I have questions for those who have been successful.

M/F? F
Age? 19
Height? 5'5
Start weight? 170
Current Weight: 156 lbs
Goal weight? 125-135
Time it took? It's been off and on. I started in August but actually lost 10lbs in about a month.
Aloted daily calories? 1400-1600
Did your aloted calories change with loss? No
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Sometimes, yes.

M/F? F
Age? 25
Height? 5'8
Start weight? 170
Current Weight: 168 lbs
Goal weight? 150 for now
Time it took? 1 month
Aloted daily calories? 1400
Did your aloted calories change with loss? In the begining I was at 1200 and I couldnt lose until 1400. Now I am not losing for almost 2 weeks.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Yes but usually not all. I work out 30 mins minimmum 6-7 a week

M
60
5’10”
190
160
4-5 months
1200 + 50% exercise calories
Maintenance 1460 + 90% exercise calories

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M/F? Male
Age? 128
Height? 6ft 2
Start weight? 300
Goal weight? 150 then 210 then 199 then 182 (all achieved) now bulk back up 200 (more muscle)
Time it took? 5 + yrs
Aloted daily calories? 2250 loose 2750 maintain 3250 gain
Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

M/F? Female
Age? 23
Height? 5'4"
Start weight? 235; currently 173.8
Goal weight? 130
Time it took? So far, 6.5 months
Aloted daily calories? 1200-1400
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, it's gone down about 20 calories with every 10-15 pounds I lose
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? For the most part, yes.

M/F? M
Age? 63
Height? 1.75m
Start weight? 93.7 Kg
Goal weight? 74 Kg
Time it took? Not there et - currently at 76.7 Kg - took 5 months
Allotted daily calories? currently 1700
Did your allotted calories change with loss? I switched from 1lb to half pound loss after re-losing the Christmas gain
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Partly

Male
52
1.85
107
95
11 weeks and I'm down to 99.3
1380
I've played with the speed of weight loss over Christmas whick gave me an extra 250 calories
At first I did because I thought I had to, but now I don't always solong as I eat the recommended minimum. (i've been doing a lot of exercise).

Successful in what, hitting some arbitrary goal weight?

No need to be trollish. When you know you have a lot of weight to lose it helps to have a number to work toward, even if it is arbitrary. I think most of us adjust our goal number throughout the process anyway. We all have other weight loss aims besides a number on a scale, that's just the easiest one to quantify.

well said!

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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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