How long did it take to reach GOAL?

I'm a 5' 11" man, 41 yo, I was 250+ (I don't really know, i was afraid to weigh myself) in September 2011. I'm currently 207lbs, and I think I am on track to him my goal of 199lbs by the end of the year.
I haven't always been on the right path, however. Just like everyone else, I made baby steps, and fell off the wagon a few times. I think In April of 2012 I was about 240lbs, when I began a pretty consistent diet and exercise plan.

So to answer your question, (if everything goes well) it will have taken me about 14 months to lose 50 lbs.

I am not quite at goal yet. 41lbs in 9 months. I have 5 lbs to go. I had holidays off from losing, I had a week/10 day break every 12weeks. This works out at approximately 1lb a week. I wasn't prepared to be as hungry as I would have needed to have lost faster. I ate 1500 cals a day irrespective of what exercise I did. Now I do 5:2 fasting.

wow that is amazing..... the less you have to lose for most will take longer. For me i had 20-25 lbs to lose and i have hit 22lbs and it's been a year. It's been super slow and steady... never have lost more then 2.5 lbs a month and most months 1-1.5 i still have 3 lbs to go and i think i will hit that by the end of the year and if i do it took me 14 months to lose 25 lbs.

my goal is to be healthy for the rest of my life, so I'm kinda hoping that it'll take another 60 years to reach it. As far as losing weight, I'm down 136 and have another 20 or 30 lbs to go. I started in February of this year.

My FIRST 50 lb = about 7 months...
35 weeks * 1.5 lb avg
7 lbs a month

I'm 5'2" and it took me 10 months to go from 157 to 107 for a Body Building competition... Now it was hard work and strict but all well worth it!

I lost 104lbs in a year I'm not at goal yet i have another 60lbs to go hope this helps

my first goal was 145lbs. I just hit that a month ago. I had a 50lb loss in 7 months. I have 10lbs to until until i reach my ultimate!

??5 years on and off even though theoretically I could have done the fat in a year and the muscle gain in 2 max

However, I think the longer it takes the more sustainable it is, loose a lot of weight quick and you don't get the skills to keep it off.

Eating slightly under is automatic to me now... and I am a pro a goal post moving

my goal is to be healthy for the rest of my life, so I'm kinda hoping that it'll take another 60 years to reach it. As far as losing weight, I'm down 136 and have another 20 or 30 lbs to go. I started in February of this year.

Holy crap! Did you cut off a leg to drop that much! Great job.

No, I was at 337lbs when I started. I was eating a ridiculous amount of food. I cut that amount, ate good foods, and exercised... just all of the stuff that I should have been doing all my life. Thanks just the same. Folks ask me "how in the world did you do that?" often. They never believe the diet and exercise response, so I've been opting in other responses.. "Gypsy curse" and "cotton ball and vodka diet" seems to get the best reactions.

LOL! Too funny! Congrats on your tremendous loss.

It took me 7 months. I lost 22 lbs and dropped a clothes size (or 2) - was aiming for 21. It went quite fast at first, but then slowed down. I started on Fitday, but moved to MFP when I came back off holiday and had a last 7lbs to lose.

I started at 169lbs at the end of April and this week I'm 147lbs, was a UK size 14/16 at the beginning and am now a 12. I did not dramatically change my diet as I wanted to be able to sustain this after I lost the weight, so that's one reason it didn't go all that quickly. I used portion control, calorie counting and tried to run at least twice a week and went for long walks in the countryside on weekends.

I'm averaging .8 lbs. lost per week over the last 17 months.

10lbs in 10 weeks.

It has taken me 3 and a half months to lose 20 pounds. I just hit the 20 pound mark this morning actually!! I probably have about another 20 pounds to lose, give or take.