2 Years to lose 60 lbs!!! ????????????

I have a friend that lost 100 pounds in a year. Ive always heard around 2 pounds a weeks, so Im guessing if you ate really healthy and workout every week it should take you around 6.5 months. But Im just guessing. I lost 30 pounds in 3 months before. Good luck!

Whereas I have taken the slow route... and have no saggy skin problems and have felt remarkably little pain in changing my whole relationship with food. When I have done I should have lost close to 60lbs in about 21/2 - 3 years. Maybe a little bit too relaxed at times

It would depend on whether you can look far enough ahead to want a lifestyle change, new way of eating, forever way of living, or whether you are still focussing on just the weight loss. And that depends on when/where you are in your weight loss life.

I am just starting out really but I want to lose a stone. I have given myself a few months to do this as I want to lose it & keep it off. I am exercising daily & walking a lot! Good luck to everyone!

Personally (and this is just my opinion here) 6-8 months to lose 60 lbs is nearly impossible (but don't let me discourage you). That's 10lbs were month, which is over 2lbs a week consistently for 6-8 months. A more reasonable goal (again, my opinion) would be about 12-16 months, perhaps? Pace yourself, do it the healthy way and keep it off

This is a true statement, and you (OP) probably have less to lose than I did. My first 15 dropped off pretty quick and I have been between 1-1.4 pounds per week since then. It's not a race, and you shouldn't look at it as such.

Rigger

It is a mistake to look at this as a temporary condition. A need to just focus and work hard for 6-8 months and then life can go back to "normal." Weigh the benefits of doing it quickly versus the benefits of doing it at a reasonable pace.

Benefits of Going Slow:
* Less use of will power through the 6-8 months. You'll be able to keep focus on other areas that require will power.
* More comfortable every day. Cutting 500 cal per day is reasonable.
* Less lean mass loss. Your exercise will make you stronger and your body won't take muscle mass.
* You probably learn how to live the rest of your life. It's not a gimmick or temporary diet. It's a lifestyle change. Less likely to re-gain.
* Less likely to have loose skin.

Benefits of Going Fast:
* It could be good if you have an immediate medical condition that requires fast weight loss.
* It could be good if you have some externally imposed deadline. Like a wedding or whatever.
* Satisfaction of fast success.

For me, I'm going a slower route. I need my will power and focus in multiple areas of life. Having lost weight and regained it, I want to make sure I work my way into a system that can be sustained.

I am at 53 lbs down since April … I did have a 2 month + plateau from November till end of mid January … It all varies - How determined are you ? and how good are you on staying on plan 100% ? Try and look at it as a life time plan so who cares if it will take you 1 year or 2 years? As long as your staying on plan you will always be closer than you are today

I need to lose 60 pounds also...I have given myself one year...

Men will lose MUCH faster. It has a lot to do with activity level, are you gaining muscle in the process, AGE! All of these play a big role in how fast you will lose. But 2 years is about what it has taken me and it was not easy to do that but there were days where I was not compliant with my food plan- holidays in particular where I went over. Or maybe I didn't go to the gym everyday on vacation - its OK to live your life and lose slower. If you want to get it off faster- it will mean serious compliance with your plan. But losing more than 1 pound a week is hard for woman who only have 60 pounds to lose. If you had 160 it might go faster.

I don't think you should focus on how long you think you'll have to "diet" for because it will just discourage you and make you feel like you have a daunting task ahead of you. Take one day at a time.

I've struggled with "dieting" and binging for most of my adult life and it's taken me TWO years to properly lose 13 pounds. By "properly lose" I mean no pills, no cabbage soup diet, no starvation. I make mistakes and gain back weight I've lost but I forgive myself and move on.

You're losing weight to be a happier healthier you so don't torture yourself on the road to get there. Good luck!

Great advice!

The slower the better it will stay off longer I had / have 6 stone to lose and have at this point 4 stone 13lbs to lose, I started July 2012 and took a break May-Sept 2013 and restarted Sept 2013 with slimming world I didnt have much success so joined this so I have given myself until 2015 to lose all the weight I can't work under pressure so I hope this works for me.

I'm 56lbs down in about 4 1/2 months. However I had quite a lot more to lose than you seem to, which I'm sure is a big factor. However on ths flip side I've done literally no exercise so I don't see why it couldn't be done in your 6-8 month target.

I lost 45 lb. in one year. For about the first 6 months I was losing more than 1 lb. per week. I wasn't being too aggressive, though, especially since I am an endurance cyclist and need to keep up my stamina.d

At 1.5 lb./week, you could do it in 40 weeks, or about 9 months, though I would suggest slowing down when you get to the last 20 lb. or so. Remember that as you lose weight, you need fewer calories just to maintain, so it gets harder to keep up the same deficit. You can either keep cutting back every time you lose 5 lb., or you could start off with an aggressive 1.5-2 lb./week, which will gradually become a smaller deficit.

Good luck!

I just started getting serious about my weight loss a couple weeks ago and need to lose about 60 lbs. I've been reading how it's taken some people years to lose the weight?!?! While I understand it won't happen overnight, I was just wanting to know is there anyone out there who has lost in less time? I was realistically giving myself 6-8 months is that a false hope?

I'm a male.

I lost my initial 50 lbs in about 5-6 months, stalled and then maintained for over a year, then recommitted to losing and have lost close to a 100 lbs in the last 7.5 months.

Realize that for people not dealing with medical issues, a lot of "slow losers" are either doing it on purpose, or overeating off and on enough to make their losses really slow. There is no reasonable, non-medical reason that somebody would need 2 whole years to lose 60 lbs.

Lose it at whatever rate you want to, keeping in mind that losing is not even half the battle. The rest is maintaining what you've lost.

But do yourself a favor. You'll hear a lot of dieting cliches around here about "slow and steady", "lifestyle changes", and the such, leading to better long term results. This is not true on the whole. The statistics for weight maintenance are abysmal regardless of how fast, or slow, you lose weight; most people gain it back. Be vigilant, but be realistic. You can slip right back into weight gain having lost 60lbs across 2 years just as much as if you'd lost it across 6 months.