How many pounds per week?

kimmrdodge
kimmrdodge Posts: 190 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
For those of you that have lost a signifigant amount of weight and are close to your final goal weight, how many pounds on average did you lose per week? Did it start off fast and then slow down and if so how long until it started slowing down and by how much?

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  • kingking
    kingking Posts: 64 Member
    I lost 3lbs a week for about six weeks and it's slowed down since then...although this week, it picked up again...I'm 14 weeks in and down 40lbs as of today (so, almost 3lbs/week again).

    What I've learned about weight loss with my body:
    It's nonlinear. It's not related to what I ate today or yesterday (my loss lags my habits by a lot). The basic premise works: eat less, weigh less. Exercise complicates things (it ups metabolism, but adds denser muscles).
  • kimmrdodge
    kimmrdodge Posts: 190 Member
    Wow 40lbs in 14 weeks is a pretty nice accomplishment. Gratz on that! I hope I have the same luck as you that would put me pretty close to 200lbs. I haven't been under 200 since....wow....13 years. I have not started exercising yet but am going to this next week. I hope it doesn't mess things up as right now they are going really well just watching what I eat, but I would also like to be fit eventually, so it has to start at some point.
  • lisawest
    lisawest Posts: 798 Member
    I've lost 39 lbs in 35 weeks. So just over a pound per week. I've had weeks with bigger losses than others (one week I lost 7lbs:noway: , mostly water I think). I've had my goal on here set at 1lb a week for most of that time. I now have it set at 1/2lb a week because I am so close to my goal. (Which means I have to maintain in the near future and don't want to jump straight to an extra 500 cals a day!) Early on I was averaging 2lbs a week, but as I've hit a couple month long plateaus, that kinda messes with that figure.

    You can do this! Start one decision at a time. Every healthy decision is another step towards your goal!
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