Most weight loss in one month...

in my first month i lost somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20-25 lbs. but i was eating dangerously low amounts, working out every day, and took caffeine pills to curb appetite and help keep energy up. ive smartened up since then

30 pounds, my starting weight was 105 and after a month was 75 pounds, nothing like dysentria for quick weight loss and the feeling you will die from it. I looked like a cadavre and felt like one. :0)

in normal circomstances it would be 10 pounds at begining of a diet and then it will slow to 4 to 6 pounds.

I lost 23 pounds in 3 weeks following an 1800 calorie diabetic exchange diet. I couldn't stick with it though because no one puts food exchanges on packages anymore and it made it a pain to stick to unlike calorie or carb counting. Neither of which has been anywhere near as effective. I think since the exchange diet provided balanced nutrition it kept my body primed for fat burning. That's the problem I think with calorie and carb counting. If you eat fat all day it's gonna make you slow, tired, and lethargic. If you eat sugar all day, your gonna crash at times and not have the energy to do a thing. But you can actually have low carb or calorie counts despite that bad energy level.

20 lbs and I put on 2 lbs of muscle as well.

20 minutes of cardio 2x daily, in the morning after waking up pre-breakfast, and night time.
Lifting roughly 5 days a week, with mostly drop sets and supersets for aesthetics and high heart rate.

Very precise diet of chicken, egg whites, plain oats, brown rice, sweet potato, steak, broccoli, and tilapia.
No carbs before bedtime or for dinner. No food portions bigger than a fist size. 7 meals a day (1 protein shake)

Also took green tea pills for energy and mood, as well as L-Carnitine / glutamine and BCAA's to help ensure that the weight loss was mostly fat and not muscle.

20 lbs and I put on 2 lbs of muscle as well.

20 minutes of cardio 2x daily, in the morning after waking up pre-breakfast, and night time.
Lifting roughly 5 days a week, with mostly drop sets and supersets for aesthetics and high heart rate.

Very precise diet of chicken, egg whites, plain oats, brown rice, sweet potato, steak, broccoli, and tilapia.
No carbs before bedtime or for dinner. No food portions bigger than a fist size. 7 meals a day (1 protein shake)

Also took green tea pills for energy and mood, as well as L-Carnitine / glutamine and BCAA's to help ensure that the weight loss was mostly fat and not muscle.

its extremely hard (if not impossible) to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, let alone lose 20 lbs and gain 2 lbs of muscle, so im thinking your 2lbs gain of muscle was an error in your bf% calculations

20 lbs and I put on 2 lbs of muscle as well.

20 minutes of cardio 2x daily, in the morning after waking up pre-breakfast, and night time.
Lifting roughly 5 days a week, with mostly drop sets and supersets for aesthetics and high heart rate.

Very precise diet of chicken, egg whites, plain oats, brown rice, sweet potato, steak, broccoli, and tilapia.
No carbs before bedtime or for dinner. No food portions bigger than a fist size. 7 meals a day (1 protein shake)

Also took green tea pills for energy and mood, as well as L-Carnitine / glutamine and BCAA's to help ensure that the weight loss was mostly fat and not muscle.

its extremely hard (if not impossible) to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, let alone lose 20 lbs and gain 2 lbs of muscle, so im thinking your 2lbs gain of muscle was an error in your bf% calculations

I understand where you're coming from and many people think the same way. You're right it is EXTREMELY hard to lose weight and gain msucle. I did it through Kris Gethin's 12 week trainer and many many people have had similiar results (when taken seriously). My first four weeks were crazy and then it slowed down quite a bit. I went into this weighing 296 lbs at 6'5 though so it was easier to drop a lot at first. You need to be extremely meticulous about your diet, your supplements, and your lifting days. But rather than discuss I'll just show you - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethin-12-week-daily-trainer.html

20 lbs and I put on 2 lbs of muscle as well.

