Weight Loss In Relation To Time

I have "stalls" that sometimes last 10 days where my weight even goes up. Yesterday was nine months and I have lost 108 pounds, since the first 50 fell off of me, my loss is consistently 10-11 pounds a month despite the fluctuations. I find the graphs a valuable tool in keeping things in perspective.

With only 27 lbs to go you should not be aiming to lose more than 1 lb/week now. Having too large of a deficit can lead to the loss of a large % of lean muscle, not just the fat you are looking at losing. For the last 10-15 your goal should be 0.5lbs/week.

Fourteen pounds in a year this June, hit a plateau that is still there, i'm de-motivated also but I still keep logging and execising 6 to 7 days hoping something happens.

I'm curious if members of MFP have experienced their weight loss relative to the time they have been on the program. Have most members noticed a steady loss of 1 to 2 lbs per week? I have notices more fluctuations on a weekly basis; ie 4 lbs one week, 0 the next week. Although my overall weight loss is accurate to the time I have been on the program (9 weeks, 20 lbs).

Simply put, if I continue doing what I'm doing.. am I really going to keep losing 2 lbs per week on average?

It really depends on how much you have to lose, the approach you're taking, and how large of a deficit you've set yourself. It can get more complicated but the short answer is if you stick with your deficit, your weight loss will continue in a downward trend.

I've been on MFP for roughly 7 weeks and am approaching 14 lbs lost... Even though I have it set to 1 lb a week. It tends to be uneven for a lot of people... you'll lose almost no weight (but take measurements! they change when the weight doesn't!) and then drop more another week... or you may have several consistent weeks, or several weeks of plateau (although more than 3 weeks in plateau means you need to change something up)

im not trying to loose weight i normally stay consistantly the same, i loose weight quite easy tho, but before i losse it i go up 2lbs then drop 4 from my stable weight, maybe im just odd. in short i guess we are all very differnt and everything happens differntly, i like to know how other peoples bodies react to changes its very intresting

Not even remotely steady. At the beginning it was 10-12 pounds a month. Then 5-7. Now I am basically in a 2 month plateau. Making changes, but nothing is changing (or changing slowly).

I lost only 2 pounds from September 2011 to May 2012. Then I lost 5 pounds in May 2012. Then I plateaued and remain only 7 pounds lost today. The change was when I started eating cleaner and less calories, but I'm lifting as well so I don't lose as fast. I lose inches though! I look great and my clothes fit great!

I have dropped 3 pounds in a week and I have had two months where the scale did not move. Try to concentrate on my measurements the most. As long as I am seeing inches lost I don't get freaked out if the scale does not move.

Look under "Tools" in the tabs at the top and you can see three months worth of progress at a time. It helps to see that.

My experience? 15lbs in the first two months, then a stall at the end of February, then another drop of ten pounds over the next two months, then another stall for most of May.

Then I got pregnant. I've eaten whatever and whenever since, because it's the only thing keeping nausea at bay, and I have maintained my weight loss.

The weight dropped after that first stall when I had a whole weekend of not counting calories at all. Sometimes your metabolism slows down and you need a reset. Some do it for a weekend. Some for up to two weeks. You can search that in the topics and find others' experiences. It worked for me.

I have been on here for about 15 weeks and am at 38 lbs lost. I found that some weeks it was a 2lbs or more other weeks it was less.

I had a week or so when I stopped counting calories and just let things be. It was not planned and am now on track again with approx 2lbs a week.

Good Luck