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

45 lbs in 3 months when i first started

It took me about 3 weeks to lose 10 pounds.

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?

3 weeks to lose my first 10 to 12 lbs.

I maintained a loss of 3.5 lbs. per week for the first 3 months. Things slowed down after 4 months when I switched my workouts to include strength training and I increased my calories to compensate for the new workout. It took me about 3 months to lose the next 10 lbs. but during that time I slimmed down significantly even though my weight barely changed.

I've lowered my calories again and am continuing the strength training and have increased my cardio intensity and am again losing weight, now at a pace of about 1.5 to 2 lbs. per week since the change up.

The best thing I can say is that you should set yourself some easy milestones and don't pay too much attention to the scale when it reverses and goes up. Weight fluctuates. A lot. Stay in a deficit and don't get discouraged and slowly but surely the weight will go down. Take lots of pictures so you can "see" the changes over time.

I have lost ten pounds in 42 days. Averages out 1.6 pounds a week.

I haven't lost ten pounds yet, but I'm on track to hit that milestone at the three month mark (middle of May). I started out at a healthy BMI (23ish) and my ultimate goal is only 20 pounds down, so I don't much to lose. I set MFP to lose 1 pound a week, but so far it's been more like .75 pounds a week, because I'm not that strict about exercise or neurotic about being under my calories every single day.

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'm with you! The scales is not my friend. One day I'm 191 and the next 196 and the next 194. I exercise or walk daily and stay within my calories and pretty close to macros. I wish I was one of those that could see a difference on the scales weekly. The last time I tried this plan, I went almost 4 months and lost nothing then all of a sudden I lost 6# in one week doing the same thing. I guess it just takes our body time to know we mean business.

Dear Kerricus, I love your comment in your box! What a great thing to consider! That in and of itself is inspirational.

Two months. I have lost exactly 5 pounds a month since I started losing weight in September. Not sure how I managed it as I haven't been 'on plan' all that time, consistent inconsistency I guess!