How long has it taken you to lose your weight so far?

Hi there! I am new at this (have a week under my belt, and it's going well). I see so many of you with such wonderful stats, and I was wondering if some of you would share how long it's taken you to lose your weight? It is really inspiring to see all of these success stories!

Also, one more question. If you set your calories at losing 2 lbs. per week, and you follow the amount of calories allotted you, do you find this to be fairly accurate? Or do you lose more? Or less?

It took me 15 months to lose 133 pounds. I started in mid June 2011 and made my goal weight in late September of 2012. I've been maintaining for more than a year.

I lost 10 pounds per month steadily until I purposely slowed it down. I did not really follow MFP suggestions, but used a TDEE-cut approach. I just couldn't be happy starving myself on rest-days and having a static goal made more sense.

one month = 16 lbs pretty excited! I have my goal set to 1.5 lbs a week however it has been about 2.5 lbs a week actually lost. but i started at 220 and have quite a bit to lose. I imagine it won't be this 'easy' in the coming months as i get smaller. I eat around 1500 calories or day..

I have lost 48.2 pounds since January 1, 2013.

I lost 64 pounds 10 months and then gained 29 back over the summer.

I started January 3rd 2013, logged religiously and lost almost 30 pounds in 5 months, then went off the summer and gained back to 190. Luckily some of the gain was muscle, so to maintain it I'm doing only weightlifting and counting calories to keep losing fat. I'm basically back to where I was in May, so with the bulk in the summer it's taken me 10 months to lose 25 pounds. It's been slow, especially compared to some of the really hard working individuals on here, but I'm glad to be doing it this slowly because then I can maintain things as I slowly ramp up next year and hopefully switch to maintenance.

I started trying to seriously lose weight again in July. But anyhow, since then I've lost 30 lbs. I have MFP set for one lb a week and readjust it every 10 lbs lost so that my calorie allowance gets slightly lower with each mini goal. I do have a lot of weight to lose, but don't feel being so aggressive and setting it for a 2lb loss is the way to go for me. I like to eat and don't want to sit around being hungry. But knocking off a few calories more every few lbs, that's doable.

nine months. 101 pounds.

It has taken me about 13 months to lose 75lbs. It seems slow sometimes, but I wanted to make sure that I was doing something that was sustainable for the long haul.

I've lost 20 pounds since the beginning of September. I just switched my mfp settings to losing .5 a pound a week but before that, if I chose anywhere between 1-2 pounds a week it still gave me 1200 calories at sedentary no matter what haha. I put it to .5 because I was just too hungry some days , I don't always hit 1400 though especially on workout days.

Hello! My weight loss started long before I joined MFP. At my highest weight, in high school, I was 159. For the next 5 years I slowly worked through several plateaus, gained weight back a few times and learned to rely less on food emotionally. I am now down to 133. So five years, 26 pounds off.

I have personally found that weekly weight loss goals end up putting too much pressure on each week. I just move slow and steady!

I started on 23rd March 2013 and set my deficit for 2lbs a week. I also train 5-6 times a week (1 weights session, 3 gym cardio, 1 outdoor run and 1 that may be a mixture of strength & cardio eg hill walking or kayaking) and eat back my exercise calories. I've lost 72lbs in 31 weeks (the first few weeks I lost quickly, since then I've averaged about 2.2lbs a week). I still have a long way to go and am expecting the weight loss to slow as won't reduce my calorie intake below where I am (1350 a day pre-exercise) as I know I can eat without being hungry or feeling deprived (exercise cals are my treats!).

Started on 6/14/13, down 55 pounds. I fully expect that my loss will slow at some point. I'm hoping it doesn't happen until I get to the 100 pounds lost point.

I've lost 123lbs in about 15/16 months. At first it was 2lbs a week, but now more like 2lbs a month, because I'm trying to look ahead to maintenance and want to start eating more not less, sooner than later.... If that makes sense.

I started at 2lbs per week by goals, but actually lost 20 pounds the first 4 weeks.
The last 13 weeks, I have lost about 13 pounds.
I'm expecting only .5 - 1 lb per week now until ideal body weight.

I think > body fat percentage easier it is to lose without effecting muscle loss. But when you start getting lower, you have to slow down or else you will lose muscle.

I'm continuing full body strength training 2 - 3 times per week. I switched to 1 - 1.5 pound per weak when I started to notice strength loss. I'll try for only 1 pound or less per week after this week.

I have lost about 65 lbs and that has taken me a year. In the first 6 months I lost about 40. Since the start of the summer my weight loss has really tapered off--partly because as I have less to lose it takes longer, and partly because I let my social life get in the way of my progress. I used to lose about 8 lbs a month and now I'm down to about 2 lbs a month despite the fact that I have my settings to lose 1.2 lbs a week. Granted, if I were always at my calorie goal maybe I would be losing that 1.2 lbs a week?

I do find myself getting frustrated at times that my weight loss has tapered off dramatically, but it hasn't stopped or reversed, so I know I need to keep at it as best I can despite working 60-70 hours a week most weeks.