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How much did you lose the first 30 days?

smashtastic27
smashtastic27 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I was just wondering how much most people manage to lose their first month or so. I was doing really great for about 2 weeks but it seems like im plateauing already which seems way to early for it barely being my first month :-( especially since I've been sticking to my diet fairly well.
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  • hasnainmomin18
    hasnainmomin18 Posts: 2 Member
    I lost 10-15 pounds before I started on the myfitness pal. within 2 weeks i went from 207 to 198ish. Didnt pay much attention after that. Should lose weight faster probably because its all water weight.
  • atiral
    atiral Posts: 43 Member
    14 lbs. I started at 232 and am 5'5" -5'6".
  • nessssa36
    nessssa36 Posts: 12 Member
    About 8 pounds, and I cheated by going a few hundred over my calorie limit a handful of times.
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    You're not in a plateau until you've been maintaining for much longer than two weeks. Read, embrace, adjust.

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  • ZombieSlayer
    ZombieSlayer Posts: 369 Member
    6.8#... Aimed for 1.5# per week, so not too shabby.
  • Megadude547
    Megadude547 Posts: 1 Member
    Six pounds for me so far.
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    14 pounds

    My "starting" weight on1/1/2016 was 254. On 1/2/2016 I was 249. I think that is more accurate so I'm using that as my starting weight. As of 2/1/2016 I am 235.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,879 Member
    In the first month ... 4-5 kg.

    Nothing at all in the first 10 days, then it just started falling off.

    But I didn't just stick to my diet "fairly well" ... I stuck to it like a tenacious Jack Russell terrier. I was also exercising quite a bit and only eating about half my exercise calories back.
  • becca_rup23
    becca_rup23 Posts: 396 Member
    I've lost 8-9 pounds since Jan 4th, more than I thought I would and about 2 lbs per week, I started at 268, 5'9"
  • wrenak
    wrenak Posts: 144 Member
    4/19/15-5/19/15: 11.8 pounds (261.2-249.4)
  • 1brandn
    1brandn Posts: 9 Member
    9kg. 1200-1500calories a day, gym 4 times a week doing 20 min runs, 40 min weights and 20min rowing or cycling. 103 - 93.7 kg
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    5lbs in my first month. I started at 126 lbs
  • royallmike
    royallmike Posts: 1 Member
    CoffeeNCardio wrote: »
    You're not in a plateau until you've been maintaining for much longer than two weeks. Read, embrace, adjust.

    x3ou3g5jhbfq.jpg

    GREAT info-graphic
  • bubbajoe1066
    bubbajoe1066 Posts: 95 Member
    36 days....down 20 lbs
  • duddysdad
    duddysdad Posts: 403 Member
    The first month I started I lost 41 pounds. I started at 337 and by the beginning of the next month I was 296.
  • Talanch
    Talanch Posts: 21 Member
    3kg or 6 pounds.
  • rsb1023
    rsb1023 Posts: 32 Member
    I lost 6 the first month put at 9 months I had lost my goal of 40 pounds
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    12 pounds, 211 to 199.
  • WonderCort
    WonderCort Posts: 123 Member
    8lbs in 4 weeks, just short of a month
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    20 pounds in the 13 months before joining MFP and about 6 since joining (3 weeks now). I do assume that rate will flatten out eventually. :)
  • SherryChupka
    SherryChupka Posts: 3 Member
    I've been using MFP for a month & lost 15 pounds (217 to 202) with another 50 to my goal (I'm 5'7")
  • ModernRock
    ModernRock Posts: 372 Member
    edited February 2016
    16 pounds eating around 1650 calories a day. My 4 week losses for the past 5 months are 16, 6, 8, 3, 3. After that first month I increased my calorie intake for a more sustainable loss, and did so again after the third month. This month looks like it will be around 4 pounds. My biggest weekly loss was my third, which was 6 pounds. I have about 15 pounds to go, and then I'm hitting the weights. I would have done so sooner, but I've been taking this winter to allow an arm injury to heal.
  • Anya_000
    Anya_000 Posts: 725 Member
    Started at 143, lost 6 lbs first month, weightlifting 2x a week, eating 1450 to 1500.
  • samchez0
    samchez0 Posts: 364 Member
    Around 7_8 lbs. I went from 205 to 197. So around 2 lbs a week which is a much fast weight loss than I was expecting
  • mookiemeg269
    mookiemeg269 Posts: 1 Member
    I lost 14 lbs.... 237 to 223!
  • wkwebby
    wkwebby Posts: 807 Member
    155 was my starting weight, I lost 7 pounds in the first month due to cutting carbs, so most was probably water weight. Now at 142-244 (fluctuations), I am losing about 0.25-0.5 per month. I am not particularly great at weighing my food. When I do, I will lose at 0.25-0.5 per week now.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    I wasnt weighing during the first three months but after 3 months I was down 32 pounds according to the doctors scale. So averaging 10lbs per month. I go tomorrow for the first time since the end of December to check the latest progress,
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    1 lb the first month. My starting weight was 156.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    About 5 pounds. It always goes super slow for me.
  • ASN2615
    ASN2615 Posts: 50 Member
    I lost 6.5 lbs and 3 inches from my waist!!
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