How long did it take?

I am 3 pounds away from my original goal. I started the end of January. I expected it to take til May to reach that goal. I have lost 13 pounds so far, I only weigh in once a week, so i've probably lost another one or two since last week, but I don't weigh in til Tuesday. I was only expecting to lose about 10 pounds by the first of April, and I've already exceeded that goal by 3 pounds. So I'm pretty confident I'll make my goal before May.

Work in progress on year 4.

I wasn't sure how long it was going to take. I was obese with a BMI over 40. I try not to focus on how long it's going to take, but more on what I can do physically. I'm getting stronger and faster, so my goal body will come with those improvements in time.

In 2012, I dieted for about 6 months before I caved. I restricted myself too much and couldn't maintain it. I believe I lost 10lbs a month during that time frame, but I gained around 20lbs back.
In 2013, I started again and was losing about 1.5lbs per week. That lasted until I found I was pregnant that September.
September 2013-May 29, 2014 : Pregnancy, gained 40lbs or so.
From that point until now it averages out to be about 1.4lbs per week or so.
Total loss from 2012 to now : 111.5lbs

How long did it take to get to your goal weight/where you are happy?
It took me 5 months to lose my weight. My goal was 120 lbs but when I went on maintenance I lost an additional 8 lbs.

How long did you think it was going to take?
I had no set date or time period. I suffered a heart attack and just went about getting healthy. I was advised to lose 10 lbs and walk at least a mile daily.

How much did you lose in that time frame?
I lost 22 lbs. I went from 134.9 lbs to 112 lbs.

I lost 66lbs in about 18 months after my 2nd baby. Well, I probably lost more, that was going from my weight when she was 8 weeks old. I'd started out to lose my baby weight then carried on and lost an additional 30lbs and ended up the smallest (and most fit) I'd been in a long time.

Then I got pregnant again and am currently losing baby weight yet again lol. I always gain loads in pregnancy. Maybe I just like the challenge of weight loss!

I'm hoping to be at pre-preg weight by my birthday in October. When I was pregnant I'd hoped it wouldn't take me so long, and I exercised and logged all pregnancy so didn't expect to have gained as much as I did, but c'est la vie.

So, of you add up all my weight loss, including from baby no.2, then what I've lost since baby no.3, it's over 100lbs

jjdaesmith wrote: »

Today I am one pound off my target. I started my journey with MFP on September 4th 2014 and have lost a grand total of 73lbs. I took two weeks off over Christmas which set me back a month. Tee shirt size reduced from XL to M. Jean size reduced from a snug 40" waist to a comfortable 32". Hoping that Monday will be my goal hitting day.

Wow, that is so awesome!!! Kudos to you!!!

It has taken me so far about 3 years and 9 months I have lost 263lbs and I am about 37 lbs away from my initial goal weight. I had no idea how long it would take me. I am beyond happy with what I have accomplished and where I am at. This has become a lifestyle for me which was my goal I never thought before I would be able to get to the point where I didn't think about food all day or where I would be able to just automatically make good food decisions. While the weight loss and the bonus for my health is amazing what is even more greater is the change of myself inside and how I view my relationship with food WHile I am not at goal yet and 3 years and 10 months seems like a long time I extremely pleased for where I am at both weight wise and emotionally

It took me roughly 9 months to lose about 40 Lbs...after that it was about a year and a half at maintenance and doing a very productive re-comp. Then I did a 4 monthish bulk cycle and now I'm in a cut again.

The bottom line is that to sustain success you have to always be going and striving for something and setting new goals. People have this notion that they're just going to lose the weight and be all happy and everything will just revert back to "normal"...reality is that you have to discover a new normal...your health, nutrition, fitness, etc are lifetime endeavors...you aren't "done" just because you get to some arbitrary number on the scale...you are never done.

Getting to that number on the scale is not the finish line...it's the starting line of the actual race. That fact is lost on most.

1) - 1 year, 2 months, 26 days = Personal Goal Met 432 > 200lbs = 232lbs lost) but 1 year, 6 months, 7 days is how long to i got to my current/maintaining/happy weight (180lbs = 252lbs lost)
2) Did not have a finish date. Just took it one day at a time.
3) 252lbs

Everyone and everybody is unique so what occurs to one may not occur to you.

It took me 20 months to lose 36kg and I have another 25 to go so it will probably take me another 12 months.

Started July 21, 2014 at 267 pounds. Today after 8 months I'm 167 pounds at 5'3. I want to get around 130ish. The weight loss is probably going to slow down now, but I'm hoping I get there by July 21, 2015. We will see though, either way I'm healthier then I was last year at this time.