How long did it take you to lose your first 10 lbs?
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About 6 weeks for the first 5 kg. I started around 95 kg, and down to 90 now (goal is around 65). I've hovered there for a week or two, but I'm showing big changes on my measurements, so happy to keep doing what I'm doing.
Most days I eat close enough to 1200 cal plus about 70% of exercise, allowing for analogue scales and volume measurements. I'm not micro-managing my intake, but I do try to stay close on protein, sodium and fat levels, and mostly trying to stick with fruit and veg for sugar.
I do a combo of walking and c25k 4-5 times a week, and at the moment 1 circuit session per week. I'm about to introduce 2 weight sessions as well.
Happy with my start, so if I can keep this going I'll be ecstatic! All the best to you.0 -
This is really encouraging, speaking as a relative newbie... the first time I tried to drop weight I did it the wrong way. Eating tiny amounts of really bad food and doinf half hearted cardio each morning. It wasn't sustainable and I felt awful but the weight started dropping off pretty quickly until I inevitably gave up and regained it all.
However this time around being a lil more sensible I'm seing the weight loss is a lot slower... I've been steadily losing just over 1lb a week so it's so good to see that this is normal and not ridiculously slow which is sometimes how I feel when I step on the scale.
On the plus side, I'm never hungry. I sleep well. I'm less cranky and the weight is still coming off, just more slowly than I'd thought it would!!0 -
crikey about 9 months!!! VERY SLOW!!!! for me but not massively overweigth....good luck!0
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A month, I started at 178 lbs to 166 lbs after a month, now I'm losing slowly, about 5 per month.0
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I lost my first 11 Ibs in 50 days. I don't have so much to lose, but i am happy with my progress!0
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ForEVER...I needed to lose a total of between 20 and 30 lbs (still 10-20 to go), so it's not like there was a *ton* to lose, but still a significant amount. It literally took weeks of careful eating and exercise before I saw *any* weight loss at all...but it seems that my body eventually normalized and now it's coming off at regular intervals of a 1-2 lbs per week.
So apparently weightloss is like the tortoise and the hare story, heh.0 -
6 days, but I was hella big.0
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A month.0
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I lost my first 10 pounds in my first 3 weeks0
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I lost 10 lbs within the first 3 weeks. About to start week 4 and i am down 13lbs. A lot is due to hyper-activity. I am working out at least 3-4 times a week and am trying to cut out as much processed food as possible.0
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Less than a month. I lost 12 the first month. After that is has slowed and now it is a good steady pace of 1-2 pounds every 7-10 days.0
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Took me about 3 months, I have my goal set for 0.5lbs loss a week. I knew it was going to be slow and I wan't disappointed. Now, on to the next 10lbs0
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17 days. TODAY is that day! I started on June 3rd. Heavy lifting 3-4x's per week and 1,690 calories per day.0
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I really don't remember... just remember that slower is better. Take your time....and be patient.0
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I haven't quite hit 10 lbs..and am on week 11. My goal is 1 lb a week and I wanted to lose 16 lbs altogether. I am about 2 lbs behind where I hoped to be--but haven't always eaten to my plan.0
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A month0
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10 weeks - 1 pound per week loss on average. I eat 1500 calories and have not been doing much exercising (knee and elbow are acting up). I am 40 btw.0
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A week and a half for 10 lbs, two months and a half months for 37 lbs:)0
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I meant two and a half months lol0
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I lost my first 10 in a few weeks, but I also have a lot of weight to lose.0
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