How much have you lost?

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  • elDoc57
    elDoc57 Posts: 10 Member
    120lbs in approx 18 months. Maintaining it since end of September last.
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    fswku wrote: »
    68lbs as of today, losing about 2lbs/week since the end of August. Only break in that is when I switched to maintenance for a couple weeks prior to running my first half-marathon last month. Started out at 1470 calories/day (net), and now I'm at 1200. I log everything like it's my job, and make sure I'm active. You can't outrun a bad diet, but a run CAN give you a little more breathing room in your daily intake. And when you log everything, you start to learn what foods are more satisfying for the amount of calories.

    Aside from the scale, my pants used to have a 40" waistline. Now I'm down to a 34. Running more than 30 seconds at a time would leave me completely winded, now I can do five or six miles a day and actually not be useless for the rest of said day. My half-marathon goal was 2:30:00, and I did it in 2:23:23. Not what I'd call fast, but having never run any sort of race before, and beating my goal time by almost seven minutes felt amazing.

    If you find that the numbers you're getting for 2lbs/week leave you too hungry at the end of the day, there's nothing wrong with changing it up to aim for 1lb/week, or even 1/2. Losing weight is losing weight, regardless of the timeframe. It didn't get there overnight, so it's not going to disappear overnight. But when you look at the scale in the months to come and see just how much has disappeared...that's a pretty good high by itself. After 20 or 30lbs have gone, you might not notice it in the mirror. But go find something that weights that much. Pick it up. Realize you used to carry that around constantly, and think about how much better it feels without it. If you're losing more than that, do the same thing when you reach your goal to see just how incredibly far you've come. It's an eye-opener for sure, and a pretty positive one, IMO.

    Awesome :)

  • Kerry211168
    Kerry211168 Posts: 18 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    16 months to get here so far:
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    Well done, great weight loss!

    Well done everyone no matter how big, how small, how fast, how slow, it's all steps towards your goal.

    I'm 3 and a half weeks in, I've lost 10 -12 pounds with another 36 or so to go.
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