At week 4 I'd lost 13 pounds. I'm now on a no weigh month so not sure what I've lost but this is honestly the FIRST time in my many many many diet attempts that I am not ravenous and super cranky so I love it.

I started in September 2014 at 255. I'm now 187 or 68 pounds lighter.

I need to be clear that until April I didn't count calories in, although all my running + cycling tracked calories out. Most of the loss came about from a) increasing my activity level (I'm a distance runner now) and b) stopping reaching for the easy carb breakfast/lunch/snacks all the time.

Sure I moderated other aspects of my consumption too, and made a number of food choice changes, but the biggest change was reduction in carbs for two meals + snacks... that and the vastly increased activity level. But I can't say categorically that I lost weight because of dropping carb intake however much that might make sense on the surface. Probably I dropped my overall calorie intake due to reducing + replacing carbs.

I joined MFP 66 days ago to refine and make more formal my approach because I want to try to hit my goal weight by the day I started this plus one year... my birthday in September. Back then I had no idea that would be achievable earlier in the spring I realised that it was possible. I also started to realise that I could achieve more with my running than I ever would have believed possible last September when I started.

My interest more formally in lower carbs came as a by-product of my research into fat adaptation for endurance athletes / distance runners - that's the type of activity that most appeals to me. I try to run semi-fasted (before taking a meal in the morning or many hours after one) and have adopted other training techniques said to help encourage fat burning as fuel.

My next physical is just before my birthday. I expect my doctor will be somewhat shocked at the difference.

I've lost 88.5 lbs since November 2014. I started off following the SAD for the first 3 months then switched to LCHF. I try to exercise 5 times a week for 60 minutes, mixing cardio and strength training.

In 3 weeks, about 11 pounds. Carbs generally around 50 to 70. Also cut out a LOT of things I was reacting to, which helped immensely.

Sorry, this isn't going to encourage anybody. I've lost 12 lbs (14-15 on a good day) in 5 months.

9 pounds in 5 weeks. I eat anywhere between 40-75 grams of carbs per day..

22.4-23.4 lb (bouncing around 1 lb) in just under 6 weeks.16.6-17.6 lb to go.

KnitOrMiss wrote: »

wheatlessgirl66 wrote: »

Sorry, this isn't going to encourage anybody. I've lost 12 lbs (14-15 on a good day) in 5 months.

WRONG...

CoconuttyMummy wrote: »

Wheatlessgirl, why wouldnt that encourage anyone? Losing 12 pounds and keeping them off is very encouraging.

I completely second this!! ^^ People looking for drastic results may not find that encouraging, but those of us in for life for whatever reason will find this so empowering!!!

How many times have we all run the gamut of gain, lose, gain more back, lose, gain, lose, lose, gain all back????? I LOST count!!! So in my book, even keeping off a pound or an inch for any length of time is the BIGGEST WIN OF ALL.

Coconutty and Knit---thank you, so kind. Most, if not all, have lost waaay more than I have in the same amount of time, esp since I've been <20 and lately ZC. I feel a bit sheepish about saying I've only lost 12. But I'm glad I have and hope more will eventually go.

In 2012 I lost 45lbs in 5months. Since then I have had my third child and I was up 15 pounds again. I started VLC again and I am down 8lbs in 3 weeks. Hoping to get down another 12 lbs before summer break is over. Great job everyone!

I lost total of 27 lbs in 5 months but I did eat a French fry here and there. I drank some cocktails, got a small Dq blizzard, had some cherries... Overall, I keep my carbs under 30 grams and sugar is 0 g 95% of the time. Lately I also started to fast.

8 lbs in 5 days! Just started on Sunday and have a huge water retention problem. I did this WOE before and lost 98 lbs in 10 months.

20 lbs in 5 months (my latest round of weight loss). CICO on first month. Started lowering carbs on second month to 125-150g/day. Starting 1 month ago, lowered carbs to 75-100g/day. My weight loss is
starting to slow down. I guess I need to lower my carbs again...?

Oh, and I'm average 30g/day

I am one of those people that lose weight faster if I lower my calories to 750 -1000 a day and keep it at no more than 25 grams of carbs. The problem is it took me a few months while I experimented with things to see what works and what doesn't for me. In these few months I went up and down 8-10 lbs. Now since I know what works for me I hope to keep losing and never gain more than 1-2 lbs every time I cheat.

IF and one meal a day ( 23 hours fast with 1 hour eating window) also works for me, but I still have to keep it under 1000 calories. When I do one meal a day, I can't eat more than 800 calories and even those are forced since I feel stuffed after.

I end up naturally eating around 1200-1400 per day, with gusts up to 2800. I'm not trying to restrict it in any way.