I have questions for those who have been successful.

M/F? Female
Age? 30
Height? 5'4"
Start weight? 166 lbs
Goal weight? 125 (about 5 lbs away)
Time it took? 10 months
Aloted daily calories? 1350
Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes, I started at 1800 and have reduced it to 1350 every 10 lbs lost (that's what the app did automatically)
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? I do not eat back my burned off calories.

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Successful in what, hitting some arbitrary goal weight?

By the look on your profile you have never really been real heavy,dont crush the hopes of people that need to lose more than 10 pounds..we are proud to set goals of losing 50,10,200 pounds...just because it meens nothing to you doesn't meen it doesn't meen something to the rest of us..this site is here to help and motivate people ...guess you will never figure that one out unless you gain 100 pounds and have to try and lose it

BTW I've been obese, all I did was ask what the OP's definition of success was, it it is hitting an arbitrary number well meh. Scale weight while possibly a great motivator means very little. Too many people define success with the scale which is why you see so many freak out posts about not losing or zomg i gained a lb, since they have only care about a silly number on a scale vs looking at other factors that may be improving

there is always at least one of these guys out there... can't let people have there fun... always critical of others, must be a joy to be around...

What is he even doing reading a thread like this given his comments? Oh, I know why. He must be one of those who feels bigger when he can make someone else feel less about themselves. Sad way to live a life.

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Female
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5'3.75"
229
130s (currently 135)
18 months to lost 85 lbs
Started at 1800 for a while, slowly down to around 1600. Now I'm eating 2000 per day.
I aimed for a 500-750 calorie deficit until I got to about 145 lbs, then I started aiming for about a 200 calorie deficit per day. (assuming set to 1 lb per week, then yes I ate my exercise calories, but what I did was set it to maintenance and aimed to have 500 remaining at the end of the day)

THANKS in advance!

This proves that ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY!

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

Hi Im Luan
female
start weight 225lbs
weight now 164lbs
weight after inital weightloss 154lbs
took me 11 months
didnt eat my exercise cals back and there were quite a few.
I ate 1200 calories 6 days a week and pretty much had a day off where I had what I wanted (within reason) and enjoyed my fave tipple Wine.

I maintained for over 6 months but recently gained 8lbs due to taking my eye off the ball, moving house, working too much and general life getting in the way. Im back on it now.

Good luck with yours it takes serious clout and dedication and love of yourself :O) xxx

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Female
Heaviest: 170 lbs
Current: 126
Took 1 year
Goal: 16 to 17% body fat
I am breast feeding so I ate around 2200-2300 while exclusively nursing.
I currently net 1700 to 2100 but have recently incorporated heavy lifting.
I ate back breast feeding calories when exclusively nursing, now it varies.

M/F? Female
Age? 40
Height? 5'3"
Start weight? 158
Goal weight? 125
Time it took? 5 months
Aloted daily calories? started at 1300 and increased 100 calories a month until I reached my goal weight
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? No

THANKS in advance!

God bless,
Karen