How much did you lose in the first 2 months?

GeoBaybee
GeoBaybee Posts: 69 Member
edited December 3 in Health and Weight Loss
I am down 21 lbs in my first two months and would just like to compare my loss to others. I am 5ft 5in and currently at 135lbs.

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  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Age has a lot to do with it. I used to lose weight fast when I was young. When you get older, it just seems a bit harder.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    In my first 2 months I lost 10 pounds.
  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
    40 pounds, but quite a bit of that was water.
  • GeoBaybee
    GeoBaybee Posts: 69 Member
    I think that 6lbs of my loss was water because that's what I lost in the first week...
  • GeoBaybee
    GeoBaybee Posts: 69 Member
    I'll add that I'm 24 years old and live a moderately active lifestyle.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    edited July 2016
    On the morning of March 26 I weighed 246. I began January 25 at 272.4. That's 26.4 lb in the first 2 months.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    10 pounds in the first two months
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Hit my goal of 30lbs lost in the first two minths a few years ago at age 43. I lose easily though because of my activity level.

    Everybody loses at different paces because of all the variables involved.
  • JeffreyBurkhalter
    JeffreyBurkhalter Posts: 67 Member
    40 year old male and knocked out 35 pounds between 12/20/15-2/20/16. I did not do it healthily though. I weigh 6 pounds more now but look so much better because a) I exercise and b) I actually eat.
  • Bee_Le
    Bee_Le Posts: 48 Member
    Just started like 45 days ago, I lost 17 lbs so far :) Feels so good to see some results.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    edited July 2016
    20 pounds, and I'm a 41 year old mother of 3...I don't think age has anything to do with it other than loss of muscle due to inactivity.

    But I do think it's harder for short people...when the minimum possible calorie intake only allows you to lose 1 pound a week, the deck feels stacked sometimes you need to be creative.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    15, but the first five were courtesy of Noro. ><
  • girl_inflames
    girl_inflames Posts: 374 Member
    edited July 2016
    The first two months was a pretty big loss. I think around 17 pounds. It's gone down every month after that though. I'm losing around 4-5 lbs per month now I believe. I'm trying to contribute it to being in a healthy weight range for my body now though...although I could probably straighten out my diet a little more.
  • girl_inflames
    girl_inflames Posts: 374 Member
    GeoBaybee wrote: »
    I think that 6lbs of my loss was water because that's what I lost in the first week...

    *at least* 6 of it is due to water. It takes a couple weeks to lose water weight usually, I believe. I lost 14 pounds the first month -- I contribute most of that to water weight though!
  • lf2823
    lf2823 Posts: 1 Member
    edited July 2016
    I was down 34+ lb my first two months. But I'm a fat kid.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    No two people will be the same. How much you are going to lose in the first 2 months depends on how much you HAVE to lose in the first place. If you only have 20 to lose you are not going to lose the same as someone who has 90 or more.

    @OP losing 21 lbs in 2 months for you is A LOT. Starting at 156 how much can you possibly need to lose? 40 lbs?? maybe?? you shouldn't be aiming for any more than about .5 to 1 lb / week. That's 4 - 6 lbs a MONTH. Your current rate of loss is not sustainable or healthy for someone your size.
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    22 pounds in the first 2 months; started at 211, age 45.
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    5'7 188lbs first 2 months maybe 15 lbs. 3.5 years ago I cant recall
    I do know 6 months in I lost a total of 48 lbs.


  • rachelr1116
    rachelr1116 Posts: 334 Member
    I lost 15 lbs in the first 2 months. 10 of that was the first month, then 5 the second month.
  • OcalaFL
    OcalaFL Posts: 173 Member
    Just a few days short of 2 months but lost 40lbs so far. I went from a sedentary lifestyle of 1,000 or fewer steps a day to 10k to 20k steps a day also changed diet to eliminate massive amounts of liquid calories.
  • GeoBaybee
    GeoBaybee Posts: 69 Member
    Koldnomore wrote: »
    No two people will be the same. How much you are going to lose in the first 2 months depends on how much you HAVE to lose in the first place. If you only have 20 to lose you are not going to lose the same as someone who has 90 or more.

    @OP losing 21 lbs in 2 months for you is A LOT. Starting at 156 how much can you possibly need to lose? 40 lbs?? maybe?? you shouldn't be aiming for any more than about .5 to 1 lb / week. That's 4 - 6 lbs a MONTH. Your current rate of loss is not sustainable or healthy for someone your size.


    I have been eating 1300-1600 calories a day, working out 4x/week, walking 10k+ steps a day and drinking plenty of water. I don't feel hungry too often. I thought I was doing okay...I weighed 117 before baby, so that's my end goal.
  • mysticwryter
    mysticwryter Posts: 111 Member
    GeoBaybee wrote: »
    I am down 21 lbs in my first two months and would just like to compare my loss to others. I am 5ft 5in and currently at 135lbs.

    I may had lost 5# but I wasn't sticking to my diet and exercise like I want. I was only working out for an hour compared to my 2 hr blowouts!
  • mel_607
    mel_607 Posts: 2 Member
    I am down 25.7 lbs in 1 month.. I'm having a hard time getting all my cals though.. It says I need 1200 but I ALWAYS end up short.. I stop eating at 7pm.. Any help would be greatly appreciated
  • msalicia116
    msalicia116 Posts: 233 Member
    mel_607 wrote: »
    I am down 25.7 lbs in 1 month.. I'm having a hard time getting all my cals though.. It says I need 1200 but I ALWAYS end up short.. I stop eating at 7pm.. Any help would be greatly appreciated

    Nutella or peanut butter will sort that out quick.
  • ilyo777
    ilyo777 Posts: 20 Member
    About four years ago I managed to lose 26lb in my first two months. Another 8lb or so in the month after that.

    I kept if off for a while until an injury knocked me right back off the wagon and 90% of that went back on over the next three years. I'm literally just starting again this week, we'll see how it goes!
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    15.4. I started at 250 lbs, 5'3", 31 years old.
  • zerocool44535
    zerocool44535 Posts: 15 Member
    Iam just gordo
  • STEVE142142
    STEVE142142 Posts: 867 Member
    56 years old in my first two months I lost 29 pounds. everybody's going to lose at different rates don't try to judge yourself by what others are doing.

    I'm on my 7th month my total loss has been about 70 pounds and I'm in the maintenance phase for a while now. Congrats on your success
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    edited July 2016
    43 years old (42 when I started), 5'5" and I lost 22 pounds the first two months. However, I started at 281.4 pounds. The more you weigh, the more you can lose at the beginning.
  • Bearbo27
    Bearbo27 Posts: 339 Member
    edited July 2016
    Koldnomore wrote: »
    No two people will be the same. How much you are going to lose in the first 2 months depends on how much you HAVE to lose in the first place. If you only have 20 to lose you are not going to lose the same as someone who has 90 or more.

    I agree with this. I had 120 lbs to lose at the start of this. I've been logging again only for about a month but I've already lost a total of 16 lbs (12 so far from logging and 4 from before). I estimate my loss for two months will be around 25 lbs but if you look at how much I have to lose it makes more sense. You can't compare yourself to others unless they have similar stats to you.
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