Crazynette's post abut hitting her 10% has me wondering - About how long does it take to reach 10%? I know we all have different weights, goals and 10% amounts, but any "guesses" on about how long it takes (I KNOW, I KNOW, IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES) But . . .
would people chime who have reached 10% and let us know how long it took you?
I'm hoping to hit mine in the next 4 weeks or so and that would put me around the 20 week mark
It took me nearly 6 weeks. However because everyone starts at different weights a person who is 250 would need to lose 25 pounds and someone who is 160 would need to lose 16.
Average weight loss OP is .5-2 pounds a week so it would vary.
Don't compare yourself or anyone else on how long it takes becuause (as my leader said yesterday) there isn't a valid answer for that question.
It took me a good 4 months. I really think it is b/c I am not that far from goal so it took me much longer to get there. I had women drop to there 10% in a few weeks at the meetings. But, they had a good amount to lose. I hate to hear it too but it is all personal.
Kelly - I'm not comparing. One of my favorite leader sayings is "If you compare, you will despair."
Just curious - besides I LOVE SUCCESS STORIES!!!!
Oh ok well that is not the way I perceived your question. My bad.
I lost my 10% in 14 weeks.
I had the same question. I need to lose 20 pounds to reach my 10% goal. I'm hoping it won't take a whole year to reach it.
About 10 weeks to hit my first 10% AFTER I joined the regular WW meetings. Confusing, I know! I did WW at home for 3 weeks before I went to my first meeting, so my 10% started with that first meeting weigh in. If all goes well, I should hit my second official WW 10% in two or three weeks! YIPPEE!
It took me 10 weeks to hit my 10%. 10% for me was 23 lbs. It does totally depend on your starting weight though. I love my key chain, every time I look at it, it reminds me of how far I've come.
Good luck!
Mine was 20lbs. It took me 13 full weeks OP
It took my 14 weeks to lose my 10% of 22 lbs!
My 10% was 25 lbs and I met that at 8 weeks. I tend to lose fairly quickly in the beginning though.
You know my 10% is 17 and I still haven't reached it. I've been doing WW for 14 weeks. I guess I am a really slow loser but actually I don't mind so much. I feel like if I went too fast I would not be able to maintain the weight. Doing it slowly (which means I usually use up all my xtra points, hey I like to go out and eat on the weekends) to me means that I am soaking in the life changing habits and not "doing the program until I am thin then can revert back to the way I used to eat".
I know this may sound like a horrible analogy, but coming from a girl scarred for life from the taunting in school I've come to consider my easy tendancy to gain weight as a medical condition and when Im "thinner" there are periods of "remission". I will never be cured of a predisposition to carry weight coupled with a craving for foods to put it there. So remission means always keeping an eye on what I am doing because always the moments Im not paying attention I gain weight back.
