Help.people who lost10 kg-20 lbs.

Amillionsparkles
Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
edited September 2015 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone,

If anyone lost 20 lbs, how much time did it take you to achieve that, or what is a reasonable time frame to expect that?
I have hypothyroidism so i am not sure what pace i should be expecting. I am aiming for 1300 calories per day (sometimes i go a bit higher but i am trying).
Thank you.

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited September 2015
    6 months

    Actually 20 years because I didn't realize how important CICO was.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Depending on how much total you have to lose, a pound a week is a good starting rule of thumb.

    If 20lbs is all you have to lose, probably a bit slower than that.

    If you have a lot more than that to lose and 20 lbs is just an initial goal, you can probably be slightly more aggressive.
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Depending on how much total you have to lose, a pound a week is a good starting rule of thumb.

    If 20lbs is all you have to lose, probably a bit slower than that.

    If you have a lot more than that to lose and 20 lbs is just an initial goal, you can probably be slightly more aggressive.

    Thank you for your response, well my ultimate goal and what i would see as perfect is 33 lbs but 20 lbs is really great!
    So i should aim for 1 pound a week?
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Amillionsparkles wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Depending on how much total you have to lose, a pound a week is a good starting rule of thumb.

    If 20lbs is all you have to lose, probably a bit slower than that.

    If you have a lot more than that to lose and 20 lbs is just an initial goal, you can probably be slightly more aggressive.

    Thank you for your response, well my ultimate goal and what i would see as perfect is 33 lbs but 20 lbs is really great!
    So i should aim for 1 pound a week?

    I think that's a reasonable goal.

    I would caution though - A common mistake I see is getting too wrapped up in meeting that goal exactly each and every week. Make that a goal, but focus on meeting it over a long term trend (ie - rather than trying to lose a lb each and every week, focus on 10 lbs in 10 weeks as an example). There are too many variables to guarantee the scale will move exactly in sync with your expectations from week-to-week. However, if you're doing things right, those fluctuations will average out over a longer term window.
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    The first 10kg took me about 5.5 weeks, but my BMI was 52. I was pretty big.

    These days that would probably take me 3.5-4 months.
  • RiseHigher
    RiseHigher Posts: 64 Member
    1 lb a week, or less if you workout a ton.
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    I lost 20lb in ~9 weeks. However, I was also 220lb 5'11" guy and should get down to at least 175lb.

    Now, how fast you should be losing is completely dependent on you. We can't estimate it because you didn't provide stats. But if CO=1800, then if you eat 1300 you should lose 1lb/week, which is probably fine for now. If your CO is 1550, then you should lose 0.5lb/week, which is also fine. You shouldn't really eat less than 1300 calories/day as that already is a very low amount.
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Amillionsparkles wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Depending on how much total you have to lose, a pound a week is a good starting rule of thumb.

    If 20lbs is all you have to lose, probably a bit slower than that.

    If you have a lot more than that to lose and 20 lbs is just an initial goal, you can probably be slightly more aggressive.

    Thank you for your response, well my ultimate goal and what i would see as perfect is 33 lbs but 20 lbs is really great!
    So i should aim for 1 pound a week?

    I think that's a reasonable goal.

    I would caution though - A common mistake I see is getting too wrapped up in meeting that goal exactly each and every week. Make that a goal, but focus on meeting it over a long term trend (ie - rather than trying to lose a lb each and every week, focus on 10 lbs in 10 weeks as an example). There are too many variables to guarantee the scale will move exactly in sync with your expectations from week-to-week. However, if you're doing things right, those fluctuations will average out over a longer term window.

    That is so true! sometimes if i don't see a weekly goal i could easily stop feeling as motivated.
    thanks a lot. now i need to find a scale as i hated using one.
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    My bmi is in the slightly overweight range so i need to get it down to a good one.Well 3-4 months makes sense. thank you all :)
  • niniundlapin
    niniundlapin Posts: 327 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Depending on how much total you have to lose, a pound a week is a good starting rule of thumb.

    If 20lbs is all you have to lose, probably a bit slower than that.

    If you have a lot more than that to lose and 20 lbs is just an initial goal, you can probably be slightly more aggressive.

    I think that's why it took me almost 10 years to really get there (fluctuated the first 4-5 years and finally started to lose the last 3 kg at the 6th year). And also, it's harder for me to see that last few kgs going down as smooth/fast with the same routine when my weight was closer to my goal.
  • Viylette
    Viylette Posts: 18 Member
    It took me 53 days to lose 20 pounds. But, please do not take my loss as an average. I went from eating fast food and drinking a 2 liter coke everyday, to drinking only water and eating salads and chicken. And exercising none, to basically exercising everyday for the past 2 months. But, I am an all of nothing type of girl. But, you can do anything you set your mind too, if it is what you really want.
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    niniundlapin wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Depending on how much total you have to lose, a pound a week is a good starting rule of thumb.

    If 20lbs is all you have to lose, probably a bit slower than that.

    If you have a lot more than that to lose and 20 lbs is just an initial goal, you can probably be slightly more aggressive.

    I think that's why it took me almost 10 years to really get there (fluctuated the first 4-5 years and finally started to lose the last 3 kg at the 6th year). And also, it's harder for me to see that last few kgs going down as smooth/fast with the same routine when my weight was closer to my goal.

