How long did it take for you to lose 50 lbs?

I have 50lbs to go (down 15 including my highest weight!). I'm looking for some inspiration. How long did it take you and what did you do? What are your biggest tips?

When I first started i was dropping 30 pounds every 3 month. So, I would say about 5 months.

5 months for me also

I took me 5 months to lose the first 30 pounds. Then I hit a LONG plateau. For me it took me about year to get to 50 pounds loss!! :mad:

It took me about six months to lose 50 lbs. My total weight loss goal is 57 lbs... the last ten are most definitely the hardest!

It took me 5 1/2 months. And it really starts in the kitchen. You must change your diet to change your body. It doesn't mean eliminating all the foods you love. It means adapting them so that they're made healthier and reducing portion size. My food scale is my BFF. If you don't have one, buy one soon. Find an exercise that you love and doesn't seem like work/torture. And be honest when logging food, because even if you don't log it, it still went into your body and will effect your weight loss journey.

I've been trying to lose for about 8-9 months now and I'm only down 24. Everyone is different.

About a year and a half! :blushing: I probably could have done better but who cares... I'm 52lbs lighter than I used to be! :bigsmile:

6 months:)

It took me 50 weeks to lose 49. Now that I have achieved my goal I don't mind at all that it took me all year. after all this change of eating has to last me a lifetime. I did it at a pace that meant I could eat 1500 cals a day. I also had breaks every 12 weeks or so, which really helped because in the past I have always meant to diet when on holiday and when I haven't succeeded felt a failure. This way I avoided failure and felt relaxed on holiday, thoroughly enjoyed the food, but then felt good to be back dieting when the holiday was over. I will do exactly the same for Christmas and New Year.

Good luck, it is worth making the changes

I ate clean low carb balanced meals and really paid attention to MFP numbers and suggestions. I do work out daily Zumba, Bodypump, Turbo Kick etc at my gym and I even dance like a fool at home. It took me 7 months to loose, a lot of parties and bdays slowed me down but I have another 50 I'm aiming for 5 months this time around even if its 6 its ok as long as it goes.

It took me 9 months to lose 100 pounds. You will drop faster at first and then slow down when you get closer to goal. Weight loss is certainly not linear.

It took me about 5 & 1/2 months. I have consistently kept my calorie intake OVER 1200 daily and mostly under my MFP goal. I have my settings in MFP to lose 1 pound per week and sedentary. There were days when I went over on my calories but there were more days when I was under but never under 1200. I also have eaten as late as 11:00pm at night without it affecting my weight loss.

As for what to eat, I eat all the foods that I like but I now weigh and measure everything. Use actual measuring cups, spoons and a good kitchen scale. It may add a bit of extra time and effort, but its the only way to know for sure how much you are actually consuming of anything. I increased the amount of fruit in my diet. I have always eaten cooked veggies and some salads but I try to make them healthier by not adding butter or margarine to hot vegetables and using lower calorie salad dressings.

I drink more water. I aim for a minimum of 64 ounces of water without counting in tea or coffee.

The only exercise I log is actual physical activity that I purposely do and that would not be something I would do as part of any normal day-to-day routine. For example, I don't log regular household chores or shopping as exercise. I mostly walk outdoors when the weather permits or on a treadmill (only when I am staying at my sister's house because I don't have one) or I use my daughter's Gazelle occasionally. My exercise has been quite sporadic in nature. I just checked back and I've actually only logged exercise on 37 days between June 13/12 and Dec 17/12. It doesn't seem like much now but it's more extra than I'd done in the 6 months prior to June.

This is what has worked for me so far. Hope your journey will be successful!

I averaged about 3-5 lbs lost per month. I still have weight I want to lose but I'm very close to my goal right now.

My best advice... if you want to be healthy and in shape, remove the word "DIET" from your vocabulary.
Change the way you eat and change your activity level. The rest will come as a result.

I set the wheels in motion and forgot about the amount of time it would take.
My favorite hobbies used to be:
1 - sitting
2 - eating

Now I either run or cycle 5 or 6 days per week and I couldn't imagine my life w/o doing that.

Don't get me wrong, I still love to sit and I still love to eat. I just don't do either as often.

i have about 22 minimum to lose, in order to take that amount of weight off did you have to excercise daily and what was your daily calorie intake , i find that even though i eat around a meal a day usually no weight has actually been taken off and it's not that it's fatty and high calorie a normal sized meal with correct nutritional value but i still have not lost weight by limiting my calorie intake

Not everybody are the same.
I started 9 months ago and only lost 30lbs. Eating healthy and exercising. Been jojoing(2lbs) for the past 3 months. I have some 50-60lbs to lose.