how long did it take you to lose 20 pounds?

It can be pretty misleading, it depends how much you have to lose and is heavily influenced by how much effort people put in at what deficit.

10 months.
Lost it slow and steady at 1/2 lb per week.

However that is all I had to lose - someone with, say, 150 lb, to lose should lose the first 20lb much quicker than someone like me who only had that much to lose in total.

It took me four months, but I started at 153. I was doing the 5:2 Diet (UK) but now I'm doing 1200 cal per day. If I had been heavier, it might have come off quicker. The smaller you get, the harder it seems to be.

I took me about 8 weeks to lose 20 lbs; (It comes on a lot faster than it will go off)

elizabethcook5 wrote: »

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

Don't rely on the MFP tool's estimate at what you will be in 5 weeks. It's unhealthy to lose more than a couple pounds a week.
I'd recommend you read this MFP post it has some excellent information and even further links to getting you started on your journey: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1 This article will help you understand what you need to do and how to setup MFP with what your goals.

I started losing weight in July 2014 and I'm only 18lb down - I'm not going to be discouraged by everyone else's success though because I have had time off (gained 4lbs the first time -2 week holiday and Christmas included so I was pleased with that!! and maintained the second time) and slow and steady will eventually win the race.

As long as you're making positive, sustainable changes it doesn't matter how slowly it comes off as it will stay off in the long run!

I lost 20 pounds in a month, but I started at 267 pounds so that makes a difference, since I had a lot to lose. Now I am 157 pounds and I average 10 pounds a month.

It's taking me 5 years... >:O but not this time.

34 days for the first 20.. But, in the last 14 days I've only lost another lb.. lol (had my anniversary and a couple small setbacks) Hoping to pull it back together this week and start losing again.

12 weeks at starting at 184lbs with 1540 cals a day and working out and/or running for an hour total 5 days a week. It's not been linear but there is also the muscle mass that you are gaining during some of those weeks that will cause the scale not to budge but you will lose inches.

About 3 and a half months - I lost just over 20lbs from November 7th-February 20th (221.4 to 201.1). Has slowed done a little since then, but still losing, and within 5 pounds of my goal weight so am very pleased.

Like many, I am just doing the basics, simply tracking what I eat with the app every day, and trying to exercise most every day. Worked better (and easier) than I expected.