm going  over 3000 calories exactly like you.