Questions about your weight loss

WorkInProgress323 · April 2014

I hope you don't mind me asking but I think this will actually help me, maybe others too.

1. How much weight have you lost?
2. What did you start at?
3. How tall are you?
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx)
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included?
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight?

Thank you! :flowerforyou:

WorkInProgress323 · April 2014

Was that too many questions?

sargessexyone · April 2014

76 lbs lost

250 lbs

5'2"

Dunno, I started with Weight Watchers but now I average 1500-1600

Up until a few weeks ago the only exercise I did was walking

2yrs , I had a very long plateau.

ETA: You can see progress pics in my profile.

wolfsbayne · April 2014

1. 13 lbs since joining MFP. I lost around 50 lbs a few years ago and put about 20 back on.
2. MFP 207 lbs. A few years ago 232 lbs.
3. 5'7"
4. Between 1500 and 1700, sometimes more
5. I go to the gym 4-5 times a week. M-W-F are strictly lifting days for around 45 minutes and T-Th are reserved for mainly 20 minutes of cardio and some accessory lifts.
6. MFP-5 months. Before, I lost around 50 in 7 months, but I didn't lift then. Only walked 5 miles a day, 6 days a week.

kiniece · April 2014

lost 52lbs total (from my heaviest...not when I started MFP)
sw 185
5'4" tall and 47 y/o
1200 cals a day avg
exercise 3-4x a week for 45-60 minutes w/o any weights
1 year to lose :drinker:

SGM_Adonis · April 2014

DonM46 · April 2014

1. 34
2. 229
3. 5'9"
4. 1750
5. Zero; back back. No.
6. 10 months.

lcroslin · April 2014

Since January, I have lost 18.4 pounds. At the end of December I weighed 154. The first of Janaury I went on the typical new year diet, but I've kept it up. I'm basically following Dr. Warren's the Daniel Plan and trying to eat more natural, home cooked foods. Plus, using MFP has helped me monitor my caloric intake. The last time I checked I weighed 135.6. I'm short, so I barely make 5'1". Weight Watchers says I shouldn't be more than 132. So, I'm close to getting back down to an average weight range, however I should be in the low 120's to be honest with you. My goal is 125.

I try to only eat 1200 calories a day. Ideally even if I exercise. But, I sometimes eat those extra calories back. Over all healthier eating and balance is my goal. I'm eating less processed, pacakged foods and sugar. I used to be on Jenny Craig, but ended up being so hooked on their food all I was doing was eating from a package. But, it's not bad food. It's just not how I want to live the rest of my life. But, there are times those frozen foods come in handy. I can have sweets, but I try not to have them daily. I was eating them CONSTANTLY. I was addicted to sugar if you ask me! I've learned to substitute frozen banana pureed in a blender with amond milk and vanilla as a subsitute for ice cream. Try it, you might enjoy it.

I exercise daily. But, the amount varies from 30 minutes of a walk with my dog, to an hour Zumba class at the gym, or a light yoga class with friends. My goal is to "MOVE" every day and have at least five days of serious 45 minutes of activity. The other days can be light. Our bodies need to rest if you work them extra hard. So, I don't mandate that I work out every day. I've just started enjoying what I'm doing now and find I want to exercise. I feel better after I do. I go to a gym at work, so I do occassionally lift weights. I heard one should really do some sort of weight bearing exercise twice a week. So, it's important because we want to lose fat but keep the muscle. Muscles support our bones. But, it doesn't have to be on the equipement. I believe yoga can count. Have you ever tried holding plank or down dog? It takes strength to do the moves and core too! It's a great exercise. I also like my power pump class and they include weights and most of the time I'm sore after I've completed on of those clases!! I get a rest day if I don't one of those!! My Taekwondo class can be deceiving as some days it's just learning new moves or a form and it's not that aerobic. But, it's activity and movement and keeps me out of house and out of the refrigerator!!

It's taken me almost three and a half months to lose the 18 pounds, so the going has been slow. I believe my weight loss is barely over a pound a week if you average it out. It started out faster, but has slowed down which is normal.

Besides watching your calorice intake and exercise, weight loss is also a mental game. I find I really need to use my postive affirmations and keep from over-reacting to every mistake I make to stay in the game. I swear, getting the mental part down is half the battle. That's where MFP helps a lot too. Having others to talk to has been a big help.

Sincerely,

Linda

drewmmm · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? 10,5 kg - 23 lbs
2. What did you start at? 74 kg - 163 lbs
3. How tall are you? 164 cm - 5'4.5''
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) 1200-1500
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? Every day almost, 30-60 mins of cardio. First running, after knee injury cycling and walking.
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? About 80 days.

montana_girl · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? 110.8 pounds

2. What did you start at? 252 pounds

3. How tall are you? 5'2

4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) Started with WW, so don't know, but now eat 1455+exercise calories

5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? Didn't exercise (other than occasional walks) until I had lost 80 pounds, then I walked more and started running. No weights. I run three days a week, do strength training 3 days a week, and walk approx. 6 miles a day. (Though currently I am only walking due to some knee issues).

