How much did you lose and how long did it take?

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  • jan110144
    jan110144 Posts: 1,281 Member
    62 pounds. The first 12 took 6 months as I lost and regained the same 10 pounds several times.

    I finally stopped and took the time to really figure out what worked for me that was also something that I felt I could maintain forever. After that. I lost the remaining 50 pounds in 6 months. In maintenance now for 2 months. The 50 pounds came off with no real plateaus and fairly consistent rate if loss. I did, however, continually add elements to my exercise routine throughout the 6 months.
  • noodlesno
    noodlesno Posts: 113 Member
    100lbs in 11 months.

    Have 10lbs to go. Hoping to get the done in the next two months.

    I have been averaging 1% of BW per week. So at the start (260lbs) it was 2.6/3lbs and it is now 1.5lbs a week. This is pretty aggressive but not unhealthy. I eat 2000kcal a day.
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    173-130–43 pounds in 10 months.
  • Brendalea69
    Brendalea69 Posts: 3,863 Member
    edited March 2019
    From 194 down to 130, thats 64 pounds in about 9 months :)
  • robthephotog
    robthephotog Posts: 81 Member
    2 lb per week. 250 to 223 so far in 3 months. Expect to drop another 20-30 this year and next year will be the remaining 10-15 give or take.

    Thats w a couple plateus at the beginning. A cruise and wedding, etc.

    It depends on how much you have to lose, age, hormones, activity, bmi, stress, work environment, macros, water intake, etc.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    I'm 5'5", 62 years old and very sedentary. In 2005 I had a lapband installed. I started out at 251 lbs. I lost 15 lbs. then stalled. Had the lapband removed a year later due to complications. I maintained the weight loss. in 2015 I got serious. I joined MFP and the first year lost 70 lbs. The rest took me a year to lose. My lowest weight was 143. I finally settled at a range of 145 - 150. So it took me 2 years to reach goal basically.
  • victoriahuntid
    victoriahuntid Posts: 1 Member
    I lost 60lbs a decade ago. I've crept back up a bit and am looking to lose 15 lbs gradually. :smile:
  • FITnFIRM4LIFE
    FITnFIRM4LIFE Posts: 818 Member
    5'2 , 53 years old-Lost 37 lbs 8 years ago, About a year to lose(slow, kept calories higher). maintained 108-113 ever since. Weightlifting was the key for me, Then and now.
  • thanos5
    thanos5 Posts: 513 Member
    dang, y'all are awesome
  • mburgess458
    mburgess458 Posts: 480 Member
    40 pounds in 10 months, so over the whole time a pound a week. It bounced a lot but came off a little faster at the end and a little slower at the end.
  • TanyaHooton
    TanyaHooton Posts: 249 Member
    LOL, I'm down about 30 pounds total over 6 years since my highest weight in recent memory. I lost 10 lbs slowly over 3-4 years, then last year I got serious and am down more 20 lbs. I am aiming for another 10-15 lbs to get to the lower end of my BMI.
  • csy108
    csy108 Posts: 58 Member
    39.5lbs Dec. 2016 through Sept. 2017. 7lbs Oct. 2017 through June 2018. 31.4lbs July 2018 through Mar. 19, 2019. I've obviously fluctuated with how seriously I've tried to hit a calorie deficit for months at a time. The only thing I've always been consistent with is logging calories. I've done it every day since Dec. 19, 2016. In the past six months I've finally developed some more consistent habits with lifting weights and, eventually, walking/running. I'm 36 and currently at my lowest weight and best cardiovascular shape since literally elementary school.
  • no1elseislikeme
    no1elseislikeme Posts: 69 Member
    I didn’t technically need to lose weight. I’m female, 5’6 and I was 144. I carried it well though (blessed with a legit hourglass figure) and I didn’t look that heavy. I was on the high end of a healthy weight and BMI for my height and gender. And I was concerned about that high end turning into overweight. And I’ve got a scary history of cardiovascular problems in my family. And to be quite honest, I wanted a flat stomach and thinner thighs and to be able to wear a smaller size and tighter clothes. So, I started losing weight in 2017. And it took me about a year and a half to go from 144 to 119. I just did the half pound a week option. And I lost most of the weight I wanted to lose first. And then I lost the last 3 pounds when I got a bad case of the flu in November. And I started working out daily that month. And except for a recent minor weight gain of 3 pounds, which I’m actively working to lose, I have successfully kept it off. And I’m down 1 pound already.
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  • Kfrase83
    Kfrase83 Posts: 42 Member
    edited March 2019
    Starting in August 2014 I lost 21 pounds in 8 months, the next 4 pounds took 5 months!
    Then pregnant very close to goal weight, had a long breastfeeding journey and lost the majority of the babyweight and tried losing the last 17 pounds in June 2017, 14 pounds took a full year and was 3 away from pre-baby weight. Sooo close!
    Then pregnant again, miscarriage at 12 weeks, and steadily gaining for the past 6 months. :(

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