How long did it take you to lose your first 20 pounds?

newstart1988

I'm just curious what it is for other people. I started my weight loss journey on May 29th of this year and I've lost 12 pounds so far so I weigh 221 pounds. My goal weight is to weigh 130 pounds. But I'm ready to get out of the 200 pound club

Heather4448

Here ya go. See that big dip? That's when I got a food scale and started accurately logging all my intake.

shnutzer

I don't record my weight very often but it was around 110-120 days (so around 1lbs/0.5kg per week)

laurenebargar

About 2.5 months I believe? Im just over 100 days on MFP and im a little over 26 lbs down, I started at 217 and am at 190.8 as of yesterday.

everher

I've averaged around 1.5 lbs a week for the duration. So to lose the first twenty pounds must have taken around 14 weeks.

DamieBird

It took me 92 days to go from 217 to 196.8. It's taken me another 45 days to get down to 188. It was for sure coming off faster in the beginning than it is now, but slow and steady eventually gets us there! My GW is (currently) 155, so I'm hoping to drop the next 30 in six months.

Brabo_Grip

Around 2 months. I cut out the junk food, used MFP and trained high intensity 4-5 times a week and the weight just fell off (I had plenty to lose, trust me.)

ABabilonia

Over 5 months I think. I still have 30 pounds to go, but I'm in a plateau right now...

lorrpb

For me it was about 6 weeks. Someone who has 200 to lose will lose the first 12 a lot faster than someone who has only 20 to lose. You really can't compare yourself to others, especially with no stats.

jenilla1

Probably between 3-4 months. That was a long time ago, though. I've kept it off for about 6 years, no problem.

DenaManning

I started going to the gym and making mindful food decisions May 4th but didn't weigh myself or join MFP until May 18th. I weighed in at 325 and gained three lbs that first week. Today is July 6th and my current weight until weigh in tomorrow(I weigh in weekly) is 309. So roughly 6 weeks...not counting whatever weight I may have lost before tracking. My gw is a random number I picked so i have a long way to go.

NewBetterBest18

I took me 12 weeks exactly. I planned on loosing 1-2 lbs per week. Once I finally started actually eating no less than 1200 calories per day, I started loosing more. Been at this lifestyle change for 17 weeks now. Down 26 lbs with weigh-in tomorrow. Hopefully, I've lost a couple more.

kcspm

3 weeks to lose 20lbs. Just go at a pace that works for you. You got this!

OY74NmFGBL

84 days from 210.5 to 190. And 92 to get to 189. I started with a meal plan for 1200 Cal and did that for ab 11 months.

I think your loss this far has been great! Keep it up!

paulwatts747

20 lbs = 9kg. That took 33 days from 141kg. Severely curtailing my alcohol intake helped heaps in this. A good deal of it would have been fluid.

By comparison in the last 33 days I've gone from (kg)127.1 to 120.8.

Waddellfitness

16lbs in a month and a half

Waddellfitness

Was around 80kg now down to 73kg

jacquih2981

20 pounds in 10 weeks but I had over 140 to lose

Richardcag

Started at 312lbs in Jan 17 and lost my first 20lbs in 5 weeks. At 57lbs now with another 55lbs to go.

DEBOO7

Took me 6 weeks to loose the first 20lbs. 3 years on and have lost 96lbs. Took six months off and did maintenance, then had a big stall for 3-4 months but have kept going. 4lbs from goal weight now.

mirandaworkout

Still haven't lost anything yet. these stories inspire me though!

jayemes

newstart1988 wrote: »

I'm just curious what it is for other people. I started my weight loss journey on May 29th of this year and I've lost 12 pounds so far so I weigh 221 pounds. My goal weight is to weigh 130 pounds. But I'm ready to get out of the 200 pound club

I started the week after you and I'm down 7 pounds. 205 to 198

Jthanmyfitnesspal

It took me a bit more than 20 weeks. Started Jan 3rd, done in may. Slow and steady.

JeromeBarry1

My mfp start weight January 25, 2016 was 272. During the early months of 2016 I was losing 10 - 12 lb per month, so it took a couple of months for me. Those with the most to lose, lose the fastest the easiest.

tinkerbellang83

Around 4 months for me. I started 1st December 2016 at 255lb (took a break from logging over Christmas as I was travelling a lot) and hit 234.7lb on my official weekly weigh in on 24th March 2017. I suspect it might have been a little earlier if Paddy's Day had not occurred the week before lol.

Jdismybug1

3 months. I'm really starting to push my limits physically and eat better now, so more has happened In the past month as opposed to the other two.

SafioraLinnea

I've lost 59 pounds and the first 20 took a very short time - maybe 5 weeks? But I didn't weigh myself regularly so I don't know exactly. I just know that 6.5 weeks after my initial weigh in, I was down about 30 pounds. The remainder have taken 6 months.

sammie5025

I started keto in March and am currently down 25lbs and 6.5" from my waist. I've got another 16lbs to go to my GW.

acmorris77

Two months, Intermittent fasting

Luna3386

6 months

(Technically wasn't my first 20 but it was the first 20 in a long while)

brenn24179

2 months. The bigger you are the faster you lose. Also age slows it down. Also if you are active.