how fast did you lose weight?

In the first week or 2 you will loose more because your body retains water due to higher salt intake (eating healthy tends to lower your salt intake) and you have more food in your digestive tract.

So for me when I started out, I lost 5lb first week (3lb water weight, 2lb actual body fat), then a further 2lb the next week.

Thereafter I lost between 0.5lb and 2lb depending on how I ate. If I stayed around the 1200kcal mark a day for the whole week I'd loose the full 2lb. If I had more bad days than good then I'd loose less than 1 lb.

Of course it does depend on how big you are to start with, the bigger the greater the loss usually as a bigger person needs more calories per day to sustain their current weight than a small person.

Depending on your height, you may not have a lot to lose. But honestly, regardless, losing weight slowly is a healthier way to go. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25236175 Really cool study about metabolic adaptation in response to low calorie dieting and large amount of weight loss. Researchers demonstrated that in this population, metabolic rate was reduced by double than what was predicted based on the amount of bodyfat lost. (Reduction in metabolic rate of 617kcal/day vs. predicted reduction of 289kcal/day). In layman's terms: "Extreme caloric restriction and fast weight loss = more metabolic adaptation = less capacity to lose fat long-term = takes longer to re-build metabolism. Whatever you do, do it gradually and systematically as opposed to the extremes." I've taken about 11 months to lose 20 lbs (had a vacation and right now I'm trying to figure out my true TDEE).

the first 20 -30 fell off fairly quickly (under 2 months) the next 16 took about 4 months. as for being 5'6" and setting 124 lbs as a goal, check with a doctor. It really depends on your body frame, what activity level you want to obtain/get to , etc. The charts are formula that get you in the neighborhood of weight ranges, but the weight that works best for you depends on a few more factors.

I don't think rapid weight loss is a realistic goal for you. You sound like you really don't have much that you can healthily lose at this point. If you wanted my advice, which I know you probably don't I would tell you to accept your current weight. You probably look and feel great. Losing more weight might be ok for your vanity. But it will probably start cutting in to the exercise you claim to love. Past a certain point losing weight just plain becomes unhealthy and a matter of vanity.

115 lbs in a little over 10 months.

I'm 5ft7.5 and started off as 145lb. From eating healthy foods (mainly fruit and veg) but still eating 2000calories I lost a lot of weight. In 2 months I lost 5lbs at one point. Now I am 125.5lbs and by Christmas I want to be 120lbs. I will do this by starting exercise.

Obese III = 432lbs to 286lbs = 146lbs down (8 months, 6 day or 35 weeks)
Obese II = 286lbs - 250lbs = 36lbs down (2 months, 28 days or 12 weeks)
Obese = 250lbs - 216lbs = 34lbs down (2 months, 16 days or 11 weeks)
Overweight = 213lbs (today)

I lost a lot initially. I started making changes to my diet, working out, etc a year ago. Between Halloween of last year, and the first of the year I lost 30-35 pounds. By June of this year, I had lost a total of 75 pounds.

Then I hit a plateau, and lost and gained the same 5 pounds over and over until about a month ago. Part of the issue was the longer the plateau went on, the more frustrated I was becoming, and the more I began to make some poorer choices regarding food and exercise. I also had a shoulder injury that prevented me from doing any weight lifting for about 6 weeks during the end of that time period. (Let me tell you, there is only so much cardio I can stand to do!)

Once the doctor cleared me to be able to go back to lifting, I decided it was time to buckle down again, and get back with the program. In the last month or so, I have lost another 5 pounds. It seems to be coming off a lot slower now than it was initially, but I knew that would eventually happen. Some days it really gets to me, but realistically, I know there was no way I was going to be able to keep up that rate of loss, at least not if I was going to do it in a healthy manner.

I'm still 30 pounds away from my goal weight, and it is going to take me longer than I initially thought it would to get there, but I will get there! I just wish I had done this years ago!

I lost 40 pounds in about six and a half months on here (January-August). Then I hit a 3-week stall and have lost eight pounds in the past six weeks since I started losing again (which could have been more but I took a weekend off for celebrations).

I'm 5'8", I've gone from 193 to 168 in 7 months. I've cheated a lot, vacations, etc. I think I've averaged around 16-1700 calories a day.

Kate17746991 wrote: »

I am starting at 143lbs/65kg

Kate, your ticker says you have 18 pounds to lose. That's not much, so you want to set your goals to lose .5 pounds a week, which is approximately 2 pounds a month, which should take you to about June or thereabouts. That's nice and slow and sustainable.

Kate17746991 wrote: »

I am just wondering how long it will take to lose some weight?
I know it is usually a bit in the beginning and slows as time goes by? is this true?
I would to hear how much people lost initially and how long it took?

I got very spoiled my first month. I lost about 21 pounds.
OH BOY, I said. At that rate, I could lose all the weight in 5 months...just in time for summer.....
...but that's not what happened.

No, I had to settle into a 1 pound per week weight loss which was great, but it took 2 years to lose about 90 pounds. I have kept it off 3 years now.
You don't have as much weight to lose, so take it easy and maybe considfer a half pound per week lost.
You could lose faster, but the key for me were those who always gained back their lost weight. It usually followed some form of fast weight loss.
Think 1 pound or a half pound per week, enjoy the journey and you'll reach both your weight loss goal as well as your weight maintenance goals thereafter.
Good Luck

I started with MFP set to lose 1.5 lbs a week. A year and I half later I am at 1 lb per week with about another 10 or 15 to lose. I plan on moving it back to 0.5 lb in after I lose another 5 lbs. I started back in August of 2013. When I really stick within my calories I find that I usually can hit that goal weight loss in a week. However vacations, events, and stalls happen so there are weeks that I have been set back. Since August 2013 I have lost 41 lbs and I am 5'1.

Kate17746991 wrote: »

I am just wondering how long it will take to lose some weight?
I know it is usually a bit in the beginning and slows as time goes by? is this true?
I would to hear how much people lost initially and how long it took?

I'm at 60 lbs in four months so about 15 lbs per month which isn't bad.