    Yes it's the slimmer you are the more effort you would have to do to lose weight. goodluck :)
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    Viylette wrote: »
    It took me 53 days to lose 20 pounds. But, please do not take my loss as an average. I went from eating fast food and drinking a 2 liter coke everyday, to drinking only water and eating salads and chicken. And exercising none, to basically exercising everyday for the past 2 months. But, I am an all of nothing type of girl. But, you can do anything you set your mind too, if it is what you really want.
    20 pounds that fast!! I doubt i can be that strict. Really good for you! :)
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    1 year ...but that's cos my deficit was small - I enjoy eating too much lol

    For me taking it off slowly meant it would likely stay off ..and it has, two years and counting :smiley:
  • BlessedOne2019
    BlessedOne2019 Posts: 41 Member
    It has taken me about 4 and a half months to take off 26 lbs. I also workout at least 5 days a week, and have quite a bit to lose. But as stated in previous posts, slowly and gradually, ensures that you have control and won't put it back on when you do get to your goal! Good luck!
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    I lost 30 pounds in 4 months.
    I did this quite aggressively and I discovered MFP recently which helped me slow it down and breathe a little. I wouldn't recommend giving yourself a time-limit because I don't feel it's a realistic and fair thing to do (for yourself). Ease the pressure, eat at a deficit and just take one pound at a time :]
  • smontes16
    smontes16 Posts: 38 Member
    Hello! I currently suffer from low thyroid and I am taking a small dose of levothuroxine. With that being said it has taken me 135 days to loose 18.8 lbs. Slow and steady :)
  • glitzy196
    glitzy196 Posts: 190 Member
    I lost 32lbs in about 5 months. My current weight is 188 though. So i had enough to lose.
  • Koorii
    Koorii Posts: 65 Member
    I'm currently 310.6 pounds. My known starting weight (I was dieting for several months before I started keeping track) was 341. I started keeping track in February, so I've lost roughly 30 pounds in a seven month period. Keep in mind that I haven't been super strict about it either. I've tried the super strict path, and I would end up running myself ragged and eventually give up.

    Also, I've been lifting at the gym, so a majority of what I've lost has been fat. I've only lost 30 pounds, but people swear that I've lost like 50 or so, and say that I look like a new man.
  • jessicarobinson00
    jessicarobinson00 Posts: 414 Member
    Looking back over my weight loss...it looks like I lost 20 lbs over 6 months. I think it really depends on your starting weight and where you are in your weight loss journey. Initially I lost weight quickly (water weight change based on a huge change in my eating habits and activity levels)..the last few lbs nearing your goal are always going to take longer to lose...
  • turboscrub
    turboscrub Posts: 32 Member
    It took me just about two months exactly to lose 20lbs. I made a few changes to my diet (more protein, less beer, actually eat breakfast) but what really made the difference was going from more-or-less completely sedentary to walking 1-2 hours a day. My starting weight was 237, so I definitely had some fat ready and waiting to burn.

    That said, I just talked with a friend the other day who's been struggling with hyperthyroidism for a decade and he runs 5-6 miles a day while training for a half marathon and is still gaining. Crazy.
  • eringrace95_
    eringrace95_ Posts: 296 Member
    edited September 2015
    Amillionsparkles wrote: »
    Hey everyone,

    If anyone lost 20 lbs, how much time did it take you to achieve that, or what is a reasonable time frame to expect that?
    I have hypothyroidism so i am not sure what pace i should be expecting. I am aiming for 1300 calories per day (sometimes i go a bit higher but i am trying).
    Thank you.

    It completely depends on where you are starting from, your height, your metabolism, how much you exercise etc.

    I lost 20 pounds in just over 4 months over the summer while never eating below 1500 or above 1800 and exercising vigourously 3-6 times a week.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    turboscrub wrote: »
    It took me just about two months exactly to lose 20lbs. I made a few changes to my diet (more protein, less beer, actually eat breakfast) but what really made the difference was going from more-or-less completely sedentary to walking 1-2 hours a day. My starting weight was 237, so I definitely had some fat ready and waiting to burn.

    That said, I just talked with a friend the other day who's been struggling with hyperthyroidism for a decade and he runs 5-6 miles a day while training for a half marathon and is still gaining. Crazy.

    Your friend is not in a deficit then. You can not out run eating more then you need. CICO
  • turboscrub
    turboscrub Posts: 32 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Your friend is not in a deficit then. You can not out run eating more then you need. CICO
    Yeah, I figured.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited September 2015
    turboscrub wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Your friend is not in a deficit then. You can not out run eating more then you need. CICO
    Yeah, I figured.

    Yea, cool :) I have personal knowledge regarding this. For 20 some odd years i have tried to lose the last 20 pounds and thought I could out exercise my weight. It took me only 6 months to lose the excess fat when I understood it was about CICO. Yay for me!! Weight loss is made in the kitchen.
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    Thank you all, lovely answers. Well my weight is around 150 lbs height around 5'5 but i don't workout a lot or follow a program i used to but the obsession lead to nowhere due to my hypo issue so now i genuinely can't go back to it. I am random about my exercise i would do jumping jacks, gym, brisk walk or just watch my calories. I don't always have the energy to do something and i feel it's because i recently cut off my medicine and i feel the symptoms are getting back (sleeping a lot or fatigue) so i am working on going back on medication and see how that works.
  • Amillionsparkles
    Amillionsparkles Posts: 41 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    I lost 30 pounds in 4 months.
    I did this quite aggressively and I discovered MFP recently which helped me slow it down and breathe a little. I wouldn't recommend giving yourself a time-limit because I don't feel it's a realistic and fair thing to do (for yourself). Ease the pressure, eat at a deficit and just take one pound at a time :]

    I totally agree, i am trying to take it one day at a time. so that i don't feel overwhelmed and just binge. I try to tell my self relax tomorrow is a new day and changes will happen. I hope :)
  • rollerjog
    rollerjog Posts: 154 Member
    I Lost 31 lbs in 5 months, eating 2500 calories a day, no exercise at all, I just weight all my food out, my protein was at 1 gram for every pound of lean body mass, fats were at 20% of 2500 calories, the rest of my calories came from carbs

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