I have questions for those who have been successful.

AnjellaRose_GF_SillyYak

M/F?
Age?
Height?
Start weight?
Goal weight?
Time it took?
Aloted daily calories?
Did your aloted calories change with loss?
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories?

THANKS in advance!

kayteekay94

Female
5'8
18
205
145 (13 pounds away!)
6 months
1200
Not really, I believe I started at around 1350
Nope

GOOD LUCK!

laceybrobie

Female
27
228
CW 187
GW 140
APRIL - JAN = 9 MONTHS
1200-1900 CALORIES
NO
I DIDNT EAT BACK MY CALS.

i set a pretty low cal intake at first. now I am back up to 1500-1800 cals.. I do not eat my cals back and I do not feel hungry.
I do not eat the best so I know my loss is slow.. I am ok with that because my lifestyle is not ready for a full change on food yet.

42 lbs and over 21 inches lost so far.

HokieMama4

Great questions! I'm looking forward to reading everyone's responses!

larryc0923

M/F? Male
Age? 55
Height? 6 ft 3 in
Start weight? 284
Goal weight? Initial was not a target weight but was to lose 1 lb on average a week for 52 weeks
Time it took? So far (9 months into journey) have exceeded the 1 lb a week. Currently average losing about 1.5 lbs a week.
Aloted daily calories? Varied. Started at about 2100 calories a day as weight is lost this goes down. Currently about 1980.
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, see above.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? In general no but sometimes yes.

txylxr

M/F? Female
Age? 18
Height? 5'5
Start weight? 210
Goal weight? 125
Time it took? 2 1/2 years
Aloted daily calories? Started at 1200-1300 for about a year, then gradually increased my calories to 1500-1700 and now am maintaining at 1900
Did your aloted calories change with loss? ^
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Usually not

GOOD LUCK!!

Nettie96fb

M/F?
Age?
Height?
Start weight?
Goal weight?
Time it took?
Aloted daily calories?
Did your aloted calories change with loss?
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories?

THANKS in advance!

female
52
165cm
86kgs (2.2lbs per kg)
64kgs (current 65.7kgs)
5 months
1200
no...always 1200
and no...not unless I was absolutely starving, then I'd only eat back a small portion of them
Good Luck on your journey

LiziAB

M/F? F
Age? 43
Height? 5"10
Start weight? 190
Goal weight? 165 (about 8 pounds to go)
Time it took? about three months
Alloted daily calories? Started at 1650, down to 1530 now
Did your alloted calories change with loss? Yes, they went down
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Some, not all. I am trying to lose about 1lb a week, not starving, not overdoing it.

Railr0aderTony

M/F?
Age?
Height?
Start weight?
Goal weight?
Time it took?
Aloted daily calories?
Did your aloted calories change with loss?
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories?

THANKS in advance!

M
42
5'9"
370+
200?
still going 12 months in
2100
yes
every damn exercise calorie that I could(only reason to exercise)

peacemongernc

Female
44
5' 7"
Start weight: 304 pounds
Goal weight:164 pounds (and then I'll see)
Current weight: 207 pounds
12 months to lose 97 pounds
Calories: started at about 1800, soon dropped to 1500. Currently upped to 1650.
Calories changed. I used to eat back exercise calories. When I started lifting weights regularly, I upped to 1650 and now I try to not eat my exercise calories anymore.

When I started I lost about 2 1/2 pounds a week. It gradually decreased as my weight decreased, and at the end of December, I was losing about 1 1/2 a week. Since upping my calories and lifting heavy, I'm down to about 1 pound a week or less.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

M/F? Female
Age? 28
Height? 5'4"
Start weight? 169
Goal weight? 130 (CW 129)
Time it took? I worked on it on and off over the last 2 years
Allotted daily calories? at least 1400
Did your allotted calories change with loss? Yes, I increased them as I went
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Yes


Edited for spelling.

emills1970

bump...

kat5556

M/F? Female
Age? 51
Height? 5' 4.5"
Start weight? 131
Goal weight? 120 (this was a total guess when i started)
Current Weight - 108
Time it took? 7 months
Allotted daily calories? 1400 when losing - now 1600 on maintenance
Did your allotted calories change with loss? yes, once on maintenance
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? yes.

