have you lost 40lbs + ?

DawnieB1977

I have lost 188 pounds in almost 19 months

Wow! You look amazing!

cmack01

Started in July 2012 at 198lbs. On Novenber 30ths weigh in I was at 160lbs. Total of 38lbs. !!!!!!

Sweetsugar0424

I have lost just over 40 lbs so far and it's taken me 11 months to do so. I chose to do it slow and steady and am now close to my goal weight. Looking at other people's, mine seems slow, but 45 is pretty much all I want to lose. Everyone is different and all of our journeys are different so the numbers will never be the same.

I won't post any pics now until I reach my one year at the end of this month.

Gwenski

My first 44 pounds came off in 108 days (about 3 1/2 months) or about 2.8 pounds per week.

littletornado

I've lost 44lbs so far. This took me about 5 months.

cuarrech

I've gone from 265 to 180 in just a few months by eating only one bunless hamburger at night, popping ephedra pills during the day and walking for hours daily when I was 21 (NOT healthy), but gained back 40, excluding baby weight, after I got pregnant with my first child and I've been stalled now for years. I just figured out I've been doing it to myself by getting angry/impatient and cutting cals and exercising as much as I thought I could for a while, then getting more and more food obsessed and more and more fatigued and gaining right back. I'd get some energy back from that, so I'd start exercising, cut cals again, rinse, repeat... I'm a smart girl, but that didn't stop me from being willfully stupid for a very long time. Re-feeding now without binging and not gaining and feeling much better. Adding in more exercise as I feel better and promising myself NOT to cut cals so much again, and to take it slow. I hope now to steadily lose again, even if not as fast as I might like.

hockeyfan87

I got 47lbs gone. Went from a 19/20 jeans to a currently loose 16. It took me 226 days to lose it I got another 36lbs to go until my goal weight, then I'll decided if I'm happy at that weight

1DayMarathonRnner

I joined MFP on May 17th. My ticker is from then. I have lost over 50 lbs in almost 7 months....but I am now four weeks pregnant so I have taken myself off of eating at a deficit and just trying to maintain for now.

lindyjo324

It has taken me about 10 months to lose 40 lbs. I have another 50 to go and now that I've found my rhythm, I hope to lose that by the end of June.

Heather_Rider

If you have lost more than 40 pounds... how long did it take you to lose it?

post pictures if you want

Ive lost 40 on MFP and 13 before MFP. I lost the 40 in 5 months (to the day!) and the 13 pounds 2 weeks before that. (water weight i assume.. )
My weight loss album is on my facebook profile. Which I am in the process of updating with my side by sides.. (the album is open to the public.) Heather Evilone Rider is my facebook name.

cedman1

When I started in June 2011 I planned to lose 10/month but it actually took about 4.5 months to lose the 40lbs.

NiSan12

It took about around 5 mos to lose 40 lbs. with exercise and cutting my food intake.

micervera

you guys are all amazing! so i've learn it takes from around 6 months to 15 months to lose the weight depending on your starting weight. I'm 5'3 185 lbs now I want to lose 40 by may of next year, you guys think it's possible? I dnt lose much weight but I have been losing inches.

I think it all depends but that's a good average. For me I started @ 213 lbs in early August 2011 got to 168 lbs at the end of February 2012 so that was 6 months. However since then I've hit a plateau so I'm bouncing around 170 to 175 lbs. The way I was able to tell that I started to regain weight is because I started gaining inches so I came back to MFP. Hoping that this time the plateau breaks and doesn't discourage me.

dsmpunk

I have only lost 39.5 pounds so I can't post in this thread.

But since August.

di1428

i am up to 45lbs lost........and stuck!
joined SFP to get over this plateau.....
i started the weight loss journey (again) april 2012 by following the south beach plan.
joined sfp about 2 weeks ago

pkw58

45 pounds, started on 12/31/11, got to goal on 11/24/12.. most of it last in six months...

lewcompton

I've dropped 106 since the first of July... Yes, five months... I don't like the word lost it implies that I have to find those pounds again... something I definitely don't want to do.

ajfc1971

christ you have done amazing well done

lewcompton

I have lost 188 pounds in almost 19 months

Wow! Awesome job and quite the transformation...

lewcompton

311 lbs. in 41 months (had 17 lbs. of skin removed 10 weeks ago so weightloss is more like 328ish lbs. lost but am not getting on the scale again til after the first of the year.)

Freaking awesome job... From Jabba to Jawbreaker! You are a real inspiration to all... You lost more than most people on here ever weigh... You are one of my real heroes... Way to go!

Morethanwillpower12

73lbs lost total from my highest weight My profile pic is my before (a little less than 264lbs) and current (191lbs). I hope to have an after (150lbs) by this time next year.

I have lost 58lbs of the 73lbs since joining myftnesspal in March 2012.

lewcompton

I have lost 60 pounds since September 11, 2012.

Great job, John!

lewcompton

Around 180 lbs in 18 months. I bounce between 179 - 183 lbs lost depending on TOM.

Congratulations on a spectacular job well done!

marycmeadows

took me right around a year to lose the first 100lbs. currently working on losing the last 20lbs.

lewcompton

Awesome job Mary!

zewolf77

I've been trying to take it slow this time. I've lost weight really fast before and it usually came back. I've lost 60+ since January 2012 (Jan 21st I think to be exact).

It's just been a slow process. I exercise 5-6 times a week and count calories.

Honestly, the scale has been stuck within 5lbs of the same weight for the last 2 months or so, but I'm still losing clothing sizes.

LMP18

I am at 71 lbs and it took me 12 months - not trying to rush this since it is a huge lifestyle change

senami632

Lost 42 pounds in 11 weeks

NorthwestPA

I just hit 40 lbs last week and my half way mark. It took me 9 months at an average of 5 lbs loss every month to get my 40.

KBM51

Took about 72 days but had a lot to work with at beginning, LOL! That was without any real exercise other than yardwork, etc. Now I feel more like walking, etc...even took bike to shop for tune-up! Good luck everyone...awesome site.