6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? 6.5 years... dealt with a lot of emotional stuff, family drama and new relationship during that time. I'm an emotional eater, so there was a lot of gains and losses, but I never gave up! I've been on maintenance for 3.5 years now. Yep, 10 years total!

raverneko · April 2014

1. I've lost 45 lbs so far, but have gained muscle as well, so I've lost more than that in fat.
2. My heaviest was 260, I had dropped 10 lbs before starting on here.
3. 5'9"
4. Between 1200 and 1800 depending on the day
5. I try to at least go out for a walk every day, but I jog four or five times a week, and do strength work 3 times a week.
6. It's been about a year since I started, but October through February were rough months for me, I didn't gain any weight, but didn't lose any, either.

I've been focusing more on what I eat rather than calories. I switched to eating almost entirely paleo/primal, and find it very easy to eat a low number of calories and not feel hungry.

Also, I've been paying closer attention to my body fat percent than my actual weight; I've had multiple weeks where I take no weight off, but lose an inch or so around my waist and hips because of fat loss and muscle gain. I just use a tape measure and plug it into a website and it does the calculations for me; it's not 100% accurate, but it seems to do a fairly good job.

frangrann · April 2014

1. 32 lbs
2. 158.8
3. 5'2"
4. 1200
5. 6 days a week….3 days weights and 3 days aerobics
6. Started Sept 2013

I will be 50 this month and my goal is weight is 120. It's hard work! Good luck to all!

LianaG1115 · April 2014

No
1. 91lbs (in total) 61 with MFP
2. 275lb , 245lbs on MFP
3. 5'4"
4. It says 1600 but I can eat between 1200-1600
5. I have a trainer I work with for 45 minutes 3xs a week and I take his class once a week, started in October. So 4 xs and yes weights are included.
6. The 61lbs over a year, the other slowly took a couple years.

Chezzie84 · April 2014

22lb
214.8lb
5 foot 5 inches
1300ish
Not often enough
Since New Years

die2fat4love · April 2014

199 pounds (damn that 200 mark is elusive)
386
5'10
1100 (ish)
1-3 times a week mix of Gym, Yoga, some weights...more weights now as the weight has come down
8 years (but most was lost in the last 16 months)

childofbodom123 · April 2014

1. 124 pounds
2. 315 pounds
3 . 6ft
4. That changed the more weight I lost, I started on 1,863 and by the time I reached my goal I was on 1,380, that was to lose 2 pounds per week.
5. Limited with exercise due to injuries, so I walked 30 minutes per day.
6. In total, 18 month to lose 124 pounds.

Fenomka · April 2014

1) 71 lbs
2) 420 lbs
3) 5'3"
4) It varies depending on what I'm doing, but generally I aim for around 1500-2000
5) 5-7 days a week, and yes - I work with a trainer and we combine a workout schedule that includes weights, cardio, boxing, and resistance training.
6) I can't really speak to time, because I've faught over the same 10-20 lbs a couple of times. I was diagnosed with PCOS at age 22, and since then, I've tried everything I could, but didn't really start fully succeeding until I hit my heaviest at around age 27. since then, it hasn't always been consistent, but I don't give up, no matter what.

seltzermint555 · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? 118 lb total, 73 of that on MFP
2. What did you start at? 307 lb (262 lb when I started MFP)
3. How tall are you? 5'8"
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) no clue until I joined MFP but have gradually gone down from around 1650 when I started logging, to between 1270-1400 currently
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? 3-4 days per week for 30-45 min per day, walking, hiking or biking and every day some light or heavy cleaning. I log everything because I'm set to sedentary activity level. I eat back 1/2 to all of my exercise calories. I have no clue what to do with weights, lol...not saying I'll never try it.
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? the first 45 lb I lost without MFP took me around 4 years but I have lost 73 lb in 12.5 months on MFP.

Dyann_Alvarez · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? 41
2. What did you start at? 211
3. How tall are you? 5'7"
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) Started at 1450 and ended at 1200
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? I would walk and do the elliptical 4 to 5 days
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? about 6 months

I'm losing 15lbs that I have put back on.

It never ends!!

