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How long did it take to lose 50

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  • meloyellow27
    meloyellow27 Posts: 29 Member
    It took me just shy of 7 months to lose 50 lbs.
    I'm 5'4" and I started at 189 at the end of April and on the morning of Thanksgiving, I hit 139.
  • Sam29a
    Sam29a Posts: 201 Member
    Took me over a year, eating around 1200 calories, without exercise.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    It totally depends on how aggressive your goal is. My goal was to reach the middle of the healthy BMI and 5 years later I'm still not there! (it took me 1.5 year to get 2 lbs from that though - total loss 80 lbs).

    The less you have to lose, the longer it will take, especially if your goal is to get pretty lean.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,929 Member
    sportychic87 wrote: »
    Question, how long did it take you to lose 50 pounds? I’m wanting to lose 50 in 6-8 months but fear it’s not possible. Stats: 5,4, 181 pounds. 1600 calories per day with ~20-30 minutes exercise every day. Walking and light weight lifting

    It took me about 8 months.
    Net 1250 cal for the first 16 weeks.
    1 month break.
    Net 1350 cal for the next 16 weeks.
  • sportychic87
    sportychic87 Posts: 214 Member
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    mlinci wrote: »
    I lost 48-49 lbs, over a year and a half, going from 185 to 136-137 at 5'5''.

    I deliberately took a long time to lose weight as I'm unable to function below say 1600 calories per day.

    Eating just a bit below maintenance was a great preparation for maintenance itself, which I've been successfully doing for about nine months now.

    I wish so much that this was the goal for more people on here and not just to lose as fast as possible.

    I agree, my thing is that it’s looking like starting a family is going to become a topic for my SO and I here in the next year. My goal is to lose the weight so that I can prevent things like gestational diabetes, etc. Essentially getting healthy in preparation. To get to my ideal weight (130-135-doc approved) for my body frame I need to lose 50. I’m taking in 1600 calories a day and exercising 30 minutes daily. Hopefully that’ll do the trick :)
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