First month how many pounds lost?

VanessaLins90
VanessaLins90 Posts: 22 Member
edited August 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
How many pounds you lost on your first month? And what u did to lose?
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  • jvtchong
    jvtchong Posts: 59 Member
    I'm still in my first month. Day 19 and 3 lbs lost so far. I changed that I log food daily, make weekly meal plans instead of going from day to day and try to make most of my meals from scratch. Upped my veggie and fruit intake and stopped eating white bread. Haven't changed my exercise by much, but do try to be active at least 4 times a week.
  • minime0424
    minime0424 Posts: 101 Member
    If I remember correctly, I lost 9 pounds my first month ;)
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Ate less, moved more and hit 12lbs in the first month. I expect that 4-6lbs of this were initial water and glycogen lost though.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    I lost 7 lbs the first month...eating at a deficit and working out 4-5 times a week. 3-4 cardio, 1-2 weight sessions...
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I think* 11ish? It was a while ago... Maybe it was 8.
  • VanessaLins90
    VanessaLins90 Posts: 22 Member
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  • stephaniej2888
    stephaniej2888 Posts: 93 Member
    I lost about 13 lbs my first month but I went from eating out all the time, fast food, sodas, hardly working out, etc. To eating 100% healthy, cutting out all sugary drinks and working out on a daily basis. After that initial month it slowed down to the typical 1-2 lbs per week
  • Ricksh1000
    Ricksh1000 Posts: 88 Member
    10lbs with calorie deficit and gym (bike & weights)
  • caradack1985
    caradack1985 Posts: 254 Member
    14lbs, I ate at a deficit.
  • wiferichie1
    wiferichie1 Posts: 9 Member
    I just had to revamp my diet, and am 10 days in now. I'm at 8 lbs lost. However I'm about 2 lbs from my usual stuck zone, so it will probably plateau for a couple weeks once I hit that mark.
  • adamyovanovich
    adamyovanovich Posts: 163 Member
    19 first month, im almost at 3 months and im down 37. I cut 1500 cal a day from my maintain goal.
  • BrunetteRunner87
    BrunetteRunner87 Posts: 591 Member
    2
  • sandflower81
    sandflower81 Posts: 399 Member
    I believe it was 10 lbs.
  • JCSaphire
    JCSaphire Posts: 14 Member
    duddysdad wrote: »
    The first month I lost 22.2 pounds. I was 340 pounds at 6'5". That was all calorie deficit, no exercise. I lost a total of 155 pounds in 8.5 months.

    That's 18 pounds a month, what were you doing?
  • hjlourenshj
    hjlourenshj Posts: 66 Member
    22 lost first month, cut 1400 from maintain a day.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    20#. Ate less with portion control.
  • LynnBBQ72
    LynnBBQ72 Posts: 151 Member
    4 pounds. Started at 222, ending now at 218. But I have a lot of muscle and I can see the muscles coming in under the fat, so I think the muscle is holding on to water because it isn't used to working out. I've lost several inches in that month, though.
  • SoUl_ReBeL2021
    SoUl_ReBeL2021 Posts: 120 Member
    1 week and have lost 6 pounds , just watching my calorie intake and exercising a couple times a week.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    edited August 2016
    I set my weight loss at a pound a week and when all the monthly weight fluctuations were said and done, I lost a little more than four pounds in four weeks. Works for me. :)

    How? Meticulously weighed, verified calorie counts, and logged daily caloric intake. Still struggling to fall within 50-100 calories of my BMR set daily goal, but hey; I'm not eating 3-6K calories a day, every day, like I was before so it is paying off. Zero change in activity level, which was/still is effectively zero.
  • kprimaverab
    kprimaverab Posts: 32 Member
    16 lbs. 90 lbs to lose (74 to go!)
    I eat 1200-1500 calories dependent upon if i exercise.
    Exercise consists of resistance &cardio (level 18 on elliptical, stair machine, weights) and high protein ratio!!
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    It was 6 I think. I'm old and short lol. I counted calories and worked out, same as now. cardio and weights both.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    JC, if a person is very large, the weight comes off faster. Some is fat and some is water.
  • pal274
    pal274 Posts: 10 Member
    Yesterday was a month for me on MFP. I have lost 13 lbs. Mostly I am just doing walking videos, 15 minutes at a time 2 or 3 x a day. Also trying to stay under the calories allowed. I have gone over a few times. I am just going to try to do the best I can each day.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    3, and 3 the next and the next about 2. I had some days that were lower but that's the trend with the fluctuations smoothed out.
  • Shadowmf023
    Shadowmf023 Posts: 812 Member
    I lost nothing for the first two months and then it was all one big whoosh after that and I lost 5lb.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    About 2lb
  • VanessaLins90
    VanessaLins90 Posts: 22 Member
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  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Nothing. I started exercising intensely at the same time so retained a bunch of water. After that though I was consistent with 5lbs per month until about 8 months in and it's slower (because my deficit has been lower or non-existent).

    Oh actually, I lost before I started here properly. I think maybe 4lbs a month for a couple of months. I never got the first month whoosh.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    A little over 4 lbs. I have 30 lbs to lose total. I've been eating at about a 250 calorie deficit, and began exercising more, going up to about 280 avg calories burned by exercise per day.

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