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How much weight on average do you lose a week and what is your current height weight?

fitbunny93
fitbunny93 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi there!
How much weight on average do you lose a week and what is your current height + weight?
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  • mlashkar
    mlashkar Posts: 8 Member
    I found myself lose one week and the next week is stable. But on average, I would say I loose 2 pounds a week. Current wt is 173 pounds, hieght is 5 feet 7 inches. Diet started 6 weeks ago (starting wt 188.5)
  • fitbunny93
    fitbunny93 Posts: 16 Member
    mlashkar wrote: »
    I found myself lose one week and the next week is stable. But on average, I would say I loose 2 pounds a week. Current wt is 173 pounds, hieght is 5 feet 7 inches. Diet started 6 weeks ago (starting wt 188.5)

    That's about what I am losing as well. I'm just very anxious to lose weight and I know 1-2lbs a week is the goal however I'm getting impatient lol. I guess I have to understand that there is no quick fix!
  • jennifermaxwell1018
    jennifermaxwell1018 Posts: 3 Member
    I tend to lost between 0.5 and 1 pound a week, depending on how much I exercise that week and if I stayed under my calorie goal. I've been dieting since January 1st, and I'm currently at 175 lbs and I'm 5'1.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,510 Member
    The fastest/safest weight loss range is between 0.5% and 1% of your bodyweight per week.

    The fastest/best weight loss range is the one you can sustain for the length of time you need to. 0.25% for a year is more effective than 1.5% for a month.

    If you have a lot of excess fat (Obese III type levels) you may be able to safely sustain a higher rate (in the 1.5% range).

    If you are in the normal weight range, losing less than 0.5% per week may be much safer for you in terms of minimizing non fat mass loss.
  • JoeyCW124
    JoeyCW124 Posts: 13 Member
    Apart from the first week where I lose a bit more, I find about 1.5lbs a week. I'm 5ft 2 and 136lbs. I'm ridiculously impatient. I can see what I'm doing is working, but just want it to be quicker! Yet I know for it to be healthy, it can't be quicker.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Not much, about .75 a week, or about 3-4 pounds a month. Which I'm happy with. It's a LOT faster than when I gained it.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    2.35 pounds per week, excluding purposeful maintenance.

    2.00 pounds per week, overall.

    6'9", 231.4 as of this morning.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    When I was losing it would vary so I would go by the overall monthly trend to see how much I was losing. It usually worked out to @4 \ 5 lbs per month
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,510 Member
    JoeyCW124 wrote: »
    Apart from the first week where I lose a bit more, I find about 1.5lbs a week. I'm 5ft 2 and 136lbs. I'm ridiculously impatient. I can see what I'm doing is working, but just want it to be quicker! Yet I know for it to be healthy, it can't be quicker.

    It is verging on too fast. assuming you are interested in mostly losing fat.

  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    1+, but I'm trying to find the right calorie level for my suddenly more active life to slow it down to 1. Currently 5'6" and 146.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    JoeyCW124 wrote: »
    Apart from the first week where I lose a bit more, I find about 1.5lbs a week. I'm 5ft 2 and 136lbs. I'm ridiculously impatient. I can see what I'm doing is working, but just want it to be quicker! Yet I know for it to be healthy, it can't be quicker.

    It is verging on too fast. assuming you are interested in mostly losing fat.

    I lost it that fast for my son's wedding. Went back on a lot faster after the wedding, plus some. Slow but sure wins the race every time.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    When I was losing I would say on average 05-1lbs...but I would fluctuate for a couple do weeks then drop after ovulation, then again after periods. At the start it was 2lbs a week but that was only for about 6 weeks, then I slowed it to 1lb then to 0.5lbs

  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    fitbunny93 wrote: »
    Hi there!
    How much weight on average do you lose a week and what is your current height + weight?

    It averages out to about 1 pound a week but some weeks were more, some weeks the scale didn't change and other weeks I went up .5 to 1 pound. I am 5'4" and weighed 159 lbs on my last weigh in day.
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    On average, I've been losing 0.77kg/week.
    SW: 121kg
    CW: 103kg
    Height: 185cm
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    edited April 2015
    When I was losing, I averaged about a half pound a week. It went up and down and I only weighed myself every other week so I didn't get discouraged SW: 155lb, CW 127lb, 5'3", over 50. Maintained for the past two and a half years.
  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    I average a pound a week. My weekly weigh ins go something like: -1, 0, +2, -3

    I'm 5'3" and currently 146
  • mz_getskinny
    mz_getskinny Posts: 258 Member
    I'm currently losing between 1.3 and 1.8 per week.

    5'6" and 209 lbs
  • galgenstrick
    galgenstrick Posts: 2,086 Member
    edited April 2015
    1.97 lbs per week over the past 2 months.

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I am currently averaging 1 lb. per week. 147 lbs. 5'6".
  • jenncornelsen
    jenncornelsen Posts: 969 Member
    i average 1-1.5lbs per week. I'm 5'4 and 155lbs
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    edited April 2015
    5'2, 218 and *most weeks* 2 pounds, but sometimes more, sometimes less, and sometimes (like this past one) nothing at all.

    i eat anywhere from 1200-1800 cal/ day and try to work out 5+ hours a week.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    1 pound a month avg
  • Jiveli85
    Jiveli85 Posts: 37 Member
    I've been losing about 1 lb per week. I'm 5'3 121 lbs female. Eating about 1200 calories per day.
  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    edited April 2015
    5'11" 185
    Losing average 1.5lb/wk and have about 15 pounds left

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  • alexistexas33
    alexistexas33 Posts: 121 Member
    5' 5", 243
    Began at 274
    Been loosing (according to my calculations)
    2.5 pounds a week
    I eat like 1500 calories a day too
  • bewarethedog
    bewarethedog Posts: 42 Member
    I'm 5'0" and currently 145. I'm losing at about a 1.5 a week average. I kind of expect it to slow down soon. I eat between 1300-1500 calories a day and exercise 3-4 hours a week (without eating any of that back).
  • Klhernandez81
    Klhernandez81 Posts: 62 Member
    I have been working on losing weight for 8 weeks. I was in China for two of the weeks and ate whatever, but walked a lot, so it sort of all averages out; I was 199lbs when I started the first week of March and I am 173lbs today at 5'7.5"...it averages to 3.25lbs a week. Some weeks it melts off and some weeks it is slower! ;)
  • MuddyEquestrian
    MuddyEquestrian Posts: 366 Member
    5'5
    SW 158
    CW 139
    Right now losing around 1.5-2 lbs a week
  • bigd66218
    bigd66218 Posts: 376 Member
    6'6.5"
    SW 278
    CW 237
    Started January 1st, averaging 2.5 pounds a week!!
  • galaxyeyed
    galaxyeyed Posts: 98 Member
    edited April 2015
    I've been up and down (strong correlation between my boyfriend coming to visit every two weeks and scale gain haha) but on average I'm looking at a 2 pound loss per week :smile: Also, I'm 5'3" and only five weeks in.

    SW: 152.8
    CW: 142.6

    Week 1: -6
    Week 2: +0.8
    Week 3: -2.4
    Week 4: +1.2
    Week 5: -3.8

    Average: -2 lbs/wk (or -1lb/wk if we don't count my first week of beautiful water weight loss :p )
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