First Stone / 14lbs??? How long?

smudger_24

Hi, as you ladies (and guys) know, when dieting there is always a massive feeling of impatience even though you it didnt take 'just a month' to put on this weight....however I am interested to know how long it took people to lose their 1st stone?

I lost 7lbs in my first week, then on my 2nd week I had gained 3lb!? I am going to the gym about 4 or 5 times a week so aware it 'could' be muscle but I am under the impression if you go from eating badly and no exercise to eating ariound 1200 cals a day and doing a good amount of exercise I would of thought I would be losing weight (lbs) a little quicker before I even start to build muscle......???

Please let me know what you think and how you are finding it, by the way this is about my 4th week : )

Thamantha

I think a lot depends on your start weight.. someone who is 300lbs and eat 1200 calories will lose the weight faster than someone who is 150lbs who also eats 1200 calories.
I am eating ~1200 calories, and should lose about 1 pound a week, so to lose a stone would take me 14 weeks.

smudger_24

Hi, mines 226 start weight and I am aiming for 2lb per week. Im 5ft 8.....

cmaciasamador

What the heck is a stone?

anberlingasm

My start weight was 204lb and I'm now 190lb so I hit my one stone this week. It's taken me since February (6 months) but I've only been 'seriously' dieting for the last month or so.

anberlingasm

(A stone is 14lb, it's a UK measurement!)

smudger_24

What the heck is a stone?

Haha sorry, its a term from the UK, 14lbs in a stone!

MissaUndead

I weigh roughly 400+...so I went from eating alot of junk and no exercise to 1200 calories and 20 to 30 mins of circuit training. Will I loose it fast? I have been going like this for 3 weeks..I don't have a scale..but inches are coming off and my clothes are getting baggy.

smudger_24

My start weight was 204lb and I'm now 190lb so I hit my one stone this week. It's taken me since February (6 months) but I've only been 'seriously' dieting for the last month or so.

Well done : ) xx

smudger_24

My clothes are looser too, I just thought when you 1st start out you will see it on the scales abit more too. Maybe we should go by clothes and sod the scales!!

jaybee25

Dont stress about the scale so much go and buy a tape measure and go ny your measurements..thats motivated me more than the scales have!! And I've noticed things are gettng looser Goodluck on your journey

MissaUndead

My clothes are looser too, I just thought when you 1st start out you will see it on the scales abit more too. Maybe we should go by clothes and sod the scales!!

That is what I am doing! It sure is motivating me to see clothes getting loose!

shelly650

Well during my first week of MFP I lost 5lbs, but then gained some and plateaued!! I began MFP at 175.4lbs!

I joined on March 6th and today I weighed 160.2lbs! Thats a total loss of 15.2lbs, so It took me about 4 or 4 and a half months to lose a stone! Thats being very realistic! I have had brilliant weeks and lost 2lbs+ and then I have had my off weeks and gained!! I had a very rough patch food-wise during march, so my weight loss fully began in April!!

kate_newlifestyle

How long?

Nobody can answer you. It depends on your metaboliism, much you exercise/burn in calories and how many cals you eat and what you eat.

Just keep up your exercises and healthy eating and the pounds will come down.

LorinaLynn

Around three months for me. And about four months to lose the rest.

smudger_24

I think I will start measuring and forget the weiging for the next 2 weeks and see how that goes xx

Boo67

What the heck is a stone?

A stone is 14 lb. 16oz to a lb - 14 lb to a stone.

witchyboots

I'm 5ft 1 and I think I was about 260lbs when I started this *properly* on 1st January. I lost my first 14lbs by 1st Feburary. Probably a combination of being so big to start with and I ate well and exercised EVERY single day for the whole month.

My losses have slowed down since then..I'm averaging about 8lbs a month now but I don't exercise as much and I've had lots of 'naughty' weeks lately. Tut tut!!