20 minutes of cardio 2x daily, in the morning after waking up pre-breakfast, and night time.
Lifting roughly 5 days a week, with mostly drop sets and supersets for aesthetics and high heart rate.

Very precise diet of chicken, egg whites, plain oats, brown rice, sweet potato, steak, broccoli, and tilapia.
No carbs before bedtime or for dinner. No food portions bigger than a fist size. 7 meals a day (1 protein shake)

Also took green tea pills for energy and mood, as well as L-Carnitine / glutamine and BCAA's to help ensure that the weight loss was mostly fat and not muscle.

its extremely hard (if not impossible) to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, let alone lose 20 lbs and gain 2 lbs of muscle, so im thinking your 2lbs gain of muscle was an error in your bf% calculations

I understand where you're coming from and many people think the same way. You're right it is EXTREMELY hard to lose weight and gain msucle. I did it through Kris Gethin's 12 week trainer and many many people have had similiar results (when taken seriously). My first four weeks were crazy and then it slowed down quite a bit. I went into this weighing 296 lbs at 6'5 though so it was easier to drop a lot at first. You need to be extremely meticulous about your diet, your supplements, and your lifting days. But rather than discuss I'll just show you - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethin-12-week-daily-trainer.html

looks like a solid routine but im still doubting a muscle gain like that in a month while still losing weight. were you eating at a deficit for the entirety of the first month?
and how do you know you gained exactly 2 lbs of muscle did you get a dexa scan or something

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looks like a solid routine but im still doubting a muscle gain like that in a month while still losing weight. were you eating at a deficit for the entirety of the first month?
and how do you know you gained exactly 2 lbs of muscle did you get a dexa scan or something
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Honestly the 2 lbs is an estimation, I know I gained at least a lb of muscle just through the BMI change and radical strength increase. I wouldn't necessarily say I was eating at a deficit even though it's only around 2200-2600 cals consumed daily. I burn between 3900-4700 between my jobs and the routine / cardio. I use a fitbit watch to track that. The high protein and careful carb ratio of my diet was a big key to those results. It's all about eating non-processed foods, lean meats, e.t.c. To me a deficit would be 1600 calories - 2000 calories but I don't have the willpower to lower my consumption that drastically. Starvation mode would be kicking in for me.

I lost a total of 28 pounds in 3 weeks by having a baby. I don't suggest it unless you want a baby.

lol... No clue. It is not important to me.

22lb but i was 387lb and exercising 5 days a week while cutting my regular amount of calories

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strength will increase for anyone just starting out regardless of diet (i increased lifts as well while losing weight), and BMI isnt very accurate. if you burn 3900-4700 (which is pretty damn high, at 275 and working out 5 days a week i was still only just over 3000) and eat 2200-2600 then you at anywhere from a 1200-2500 calorie deficit, where it would be impossible to gain muscle.

not trying to demean your progress, obviously you've done very well, but a muscle gain with those numbers just isnt feasible
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I wasn't necessarily starting out, I was already benching 300+ squatting 400+ prior to starting this. What I mean when I say starting out was starting a hardcore cutting / superset / dropset based workout like this. I was strictly a power lifter prior to the high rep high intensity training, but with a high BMI 37%+. I did a 1000 calorie cardio burn a day included with my 3-4 miles of walking from being a server, so I would average the 3900 - 4700 cals. Taking the Yohimbe / L-Carnitine and Glutamine was key to making sure that weight I lost was keeping my body from mainly losing fat. The first minute of this video puts it nicely - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethin-12-week-daily-trainer-week-9-day-58.html

And thank you for the kudos

I just started actually using MFP(counting ect) April 7th. Between April 7 & May 7 I lost 11.8lbs. I just watch my calories and run or do turbo fire a couple times a week.

Seven pounds my first month on MFP. I didn't quite understand the "MFP method" of eating back exercise calories, hence the rapid loss that month. Since I've gained faith in the "math", I've adjusted accordingly. Now I'm losing a solid 0.5-1lb every week, just as I like (and how MFP "says" I will lose).