How long did it take you to lose your first 10 lbs?

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  • SakuraRose13
    SakuraRose13 Posts: 621 Member
    A month which shocked me atleast and since 17 more its been 6 months for me , so will see howlong it takes the last pounds to come off which is dwindling .

    start weight jan 1st 150.5
    cw 124
    gw 110

    Im 4ft 10
    age 29

    youngest daughter about 16 months old ,her sister 19 months older almost to the day only if she had been born the day I went into labor it would have been exact lol
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    2 months.


    Now it's been 13 months and I've lost 40 pounds altogether. I don't lose weight that quick but I am very close to goal now.
  • sunfirelynn
    sunfirelynn Posts: 186 Member
    It took me about a month...
  • Kestrel45
    Kestrel45 Posts: 133
    Well I lost 9 pounds so far and it took me about 5 weeks
  • arlenem1974
    arlenem1974 Posts: 437 Member
    about 5 weeks. In 1 month I lost 8.4 lbs and by month 2 I lost 17.
  • Megadautilus
    Megadautilus Posts: 14
    I weighed 225lbs at 5'4 so simply by eating like half the ice cream at night or a few less pizza rolls I lost like 10lbs in like two weeks. It eventually got harder and I had to make real changes. Took me five years to get down to 155. That is because I stalled and slowly made changes, it wasn't a constant thing.
  • Monsterliana
    Monsterliana Posts: 178 Member
    Took me a month!!!! I'm watching my carb intake (70-100 a day) and just started exercising two weeks ago.
  • aidyl320
    aidyl320 Posts: 2
    Took me about 2 weeks. I do Zumba on the wii for at least 30 min a day, walk in the morning and eat healthy. I only drink water also.
  • bunny92441
    bunny92441 Posts: 42
    It's been 4 weeks and 3 days and hit my 10 lbs loss this morning. :)
  • supermysza
    supermysza Posts: 167 Member
    A month :) at - 11 pounds now
  • sunlover89
    sunlover89 Posts: 436 Member
    6 days. But of course it slowed after that.
  • govinda70
    govinda70 Posts: 26
    10,8 lbs in about 3 month... but I go cycling or running at least 4-5 times a week.
  • govinda70
    govinda70 Posts: 26
    6 days. But of course it slowed after that.

    you lost 10 Pounds in 6 days??? this is impossible. 1 Pound of fat got approx. 4500 calories. so you burned 7500 calories a day with Sport or not eating????? LOL
  • DeannaNL
    DeannaNL Posts: 53 Member
    1 month in and 13 pounds down!! :)
  • luulu1999
    luulu1999 Posts: 119
    I have been using MFP for 3 weeks and have went down 8lbs so far....I really hope I keep losing at that pace because I don't want to hit a plateau for a while
  • dnunny70
    dnunny70 Posts: 411 Member
    I usually can do 10lbs in 6 weeks--if I stick to it. That's my problem.

    I lost 4 this week; but I know most of that is water weight. I'd like to lose 2 lbs a week? I have a lot to lose, so I know I'lose more in the beginning.

    I have a mini goal of losing 20 lbs. by August 19. My son starts high school that day and I go back to work.
  • alisaprince1
    alisaprince1 Posts: 60
    6 days. But of course it slowed after that.

    you lost 10 Pounds in 6 days??? this is impossible. 1 Pound of fat got approx. 4500 calories. so you burned 7500 calories a day with Sport or not eating????? LOL
    This is incorrect, for one a lb of gay is approx 3500 calories for another it's not impossible although most was probably water weight. I watched my scale drop the lb overnight once seemingly impossible but NOT.
  • alisaprince1
    alisaprince1 Posts: 60
    Typos, a lb of FAT
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    How do you burn that may calories at work? What do you do that is just crazy high.

    And I started at 285 and I lost my first 10 pounds in 2 weeks. Next 10 a month after that so about a month and a half. Next 10 at about 4 months. And currently I am at 251 and I am 5 months in.

    But really don't base where you should be on where everyone on here is. Stay strong, you got this!
  • alisaprince1
    alisaprince1 Posts: 60
    How do you burn that may calories at work? What do you do that is just crazy high.

    And I started at 285 and I lost my first 10 pounds in 2 weeks. Next 10 a month after that so about a month and a half. Next 10 at about 4 months. And currently I am at 251 and I am 5 months in.

    But really don't base where you should be on where everyone on here is. Stay strong, you got this!
    Exactly, everyone losses at different rates, just do your best and the lbs WILL come off.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    I started at 133 in April, and it took me till now to drop 9lbs.
  • BeautifulByChoice
    BeautifulByChoice Posts: 60
    I lost mine very quickly. About a month.
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    A little under 6weeks.
  • Christina8585
    Christina8585 Posts: 73 Member
    It took me about two months to move 15 pounds. I was way frustrated. But I had to learn portion control and just cut down on bad things bit by bit.
  • t1nk6
    t1nk6 Posts: 215
    Curious to hear of everyone's successes and rate at which you lost your initial 10lbs (or more!) as I feel like my weight loss is fairly slow... I average about 2400 burned calories a day, with no exercise included - just a normal day at work. I've been eating approximately 1600-1700 calories a day (hoping for 1.5ish loss a week) and haven't really seen great changes. My exercise is weight training 2-3 days a week and 3-4 days of the week walking/jogging intervals for a minimum of 2 miles.

    For those who had a slower/stubborn start, did you change anything more to your initial changes to kick it into higher gear? Or did you stay with your new changes long enough to see the weight start dropping?

    i lost 10lb my first week ... I don't expect to lose that again, i don't know how but my aim is 1-2lb a week.
  • MelissaL582
    MelissaL582 Posts: 1,422 Member
    Since I came back from my hiatus.. I lost 10lbs in a month and a half.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    My first 10 lbs came off in a couple of weeks. Of course initial weight loss when just starting out is mostly water weight and I was obese at 335 lbs at the time.
  • brooke0206
    brooke0206 Posts: 255 Member
    I started at 223 and lost 10 lbs in my first month. At 5 months in I was down 40 lbs and will be very close to hitting 50 lbs lost when i hit 6 months (i should hit 50 lbs at 6 months but i dont want to jinx myself!)
  • Shadowcub
    Shadowcub Posts: 154 Member
    About 6 weeks, but I was only serious about losing weight for about 3 weeks of that.
  • JumpingDog
    JumpingDog Posts: 125 Member
    I wish I could answer this question but I only weighed myself two or three times the first 4 months I started losing weight.

    I lost 15 lbs though in 3.5 months. Maybe that's slow compared to other people but my goal was to lose slow and feel good. I think I am achieving that goal. I have been improving my diet and lifestyle for a year and a couple months now and have lost ~40 lbs.

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