How long has it taken you to lose weight?

Difficult to put a time scale on it. But roughly, it took me 11 months from when I started running to reach my goal, but I didn't start logging my food and actually TRYING to lose weight for another 5 months after I started exercising, so I suppose it was properly 6 months, but 11 months from my highest weight and most unfit.

Edited to add, my highest weight was 162 lbs, I am now 123 or thereabouts.

On 9.24.11 I joined MFP at 179 lbs. Today on 3.17.12 I am 151.6 lbs.
It's taken me nearly 6 months to lose 27 and a half pounds.

Great job to you guys though!

Started watching what I was eating Jan/Feb 2011, got back on my bike in the summer of 2011 and started logging food & exercise & properly monitoring myself just before the end of last year. Not at target yet, about 8 pounds off a major milestone (5st) where I will assess my weight / fitness / body fat and set myself a few new targets then.

I'm experiencing the very same phenomenon! In fact your story is exactly my story. Four weeks with MFP and I've only lost 5lbs. I'm about to start Wonderslim on Monday and I'll be doing the Insanity workout. I know Insanity is going to be a challenge but I'm going to work my way into it. I have been slowly decreasing in inches but not as fast as one would think. I log what I eat. Try to exercise six days a week. Wonderslim and Insanity are ways I'm trying to kick start my weightloss into gear. The Wonderslim is like Medifast so its not something I can maintain forever but the Insanity workout is something that will take me a while to work through and by the time I do I believe my body will look and feel healthier. Its very discouraging to not see the scale move. I'll keep at it though. I know it can be done!

I started counting calories at the beginning of August last year when I gave up chocolate & biccies to lose a few lbs before my friends' wedding at the start of October.

I've been at this just over 7 months now and I've lost 50lbs.

I'm still technically obese (although I don't look it) and I need to lose at least another 30lbs but ideally I need to be another 45lbs lighter. I should be 30lbs lighter by Christmas. I could lose the weight more quickly, but I'm happy to take things slow and steady and give my body time to firm up!

Don't get discouraged by the scale. Look for NSV [non-scale victories] such as clothes that fit looser, increased mobility, the ability to run or walk the same distance in a shorter period of time.

Yes, the weight will not come off like when you were younger, but if you create a healthy lifestyle, not only will the change be sustainable, the weight will more than likely stay off. [the true objective]

Check out Jillian Michaels podcast for a weekly dose of fitness motivation. See the iTunes store - it's free.

Add me as a friend if you like.

Best wishes!!:flowerforyou:

I joined MFP Memorial Day 2011. I've gone from 230 to 172 since then. I'm 5'2" and my GW is about 130. I'll be 62 in June.

I am still very much a work in progress, however I have lost 17 pounds in two months by walking 3 miles at least 3 times a week and logging what I eat. Looking to start adding strength training soon.
I have about 60 pounds to go,I think, and I hope to have that all gone by Christmas.

Good luck to you.

Hi there ~ Well I have lost alittle over 20 since July...which I should be at my goal by now...we are the same age and it is harder. I have turned into an exercise freak...5-6 days, just ran my first 1/2 marathon (walk/run) and I have a Warrior Dash on the 31st. I am frustrated with the scale..but what keeps me going is tons of NSV's. I have people telling me it looks like I have lost 40 pounds!!!! I feel great I count my calories and enjoy my wine on the weekends:drinker: I am also in a size 12!!! Which is very foreign to me and feels GREAT!

I have met sooooo many great people here and I know this time it's the last time. I also feel so strong and confident and I have no doubt I can lose that last 15#!!! By the time I hit 51 in June I WILL be sporting a 2 piece bathing suit:happy:

Stay strong - Push Hard - You can do it!!!! We all can do it by sticking together!!!!

Feel free to friend me :bigsmile: Happy Saint Patrick's Day :drinker:

In January 2011 I hit 207. I started to diet and lost 20 and then started to gain it back, just like a million times before. In July I decided that was enough. I finally get the relationship between eating healthy and exercising. I started out with walking and then after a couple of months decided to give C25K a try. Mostly because I'm lazy....it takes less time to run off calories than walking off calories. Turned out that I like running. I usually eat back ALL of my exercise calories because I can and because I don't want to feel like I'm dieting. I wouldn't get too concerned about how long it's going to take. I finally figured that I plan to eat well and work out for the rest of my life, so what did it matter. The good news for me was that the initial weight came off at a pretty steady clip. About 2 pounds a week. That allowed me to get to a weight that I was comfortable at. It slowed down a lot around November. I've lost 62 pounds total now. About 50 of that since July 2011 on MFP. I'm 4.2 pounds from goal now. You can do it! The biggest thing is to realize that you're making a lifestyle change, not dieting.

35 pound loss since January 1st of this year.