how much weight have you lost, and in how much time?

MelissaL582

How much have you lost? 38 lbs.
How long did it take? 8 months
On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week? When I first started off, the weight came off quickly. Now it really depends on what I've done that week. Lol! I've lost anywhere from 0-1.5lbs a week since I got rid of my first 15 lbs.

juliapurpletoes

Hi smkcx!

You are a young girl who know doubt could starve herself thin very quickly - believe me I've been there! Please -please think and be smart.....with only 50 or so to lose, a pound a week is about as fast as you should go. Really - any faster, you are just setting yourself up for a re-gain.

What ever you do now, make your eating habits sustainable. Those calories and foods you could live the rest of your life on, in otherwords.

I have friends who have 100+ to lose and they can lose at 2 pounds plus per week because they have alot of body fat to use as reserves (they can creat a large deficit). You cannot!

Be smart and be safe - all the best! And, don't worry - you WILL get all those beautiful new clothes you desire

smkcx♥

Hi smkcx!

You are a young girl who know doubt could starve herself thin very quickly - believe me I've been there! Please -please think and be smart.....with only 50 or so to lose, a pound a week is about as fast as you should go. Really - any faster, you are just setting yourself up for a re-gain.

What ever you do now, make your eating habits sustainable. Those calories and foods you could live the rest of your life on, in otherwords.

I have friends who have 100+ to lose and they can lose at 2 pounds plus per week because they have alot of body fat to use as reserves (they can creat a large deficit). You cannot!

Be smart and be safe - all the best! And, don't worry - you WILL get all those beautiful new clothes you desire

Thanks and I doubt im going to starve myself thin, I done lost weight the wrong way (ate once a day -- lost 80lbs, but when i started eating again i gained 30lbs of it back.) So this site is pretty much helping me to eat 1200 calories (its insane how little i ate when I first started using this site, apparently my body was hoarding everything i ate -- I lived off soda and 1 very fatty, big meal a day) now I eat for every meal and etc. I'm trying to do it right this time around.

juliapurpletoes

So glad to know!

smkcx♥

So glad to know!

I didnt mean to make my post sound rude! lol im definitely just trying to do it better this time around, I did it the wrong way once and I definitely learned my lesson! but just eating one meal a day I was losing weight fast so I didnt care -- but even though I did lose all that weight, I still never looked good cuz i was eating all the wrong things and all that soda! lol so even though I weigh 30lbs heavier now, I look better than I did after I lost my 80lbs -- aint that sad? lol!

charlene77

Love this post! So encouraging! Thanks everyone

alimoll

How much have you lost? 20 lbs
How long did it take? 2.5 months
On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week? Sometimes yes.....sometimes no! LOL

Hang in there! You can do this!

Gennawest

90 lbs in 7 months.

Gennawest

90 lbs in 7 months.

I average 2.8 lbs a week.

KnottyJen

72.6lbs since the beginning of April.

rob504

77lbs in 5 1/2 months. So, 2-3lbs per week.

Troy67

How much have you lost?
How long did it take?
On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week?

In 2005 I weighed 336 pounds and lost 145 pounds in 10 months. I did it all wrong though; was starving myself and doing 90 minutes of cardio per day. Lost a ton of muscle and it was impossible to maintain.
This time I was at 257 pounds on the first Tuesday of April and decide a lifestyle change was in order; something that didn't seem like a punishment and something I could maintain for the rest of my life.
I have lost 49 pounds in slightly less than 18 weeks which I believe is 2.7 pounds per week. Not too bad considering the strength training I am doing has lessened my average loss.
Best wishes to all of you on your efforts and keep up the positive attitude.

albali

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albali

OMG! k2d4p on page 1! Just read your blog! You are amazing. I am going to put your blog on my favourites list so I can read it over and over. What an inspiration you are. Thank you.

P90XCertifiedCoach

51 pounds in just over 4 months, i am averaging 2 pounds per week but like some others on here, I have had GREAT WEEKS and I had 2 bad weeks

thetrishwarp

how much lost? 30 lbs
how long? 1 year
2 lbs/week? nope, only lost 5lbs in 8 months while i was living in a dorm during my first year of university. i've lost 15lbs in the last 3 months!

ashesoh1234

I've lost about 32 pounds in ten weeks
Averages out to about 3 lbs a week, but some weeks it's one lb, some weeks more. One week I lost 4.8 lbs. But, I have a lot to lose (probably about 45-50 lbs more), so I figure I'm at that initial stage where it comes off a bit faster

dad106

How much have you lost? 25 pounds
How long did it take? 8 months
On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week? No because I did not have that much to lose in the first place.. I lost about a pound a week, sometimes more sometimes less.

MinnieInMaine

How much have you lost?
69 pounds as of last Tuesday

How long did it take?
19 months

On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week?
Not quite... Last year, I did average about 1.5 pounds per week but there were definitely ups and downs. I'd lose a pound or two each week, then stall for a couple weeks, then lose 4 pounds, then lose a pound, etc etc. Since joining MFP in March and getting back on track, I'm averaging just under 1 pound per week.

Good luck!

Positive_Energy73

Since joinging MFP, I've lost 5 lbs. I began the program in mid-July, so I've lost about 1 lb a week.

neonpink

How much have you lost? 75lbs
How long did it take? I started 27th august 2010 so nearly a year. I have had probably 6weeks of maintenance throughout that period over Christmas and holidays.

Usually lose 1.7-1.8lbs a week but sometimes can be as much as 3-4lbs or as little as 0.5lb! I lost more per week at the beginning.

Edit to add- I lost 25lbs before joining mfp in jan 2011 losing a further 50lbs

Positive_Energy73

How much have you lost? 5 lbs
How long did it take? 1 month
On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week? Nope, although I'd love to!! :happy:

Sweetcheeks278

23 lbs lost in just under 5 mths. I'm down to my last 2 lbs tho. I lost most of my weight the first 2mths and its taken me 3 mths to lose this last 10. My first 3 weeks I lost 3lbs a week and then it dropped down to around 1 lb a week after that. Good luck!

MiNiMoNkI

28llbs 5 months from 140llbs to 112llbs

LaraRN

Thanks for the post - this information is very helpful. Gives me more realistic expectations.

ambermichon

22 lbs in 2 years. Not great by any standards but I started with consistent exercise (cardio and weights) and got into that routine for about 1.5 years. Then I decided to buckle down on my diet and in the last 2 months on mfp I lost 10 of those lbs. :-)

lauraparr

hey..
lost 72lb in 7 months.. my average is just over 2lb I think but my top loss is 5lb in a week and the most ive gained is 1/2 lb. but i've lost every week apart from 2
starting weigh was 261lb and i'm 189 now.. here's my pics so far xxxxx



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DarthCeltic

in 72 days... i have lost 31.4 pounds... and my average is im not sure...

bdur76

How much have you lost? 93 lbs
How long did it take? 14 weeks
On average do you lose more than 2lbs a week? Yes, but I was 170lbs overweight, and lost 23lbs in the first two weeks. Since then it has slowed to between 3 and 6 lbs a week. The funny thing is that I really haven't done anything crazy. I still eat, as you check out my food diary you'll see that. I don't believe in low carb, or any other special diets, just common sense as far as not eating a lot of the things that are bad for me, and eating a lot of things that I know are good for me. :happy:

stormieweather

I have lost 27 pounds in 32 weeks. That's just under 1 pound a week, partially due to the fact that I eat at maintenance for 1 week, every 3 months. This helps reset my leptin levels and keep me sane. Obviously, I do not expect to lose anything during those weeks (2 of them so far this year).

Note: I started at 177 and currently weigh 150. Goal is 135.