How long did it take you to lose 25 pounds?

allstarlolo
allstarlolo Posts: 30
in Health and Weight Loss
Obviously, I know weight loss varies from person to person in terms of how fast one loses weight, and losing too fast can be a bit unhealthy. But out of curiosity, how long has it taken all of you out there to lose 25 lbs?
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  • TheLittleLebowski
    TheLittleLebowski Posts: 143
    When I first started, I was at 280ish, for the first few weeks of diet and exercise I lost weight at probably too fast a rate, 5-8lbs a week, I lost my first 25lbs in about the first month and a halfish. The weight loss massively slowed down following this though.
  • poeco76
    poeco76 Posts: 139 Member
    Five weeks for me...then it took three more months to lose just three pounds. That was rough to get through, but I just kept reminding myself that this is for life and not a contest to see who can lose the fastest. You can do it!! Just do what you know you need to. :0)
  • GypsySoul_74
    GypsySoul_74 Posts: 152 Member
    it took me longer--about eight months--but i'm a small female without much more to lose. i think gender and starting weight are definite contributors; based on conversations with MFP friends, my weight loss has been super slow compared to most others'.
  • axialmeow
    axialmeow Posts: 382 Member
    2 months. But my start weight was 240lbs. It may have been slower if I were not that heavy starting out.
  • junodog1
    junodog1 Posts: 4,792 Member
    4 to 5 months
  • jstout365
    jstout365 Posts: 1,686 Member
    I have lost 23 in about six and a half months. I didn't start with needing to lose much, I have a goal of 33 or so. At first I increased my activity by going to the gym 4-5 days a week with at least one cardio lifting class and a HIIT class or two. I didn't see fast movement on the scale, but I was losing inches around my mid-section pretty quickly. In September I added to the gym routine and now go 5-6 days a week and have been watching my diet better. I have lost 13 lbs since the end of September. I have another 10 I would like to lose, but I'm working on changing my mindset from being happy with a number on the scale to being happy with how I look and feel.
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    I've lost 28 pounds spread out over a year. My starting weight was 142lbs and I didn't start seriously trying to lose weight until June. In June I was 132-136 and I've dropped down to 114 since then.
  • gwicks54
    gwicks54 Posts: 201 Member
    It has taken me since August of this year. I don't burn as many exercise calories as a lot of folks & I am 57 and female with thyroid issues so I may not lose as fast as some.
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    2.5 months
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,981 Member
    Around 5 months.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    Five months
  • orapronobis
    orapronobis Posts: 460 Member
    14 weeks.
  • G__Force
    G__Force Posts: 280 Member
    90 days or so! its been alot of work but well worth it. :smile:
  • katiefridley
    katiefridley Posts: 151 Member
    I started at about 232 and now I am at 209, so that is about 23 pounds and it took me about 2 and a half months.
  • stines72
    stines72 Posts: 853 Member
    i only had 25 lb to lose. took me 4 months.
  • jennalee1312
    jennalee1312 Posts: 56
    Took me about 9 weeks..now im working on the next 25 lol
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    Less than two months - maybe a month and a half at the most. I was pretty heavy at 215 though when I started, so I was losing 3 to 4 lbs a week in the beginning, eating approximately 1400 to 1500 calories per day.

    My diet was atrocious prior to starting a healthy eating program.
  • starvinkevin
    starvinkevin Posts: 331
    2 months - excessive running + 1200cal net/day = total muscle burn baby!
  • carfamily08
    carfamily08 Posts: 179
    I started in early September at 170. I'm down 23lbs. as of this morning so a little over 3 months. I'm hoping to hit 25lbs. down by Christmas :)
  • YOUCANDOIT165
    YOUCANDOIT165 Posts: 27 Member
    Hello ! I'm STephenie I just signed on today and saw your post. hOpe you don't mine if I answer. It took me about 3 months.
  • Snail313
    Snail313 Posts: 214 Member
    About 5 months.
  • mabug01
    mabug01 Posts: 1,273 Member
    Nine months to lose it; 3 months to gain it back.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    About 3 months.
  • miadhail
    miadhail Posts: 383 Member
    It took me about 100 days :) About 3 months?
  • jadeaudrey
    jadeaudrey Posts: 22 Member
    I go through spurts of weightloss. Might take me 5 or so weeks but then I tend to plateau for a few months. Meh, as long as it comes off I'm happy
  • Freidon
    Freidon Posts: 169 Member
    A few pounds away from that, so, starting at 170, I'm guessing it'll be about 3 and a half months. It's definitely slowed down, though.
  • starvinkevin
    starvinkevin Posts: 331
    The faster it comes off though, the higher the chance you're going to regain so don't focus too much on it....
  • Tsunami79
    Tsunami79 Posts: 122 Member
    It took me 5 months to lose 21 pounds, so it will probably take me another month to lose 4 more.

    I started at 185 & I am now down 164 right now.
  • Brandywithrow
    Brandywithrow Posts: 116
    Depends how much you weigh? depends how much you want it ? for me starting at 255 lbs it took around 4 or so weeks but I had alot of lose and I worked REALLLY hard for it. Good Luck!!
  • 1Clueless1
    1Clueless1 Posts: 70
    I'm a 42 year old female and my weight loss goal was 38 pounds at the end of August. So far IV lost 20.5 pounds and its taken me just over three months. I'm hoping by January I will have hit the 25 lbs lost mark. Good luck on your journey.

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