After joining MFP, how long did it take you to loose 10 lbs?

frenzytime517
frenzytime517 Posts: 61 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How fast did you loose?
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  • kmumansky
    kmumansky Posts: 119
    It took me 9 weeks. I aim for 1 lb a week loss...and i've pretty much achieved that consistently. I did hit a month long plateau so I started eating back some or all of my exercise calories, and then lost 3 lbs in 1 week, which made up for the plateau! :)
  • MrGonzo05
    MrGonzo05 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Just over 3 weeks.
  • gpstrucker
    gpstrucker Posts: 930 Member
    About 30 seconds.

    LOL

    Seriously, I had started losing before I joined here so had already dropped 10. I've been averaging around a pound or so a week.
  • tammys_changing
    tammys_changing Posts: 657
    I actively started MFP July 18 even though my joined date says May. So a little over two weeks ago. I hit the 11 pounds lost mark this morning.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Like 3 months but I was already a healthy weight.
  • serhioramos
    serhioramos Posts: 59 Member
    Hm.. I'm curious as to why people see so much fluctuation in the time it takes them to lose weight... it probably has to do with their health patterns before starting as well as their age, level of exercise, and commitment mostly. But occasionally you'll get two people with similar habits and similar starting weights that lose at entirely different paces. Wonder why.
  • determined_01
    determined_01 Posts: 147
    I'm a few ounces short, but I'm on day 1 of week 5.
  • shaelataylor
    shaelataylor Posts: 224 Member
    like 3 weeks probably...it came off quickly at first!
  • Pink_Tina
    Pink_Tina Posts: 164
    Two months. I only lose 1 pound a week, even when I first started.
  • lemonjune
    lemonjune Posts: 37 Member
    I lost 10 lbs in about 4 weeks, but I was really heavy. Plus, I took my SW right after Christmas, so it's possible that the salty foods made me retain a lot of water and stuff like that.
  • taniaandmichael
    taniaandmichael Posts: 38 Member
    About three months.
  • wingshooter2004
    wingshooter2004 Posts: 27
    I just started this recently. I have lost 10 pounds in about 2 1/2 weeks. I stepped on the scale to check Thursday morning and had lost a pound since last Sunday's weigh in. Sunday is my official weigh in day, so that will be the end of week 3. I will probably have lost another pound by then. The first week I lost 7 pounds, two last week, and probably two this week.
  • superflus
    superflus Posts: 29
    It took me about eight weeks. I only lose about a pound a week.
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
    About a month, maybe 5 weeks?
  • DominiqueSmall
    DominiqueSmall Posts: 495 Member
    30 days once I stopped eating gluten and grains (I was diagnosed with celica disease)
  • Juustinnnn
    Juustinnnn Posts: 9 Member
    I've lost 6 lbs and its been about 2 weeks. I was drinking 4 mt dews a day and eating fast food everyday 3x a day. I cut out all fast food. All soda.
  • jynxxxed
    jynxxxed Posts: 1,010 Member
    Probably around 2-3 weeks.. more towards 2. but I started at a high weight + HORRIBLE eating habits and never drinking water. I made immediate drastic changes so the quick drop I kind of expected in the beginning. :P
  • Ash_ah_lee
    Ash_ah_lee Posts: 116 Member
    A month..
  • Sjenny5891
    Sjenny5891 Posts: 717 Member
    I get excited over the big numbers. i didn't weigh myself until I'd been doing this for a month. I'm too afraid of what the scale will say.
  • MissySho
    MissySho Posts: 126 Member
    I just started this in mid July....my SW was 345.....and on day twenty i weighed in at 334. I'm shooting for 2 pounds a week but have passed that so far....i don't let the scale number matter much to me right now, i see major progress already and that is what is driving me. going from being completely seditary (only really getting up to use the bathroom) to now exercising for as long as i can a couple of times a day is a big NSV, and to me that is more important than what the scale is reading right now.
  • anothermop
    anothermop Posts: 187 Member
    I guess I was lucky because it only took me 2 weeks. (I also stop drinking and started P90X)
  • KarmaxKitty
    KarmaxKitty Posts: 901 Member
    Two months, but back then I was averaging five pounds per month.
  • adam1885282
    adam1885282 Posts: 135 Member
    About 3 weeks. I started 4/30 and 10 pounds was gone on 5/23. But 10 pounds is a lot more to lose for people with less to lose. I had 50 to lose and weighed 232.
  • DLKeeble
    DLKeeble Posts: 200 Member
    One month three days.
  • Dragonldy69
    Dragonldy69 Posts: 368 Member
    I have been with MFP since April and I have lost 8lbs.. :flowerforyou: I am for atleast a pound a week if I can..I sometimes only loose half a pound or turtle(stay the same).. Don't give up it will happen slowly but as long as you eat,drink and keep motivated you will do it.:drinker:
  • keithgi
    keithgi Posts: 96 Member
    I lost a pound a week for 15 weeks... then plateaued!!
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 Posts: 518 Member
    about 2 and a half months. im at about a lb a week.
  • paleirishmother
    paleirishmother Posts: 242
    1 month
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    1 month
  • 11Jayme11
    11Jayme11 Posts: 194 Member
    It took me about 2 weeks.. I was working REALLLLLLY hatd and eating really well. I stopped for a few months, didnt gain but didnt lose either. Just started back again, and hit my 10 lb mark 2 weeks again... I take alot of fiber also. Everyone is different, ppl who have mroe to lose(bigger), seam to lose faster at first, on the other hand, people who need to only lose 20(smaller), it takes alittle longer it seams. Good Luck!! :drinker:

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