10 Tricks for Losing Those Last 10 Pounds
By Whitney Provost
Team Beachbody Newsletter, Issue #132, Aug 12, 2009
At the start of a new fitness program, you clean up your diet and hit the workouts, and the weight seems to fall off. But when you get down to the last 5, 10, or 15 pounds you want to lose, the scale may suddenly refuse to budge. You might be tempted to drastically reduce calories or increase the amount of time you spend working out. Don’t do it. Instead, here are some simple tricks to help you lose those last 10 pounds.
Cutting calories too low will cause your body to think it’s starving, and it will hold on to the fat you’re trying so hard to lose. Working out longer will cut into your personal time and probably won’t help you drop those last few pounds anyway. Instead, try making these tweaks to your program.
