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what do you average

Benerb436
Benerb436 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have lost 15lbs in 1 month. I average 8-10lbs a month I would like to hear what you guys or gals average around

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  • Benerb436
    Benerb436 Posts: 3 Member
    I would really like to know

  • brittneyalley
    brittneyalley Posts: 274 Member
    I lose about 4 pounds a month.
  • Benerb436
    Benerb436 Posts: 3 Member
    Is that what you would like to be loosing
  • HellYeahItsKriss
    HellYeahItsKriss Posts: 906 Member
    It doesn't matter what one would like to be losing. It's what is humanly possible for a healthy rate of loss for their stats
  • brittneyalley
    brittneyalley Posts: 274 Member
    edited December 2017
    Benerb436 wrote: »
    Is that what you would like to be loosing

    Yes, I’m more than happy with 4lbs/month. I weigh 128lbs, so any more than that and it wouldn’t be good for my health. Honestly, I’m trying to eat more to slow weight loss. I still have 15 or so pounds to go (and have lost 39 so far).

  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,459 Member
    When I was actively losing, it depended on how much I had to lose. I don't think it's a set number.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Losing 8-10 lbs per month is really only healthy for someone with a lot if weight to lose. Most people will find a healthy and sustainable weight loss at around a lb per week. I only had 15-20 lbs to lose, so I lost around 2 lbs per month, and toward the end even less.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    I lost from 225 to 160 in 8 months. I averaged 8 pounds/month. However, it wasn't really that linear. I lost 15 the first month and 10 the second and the final 8 in a four day fight with a stomach bug. (I don't recommend that last, for the record.)
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    5 pounds a month. But then, I'm a little paranoid about muscle loss when I'm losing.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    on average, 4 pounds without thinking much about it. if i actively try, about 8 pounds.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    I lost 10 pounds a month pretty steadily when I was younger. Older now, different goals, different reasons, different tastes, different attitude.
    Losing a pound or two a month and smiling all the way.
  • lucerorojo
    lucerorojo Posts: 790 Member
    edited December 2017
    I lost about 7-8 lbs. per month, for four months (with a period of 3 weeks maintenance in there). My starting weight was 237 and I'm not tall so I wanted to get under 200 ASAP. I started the last week of June of 2017, and now I weigh 202. I had a 1000 calorie deficit up until about 25 lbs. lost, and then I was down to about 1200 calories per day and I couldn't do it. So I'm now losing at 1500 calories per day, which is about 1.2 lbs. per week. I should be losing at 4-5 lbs. per month for the next few months, hopefully. My goal weight is 137 so I'm a little over 1/3 the way there!

    I'm very happy with my progress. I'm 52 and put on 60 of those lbs. in the last 6 years (peri-menopause) so I'm excited to get to 170 lbs. by next August!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Of the year I've lost about half a pound a month, but it's been saucer-shaped.
  • GemstoneofHeart
    GemstoneofHeart Posts: 865 Member
    At first I lost 8-10 pounds a month up through the first3-4 months. After that it slowed to about 5 pounds a month for about 5 months, now it’s more like 2 pounds a month. Very very slow now that I am getting closer to goal.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Benerb436 wrote: »
    I have lost 15lbs in 1 month. I average 8-10lbs a month I would like to hear what you guys or gals average around

    Are you over 100 lbs overweight? That's probably only an appropriate rate of loss if you are. Otherwise, I'm concerned you're starving yourself.
  • MaddMaestro
    MaddMaestro Posts: 405 Member
    I was pretty big to start and I lost round about 40 pounds in the first 5 months. So that's about 9 pounds a month? Sounds about right.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    When I was obese I was losing about 10 pounds a month, when I was overweight it was about seven, and now that I am normal BMI the most recent month was four. I have been eating more as I lost more, so as to slow my rate of loss, but also I exercise more and harder.
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