(I'm English too btw but I've used lbs cos I always find nobody knows what I'm going on about here when I say stones!! lol)

smudger_24

I'm 5ft 1 and I think I was about 260lbs when I started this *properly* on 1st January. I lost my first 14lbs by 1st Feburary. Probably a combination of being so big to start with and I ate well and exercised EVERY single day for the whole month.

My losses have slowed down since then..I'm averaging about 8lbs a month now but I don't exercise as much and I've had lots of 'naughty' weeks lately. Tut tut!!

(I'm English too btw but I've used lbs cos I always find nobody knows what I'm going on about here when I say stones!! lol)

44lb is excellent - well done : )

I hope my loss is as good in 5 months time x

mikihainesy

I'm 5ft 4" and weigh 146lbs. I lost 12lb in 6 weeks but haven't budged for 3 weeks, other than my 1lb gain this week. grrr I only want to get another 2lb off so I can say I done the stone

kiwicakes

Great job so far! But at your weight, its pretty impossible to lose 7lbs of fat in one week! I know its exciting to see changes on the scale, but it's really important to have realistic exceptions :) A good part of that weight loss is very likely to be water weight. So don't feel discouraged that you gained a little back this week. In general you are still losing a lot! Personally it took me two months to lose 10lbs, so, 14lbs will take about 3 months. :)

Just so you can lower your chances of gaining the weight back, losing 1-2lbs a week is a good rule of thumb.

Seajolly

It took me about 2 to 2.5 months for me to lose a stone/14 lbs.

smudger_24

Great job so far! But at your weight, its pretty impossible to lose 7lbs of fat in one week! I know its exciting to see changes on the scale, but it's really important to have realistic exceptions :) A good part of that weight loss is very likely to be water weight. So don't feel discouraged that you gained a little back this week. In general you are still losing a lot! Personally it took me two months to lose 10lbs, so, 14lbs will take about 3 months. :)

Just so you can lower your chances of gaining the weight back, losing 1-2lbs a week is a good rule of thumb.

Thanks for the reply, thats good to know. I think I am being typically female and impatient!!

smudger_24

It took me about 2 to 2.5 months for me to lose a stone/14 lbs.

Thats great, well done : )

witchyboots

44lb is excellent - well done : )

I hope my loss is as good in 5 months time x

Aww thanks hun. That's really nice of you to say! I'm sure you'll do great with MFP behind ya :flowerforyou:

sexforjaffacakes

They don't know what a stone is in America? But they use pounds as well as KG don't they? so confused xD

mrshickey

I think you put weight on because you lost so much at first and your body knows its not healthy to lose so much so soon (as much as we would like to). Its healthy to lose half to two pounds a week so give yourself time to lose that first stone.

Also it will depend on how u ate before you started MFP. I started eating better before joining so I didnt lose as much as my husband who lost 10 ponds in his first week because of the sudden change to his eating habits!! 10 pounds!1 but he did put some back on and is now losing a healty 1.5 pounds a week.

Everyone is individual though so don't put too much pressure on yourself. I was soooo impatient but I'm recognising now that this is not a sprint!!!!!

Seajolly

They don't know what a stone is in America? But they use pounds as well as KG don't they? so confused xD

I'm from the US but it really annoys me when people don't know what a stone is. Educate yourselves!

Jrh2os

I started at 180 and lost about 1-1/2 lbs a week the first few months, then leveled out to about a pound a week. Lost a total of 38 pounds in 29 weeks. During that time, I've hit plateaus for up to 4 weeks, (where I still seem to get smaller), then I'll lose a few pounds quickly. I've been VERY strict about not going over my allowed calories and I exercise almost every day .

jujubean1992

i've lost 13 pounds since may... so it's been a few months. but i did have a break in there somewhere. and now i'm losing steadily.

jujubean1992

They don't know what a stone is in America? But they use pounds as well as KG don't they? so confused xD

I'm from the US but it really annoys me when people don't know what a stone is. Educate yourselves!

i didn't know what a stone is until i joined MFP. i'm in the totally standard system of measurement. metric confuses me. i like my feet, inches, miles, pounds... etc.