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

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    • Posts: 1,349 Member
      9 to 10 months.
    • Posts: 101 Member
      About two years, I know it sounds bad, but really it's going so well-and I feel like it's going to stay off. Lifestyle change, not dieting, is my strategy-sometime I get impatient, but it has been good! :)
    • Posts: 130 Member
      I'm a big guy, and running from the 50lb mark, I actually want to stay above it because I want to gain enough muscle so never get me below the 50lb mark, high point was 268. 228 now, course if I ever compete in MMA imma have to drop to 205, or 185 so will be way under then, but cutting weight is different.
    • Posts: 674 Member
      8 months in total to lose 56lbs...I did it in two parts, 4 months each time! x
    • Posts: 61
      It took me just over 4 months. Good luck :)
    • Posts: 203
      5 months for me...I started in July
    • Posts: 2
      50lbs is my goal too. i've lost 17lb so far in 12 weeks (2 1/2 months). i'm hoping i will be at my goal in another 5 1/2 months (by my birthday). i've been dieting for 12 weeks and losing 1 or 2lb a week is more than enough for me
    • Posts: 197 Member
      Hit 50 Yesterday. I started June 1st so about 6 months .
    • Posts: 316 Member
      # 50 pds in 50 weeks, I am now at my goal weight. Maintain for life now and time to lift HEAVY.
    • Posts: 317 Member
      Guess I'm the same as a lot of others, I lost 50 pounds in about 5 months.
      That was eating around 1400 calories per day and doing 30 minutes of cardio and some light weights five days a week.
    • Posts: 546 Member
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/LowcarbNY
      Start 5/22/2012 225.2 lbs
      10/07/2012 175.2 , 50 lbs, 139 days (about 4.5 months) 0.36 lbs/day, 2.52 lbs/week

      It's gotten rather flat since entering the 50-55 lbs loss range.

      How did I do it? LCHF and Fast-5 combined, went from playing tennis 2-3 days per week to playing 2-3 days per week and incline treadmill on my non tennis days.
    • Posts: 337 Member
      For me, not long. I was heavy. I think 5 months for the first 50lbs.

      Aim for no more than 1% of your body weight per week. That's a nice guideline. Don't rush progress. Just take it one week at a time.
    • Posts: 333
      I am down 41.3 pounds as of today. I started October 22.
    • Posts: 32
      Great job everyone and wonderful tips!! I used to stress alot of eating the right this or that. Now i have started relaxing and changing my lifestyle of how I eat. I've lost 5lbs in one week which is great and shows stressing out and definitely prevent weightloss.
    • Posts: 4,385 Member
      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:


      LOL... so true...just do your best. grab all this advice and work towards your goal. I don't have 50 to lose. But I did lose 30 pounds getting to my goal more than a year ago. It took me three months of really sticking to a plan.
    • Posts: 24,482 Member
      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?

      My first 50lbs took a year to lose. That was 2 years ago. I have been able to keep that 50lbs off and lose an additional 25+ since then. I do not diet. (anymore! that is) I am learning to change my behavior so that every day my health is a top priority. Slow and steady has helped me so much more than my old restrictive behavior. Good luck!
    • Posts: 4 Member
      It took me just over 4 months. Good luck :)

      Same here. 115 days, to be exact.
    • Posts: 69 Member
      It took me 8 months! Hit the 50 pound mark today!!! Good Luck!!
    • Posts: 2,545 Member
      two years.

      Though that includes the dreaded "last ten pounds"

      The first thirty came off in about 5 months.
    • Posts: 346 Member
      This is a good thread! I lost my FIRST 50 pounds in just a few months, but I was really heavy, so it wasn't as big a percentage as you might think! I am now working on the LAST 50 or 60 pounds, and it is good to know how long it took other people!
    • Posts: 206 Member
      I'm a pound away from 50....hoping I hits the 50lbs loss next week. And it took me 8 months :)
    • Posts: 1,309 Member
      I've lost 55 lbs I'm 6 mos. Working out is the key for me. Cardio, weight training, and I'm a runner now. Ran my 1st 5k 2 weeks ago.
    • Posts: 1,998 Member
      3 months. Eat a whole foods plant based diet.
    • Posts: 303 Member
      I am so close to 50lbs lost I can taste it! 1 lb to go! Been at it for 10 months. The last 3 months it seems I have been playing with the same few lbs:huh: I'm not giving up!
    • Posts: 300 Member
      The most I ever lost (fastest) & was strictly exercise, eating right, multivitamin & tried to drink a gallon of water (per PT) was 30 lbs in 3 months then I fell off track :-( I wonder how much longer it would have taken me to lose the 2o more lbs.
    • Posts: 1,118 Member
      It's taken me since mid-August and I just watch calories, sodium, walk and do Zumba!
    • Posts: 136 Member
      bump
    • Posts: 136 Member
      It's taken me since mid-August and I just watch calories, sodium, walk and do Zumba!


      like the fact that you make it sound so simple
    • Posts: 13 Member
      About 145 days for me! Keep at it you will do it!!! :)
    • Posts: 10
      im start 2/01/12 and so far down 52 lbs :wink: dont matter how long take,:glasses: just keep going! :flowerforyou:
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