Also like to add - eat healthy foods and move! Regardless of what type of exercise you choose - keep moving! Yes, some types of workouts are better than others but you have to do what motivates you so that you'll keep doing it.

offthedeependay

M/F?
Age?
Height?
Start weight?
Goal weight?
Time it took?
Aloted daily calories?
Did your aloted calories change with loss?
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories?

THANKS in advance!

male
50
5'10"
248lbs
157lbs
took me 16 months to lose the weight ,been on maintanace for 5 months losing bf%
mfp took me down to 1200 cals after 5 months,stalled out for 2-3 months then uped my cals to 1700 and started losing weight again
didnt eat back my workout cals. but now that I am lifting heavy weights I eat 2500 on workout days and 1800 on rest days
I hope this helps anyone out there ,,add me as a friend if you like

Investorhyde1

M/F? Male
Age? 24
Height? 6'1
Start weight? 198
Goal weight? 155
Time it took? 1 year
Aloted daily calories? Started around 2200 for the beginning of the year, eventually worked down to 1,600. Also switched to a very sedentary job and had to cut working out back to 3 days a week.

Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yep!
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? No, I never input workouts into MFP. I watched and "listened" to my body over the weeks/months.

Arleigh7

M
54
5'9"
267
215 (but actually around 205 now and working towards 195)
since April 1, 2012
started at 2300 and has dropped now to 1750
yes
yes somewhat

pg3ibew

M/F? Male
Age? 45
Height? 5' 10"
Start weight? 250
Goal weight? Just start losing and went from there
Stopped losing and started maintaining? 162. 88 Pounds lost.
Time it took? 10 months
Aloted daily calories? Whatever MFP alloted
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, I reset my goals every Sunday. After I weighed myself.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Very Very Rarely

THANKS in advance!

EDIT: I use MFP religiously.

Jerrypeoples

M/F? - M
Age? - 42
Height? - 6 foot
Start weight? - 297
Goal weight? - 212
Time it took? -61 lbs after 6 months
Aloted daily calories? - started with 2250 and is now at 1950
Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes, once i lost x amount of weight it asked it i wanted to change
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? no, i look at those as bonus not to be used unless its a dire emergency

THANKS in advance!

KittyViolet

Female
22
5'1"
160 lbs.
Was 120, then 110, now the number doesn't matter. My goal is to reduce my body fat to ~15%.
Exactly 1 year to get down to 109 lbs.
1370, but see below
I only started using MFP right before I hit 109 lbs., so I was at 1370 for just a few weeks before I upped to TDEE at 1780.
I try to, but I find that it's quite a lot to eat. I do my best to net at least 1500 cals at the end of the day.

petersonabt

M/F? Female
Age? 24
Height? 5'5
Start weight? (210) since MFP 182
Goal weight? 135 ( I am 137.8 as of this morning)
Time it took? 6 months
Aloted daily calories? started at 1200 bumped up to 1500 recent and started loosing again.
Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes I platued a lot with 1200
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? not really. if I am feeling ill or light headed I will eat more.

THANKS in advance!

Lifting_Knitter

M/F? F
Age? 29
Height? 5'4
Start weight?147
Goal weight?130 now 127
Time it took?4 months
Aloted daily calories?1250 plus exercise calories
Did your aloted calories change with loss? No, thought it would but i had less to lose
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? I ate until I was full, never went to bed hungry. So I ate more some days and less others. It is easier for me at a maintenance level to eat most of my calories ( within fifty) because I workout less. Also, I made sure not to be under 1200 unless I was sick.