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How long did it take you to lose your first 5lbs ?

donyellemoniquex3
donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
edited January 16 in Motivation and Support
Took me a while (like a year-ish) but now I know what I'm doing !

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  • amberlynnsinspired
    amberlynnsinspired Posts: 438 Member
    Took me a 2 days, lol.
  • charismanoodles
    charismanoodles Posts: 343 Member
    1 month.
  • xginanax
    xginanax Posts: 333 Member
    a week
  • metacognition
    metacognition Posts: 626 Member
    I lost my first 3 pounds by calorie counting at 1200 for about a week, then I gave up and made gradual changes over several months. I only lost about 5 pounds total. Everything went super fast once I combined reasonable calorie counting with exercise.
  • spaingirl2011
    spaingirl2011 Posts: 763 Member
    A month!
  • KateKatelyn
    KateKatelyn Posts: 10
    it took me almost two and a half weeks to lose 5lbs, and the 3 weeks to lose 7lbs...
  • Biitchstix
    Biitchstix Posts: 41
    Well when I first lost weight last year (went from 142 to 128, but I was on 1200cal and ended up gaining a bit back >_<) it took about 3 months because I had no clue what was doing lol.
    This time around it took about a month and a half, and I'm on 1500cals a day.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    1 month.

    :drinker:
  • JJordon
    JJordon Posts: 857 Member
    2 weeks.
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    Well I was really big when i started, I think i lost my first 5 pounds the first week, but honestly this lifestyle change was such a shock to my system that I dropped almost 20 pounds my first month. Now it takes me a long time to lose 5 pounds.
  • Jhingz
    Jhingz Posts: 13 Member
    a month
  • Zoe678
    Zoe678 Posts: 134 Member
    A week at 1500 !
  • Rose_bee
    Rose_bee Posts: 226 Member
    10 days.
  • rvhorsburgh
    rvhorsburgh Posts: 53 Member
    A month to lose first 6lbs.
    Two months to lose a total of 9 and meet goal.
    However, I am now upping my goal to total loss of 13 lbs as I still have a little gut and backfat. I hate backfat!
    However, I do like typing backfat/backfat/backfat - very liberating!
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    a month...
  • caspergirl7
    caspergirl7 Posts: 590 Member
    2 weeks
  • yesmikan
    yesmikan Posts: 98 Member
    Between 2 and 3 weeks for me.
  • arsan
    arsan Posts: 97 Member
    A week
  • jcreazy
    jcreazy Posts: 50 Member
    5 days of counting calories and exercise.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    About a week
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    8 pounds in 8 days, but after that I've slowed down to a more humane rate. It all depends on how badly you've been treating your body in the meantime.
  • Jennessaphilip
    Jennessaphilip Posts: 33
    About 3 weeks
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