TitanGM · April 2014

1- I've lost approximately 40-45 pounds.
2- My highest weight ever was 236
3- I'm 6'1"
4- I ate between 2800-3500
5- I exercised 5 days a week weight training, including cardio only in my off days. Never trained for more than 1hr. My average training sessions would last 30minutes, but I always made sure those minutes counted. The exercise was intense (still is)
6- At first my body responded very quick and I lost about 20 pounds in 2 months. Then I started hitting plateaus ine after another, but always staying focused and making changes. And in 8 months or so I dropped 40 in total. I wasn't concerned losing weight too fast. I concentrated in the quality of my life and healthy habits. Slow but steady.

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salembambi · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost?150
2. What did you start at? 300lb
3. How tall are you?5'5
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) pretty low calorie , fixing that now
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? 5 days a week -hour/hour 1/2
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? year and a couple months

earlybrd7 · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? -- so far, 15 lbs
2. What did you start at? -- 160 lbs
3. How tall are you? -- 5'6"
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) -- anywhere from 1200 - 1400 cals
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? -- 3 to 4x a week, average about 40-45 mins
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? -- 2 months

SherryTeach · April 2014

1. 33 pounds
2. 136 to 103
3. 5'1"
4. 1250, now at 1400
5. 4-5 times a week: treadmill, bike, fitness trampoline, fitness ball, hand weights
6. achieved goal in 6 months, been on maintenance: 16 months

farewell_friend · April 2014

1. Overall? About 48 lbs; part of the weight loss occurred without much effort on my part and over the course of about three years.
2. I remember my highest being 164, I have no idea if I ever got any higher than that.
3. Somewhere between 5'3" and 5'4"
4. It varies, but I attempt to "close" everyday (as I call it) under 600 calories. That's including exercise.
5. That also varies (at one point I was doing cardio for hours at a time), but typically now I aim for 24-50 mins, with 24 being the absolute least acceptable and 48 being much better. I use a stationary bike and I do not lift weights. I aim for five days a week at least, but I don't always succeed in carrying that out.
6. Like I said, part of the weight loss came with little effort on my part (some weight I lost when I was on ADHD medication, which I stopped taking a long time ago); however, this final push to lose weight is being very difficult for me, as expected. But I'm not giving up. I'd like to lose another 7 pounds, at least.

cowgirlqueen · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? since mfp 7 lbs
2. What did you start at? 187
3. How tall are you? 5'7.5
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) 1400-1500
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? cardio almost every day 45-60 minuets , 200 push ups everyday
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? 30 days

**I haven't lost much weight but I've lost 43 1/2 inches"

Calliope610 · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? 41.2lbs
2. What did you start at? 232
3. How tall are you? 5'4" (and 51yo)
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) - started out at 1200 (MFP default), didn't like having to "diet", started reading the forums, discovered TDEE and IPORM, started eating about 1440cals + exericise calories, about 1700-2000 depending on exercise.
5. How often did you exercise and how long? 5-7x/week - walking 2.5-4miles daily, 6-8mile hike on Saturdays. Were weights included? Added SL5x5 several weeks ago.
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? 432 days of logging food and exercise

Thank you! flowerforyou

You're welcome. BTW, my food and exercise diary is open, feel free to check it out.

on_a_lark · April 2014

1. How much weight have you lost? Ten years ago I lost 33 lbs on Weight Watchers. Maintained for several years and in the past 3 years have gained nearly 25 back. Since January and tracking on MFP, I've lost about 9 lbs.
2. What did you start at? 168
3. How tall are you? 5'5"
4. How many calories did you eat daily? (approx) Was on WW so don't know the calories then. Now about 1450 daily. That includes about 250 calories burned with exercise.
5. How often did you exercise and how long? Were weights included? The year I lost 35 lbs was walking daily 3-4 miles. Now I walk 3 miles 3-4 times a week and do an exercise class that includes weights 3 days per week.
6. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? A year to lose 35 lbs the year I turned 50. Am now almost 60.

echofm1 · April 2014

1. Lost 79 pounds
2. SW: 343
3. Height: 5'9"
4. Started at 2200 calories, currently at about 2000 (my activity level changed. I'd be at 1800 if I was still at sedentart)
5. Now I exercise 3 times a week, with at least two of those days being strength training with resistance bands. When I started though I'd only go for a walk if I needed extra calories.
6. 8 months, roughly.

dwm2112 · April 2014

1. Overall: 42 lbs; since joining MFP: 15 lbs
2. 255
3. 5' 11"
4. Before MFP, I don't know. With MFP: 1800 cals/day
5. 60-90 minutes, 3-4 times/wk, weights included
6. Overall: 9 months; been on MFP for 2 months

Rainboots80 · April 2014

1. 35 pounds
2. 235
3. 5'6"
4. 1500 calories and under 75 g carbs
5. I rarely exercise but when I do I walk
6. Took me 2 months to lose

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