how long did it take you to lose 20 pounds?

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SuperSizeMeNot
SuperSizeMeNot Posts: 365 Member
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i know everybody's different.
but I am curious.
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  • ChristaNorris
    ChristaNorris Posts: 52 Member
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    If you're doing a steady 1.5lbs/week about 13 weeks. I lost 40 in 6 months 5 days, but I'm breastfeeding a 6 month old so that's kind of cheating. ; )
  • jenncornelsen
    jenncornelsen Posts: 969 Member
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    my first 20lb when i was my heaviest(215) took me about a month and a half. slowed down after that. im now hoping to drop 20 in 3-3 and a half months
  • MeiannaLee
    MeiannaLee Posts: 338 Member
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    It took me 2 months
  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
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    80 days. It's the same day I crossed the border into OneDerland.
  • SuperSizeMeNot
    SuperSizeMeNot Posts: 365 Member
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    echmainfit619 wrote: »
    80 days. It's the same day I crossed the border into OneDerland.

    i cant wait for that day!
  • pariskathryn
    pariskathryn Posts: 173 Member
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    Yeap, about 2 months. I've just lost 9 in about a month, so I guess that makes sense.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
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    12 weeks.
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
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    14 weeks. I wasn't in a hurry. :)
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
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    About 1.5mo. I'm 5'8" and started at 235
  • rabbittown68
    rabbittown68 Posts: 1 Member
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    Just finishing up my first month and I've lost 10lbs.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    First 20-3 months
    Second 20-3.5 months
    Third 20-close to 7 months...that was in March, so I'm thinking the next 20 will take me until November. But it's going to be slower than before, because I started at 248 and I'm now at 186.
  • Oldbitcollector
    Oldbitcollector Posts: 229 Member
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    Two months...
  • elizabethcook5
    elizabethcook5 Posts: 39 Member
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    I'm confused cause it tells me if I do what I'm doing and eat the way I do I should loose 20lbs in 5 weeks. I chart everything and workout almost an hr.a day doing different activities the walk challenge and insanity workout so it is not accurate? I don't want to wait two to three months to loose 20lbs I'm impatient
  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
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    > I'm confused cause it tells me if I do what I'm doing and eat the way I do I should loose 20lbs in 5 weeks.

    Whaaat?! Losing 4 pounds/week is extremely aggressive. Possibly unhealthy.

    What do you mean "it" tells you? What's "it"?
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
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    4 months
  • amynb524
    amynb524 Posts: 73 Member
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    I lost my first 20 in about 5 weeks.
  • spzjlb
    spzjlb Posts: 599 Member
    edited April 2015
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    I'm 50 yrs old, 5'4'' and started at 157 lbs. I was pretty fit, too. It took me 4.5 very dedicated months of diet and regular workouts to lose 20 lbs. I also notice that I am much fitter now.
  • kleighsamboer33
    kleighsamboer33 Posts: 39 Member
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    I have lost 17 pounds and it has been about 1 month. I am guessing that within the next week I will have lost at least 20.
  • SmellyHippy
    SmellyHippy Posts: 47 Member
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    i'm finishing up my first month shortly and I've only lost about 4-5 lbs. I'm not too far off from a maintenance weight though, so I expect it to go slowly.
  • janinealderton123
    janinealderton123 Posts: 26 Member
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    It took me about 3.5 months to loose it

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