People who were successful at shedding 50+ pounds

PetulantOne

About a year and a half.

It could have gone faster but I frequently took diet breaks. My sanity and body demanded the breaks. I've been maintaining for about 6 months now.

triciab79

It took 9 months to lose about 100lbs. Then I gained a few back over the last year so I am chipping those off before fall.

AlwaysBigSteve

I fell off the wagon for awhile and gained some weight back. But in the last 95 days I lost 30 pounds.

kimstwin

3 years, 111.5 pounds lost in total. 25-30 more to go!

darrcn5

Took me 18 months to lose 65 pounds. I would do so well in the summer/spring, then fall off the wagon hard though fall/winter. Maintained for six months til I got pregnant with my second child.

Fvck__it

Lost 210lbs in 16 months, gained back 70lbs when I changed my diet.. Back on original diet, down 10lbs.

Change isn't always good!

PurpleMomster

Seven months to lose 75lbs. I'm maintaining right now but I'd like to lose another 15ish,

proudjmmom

I lost 100lbs, and it took me 3 years. Mind you, I did take a 9 month 'break' (aka fell off the wagon). Been maintaining for 3 months.

DopeItUp

100lbs in about 2.5 years.

nicklippa

It will be a year since I started tracking on June 22nd. So far 57lbs, 42 waist to 34, 18 inch neck to 16, XLarge to Medium. More important than all that is I have not taken 1 antacid this calendar year and my wife says I do not snore anymore. She was ready to send me to a clinic. Sleeping in my own bed and not on the couch taking Pepcid is worth logging everything I eat in MFP, every walk, run, spin, body pump class I take. I can never go back to the man I was last year.

Sparlingo

I lost 57 lbs in 9 months. ---> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Sparlingo/view/9-months-on-mfp-pics-progress-562921

sphinxdust

About 8 years ago, I went from a thick and flabby and lumpy 210 pounds to beginning a new strict diet and exercise program at home with my dumbbells, bench press, and morning yoga before breakfast. I lost over 25 pounds in the first month, probably about 45 pounds by month 2, and 50-55 pounds by three months. I had not intended to lose 60 pounds, but some time after one year of still remaining steady at 155 lbs., I lost another 5 pounds inadvertently by being to busy with work for a week and vowed to begin gaining healthy muscle weight. I am now about 190 pounds and more muscular than I've ever been in my life.

nyiballs

5'11" male, started at 250, down 70 lbs in 5 1/2 months

jlgobert

It has been a little over a year and I have lost 100lbs. It has been a long journey and I have had to re-think how I see food and why I eat. I used to eat because I loved food, but now I still love food but I eat to live healthy.

pwittek10

It took me 8 months to lose 100 pounds.
I slowly gained and now have 10 pounds to lose.
It is much harder to keep it off then it was to get it off the first time

jenschroll

94 as of this week, have been losing since May of 2013 with more to go!

NewLIFEstyle4ME

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fpelletier

A little less than 8 months to lose 50lb, I started May 7 and on Jan 1 I was down 50

gcbma

Today's my 365th day on MFP and am down 74.2 lbs. I lost 50 of it in about 6 months.

atiral

57 pounds in 5 months. Results definitely not typical. I don't have my goal set at 2 pounds either. I keep it at 1 pound per week but sometimes eat over or under.

Francl27

It took me exactly 6 months to lose my first 50... then 20 in 6 months... then 10 in 4 months.

Sailatsorf

I've been doing it super slow. 70lbs in 3 years. On the plus side, it's taken me long enough that my appetite has completely changed, and I don't see myself ever going back to overeating. Slow and steady wins the race!

mary659497

Thank you all for sharing your story. You are all amazing.

Michelle_Padgett13

Took me about 9 months to lose 50 pounds. I have readjusted my goals many times along the way. I also plateau occasionally (or as I call it, "unintentional maintenance").

I still have a ways to go. And I'm enjoying the process. :drinker:

RosieWest8

I started Jan. 13, 2012 and reached my 'goal' weight July 24, 2013. So ~1.5yrs. That's 1.5yrs with some short time periods where I was not exercising/eating well just due to life circumstances/being a bit lazy. I have continued to eat well and exercise so I've lost a few pounds beyond what my goal was (or maybe I just don't have the calculations right to maintain my weight but it's all good).

zyxst

Lost 138# in 2.5 years.

PunkyRachel

I'm down 87lbs and its taken me 2.5 years

harleykat64

96 lbs total so far, three years with a pregnancy in the middle of it

lmm2323

I have lost 63lbs since the beginning of February (amost 5 months). I have watched what I eat, good proteins, no sweets except for an occasional Hershey minniatures, lots of fruits and veggies, 3 meals and 3 snacks each day....each one includes some proteins, I eat from all the food groups. I have a trainer for an hour a week...2 half hour sessions and then I try for at least 2 other days of cardio at the gym. I really think the key to my success is my trainer who works different parts of my body each session which keeps my metabolism from getting complacent.

KameHameHaaa

I went from 410 to 350 in about seven months. But after that I plateau'd for a year =/ I just now started losing weight again, down to 341.