7+ months in - slow but steady!

[GroovyLady821]

38 in 7.5 months at a pound a week is one of the more sustainable paces - slow loss tracks better for body composition than aggressive phases.

 

[Zara_05]

38 pounds in 7.5 months at a pound a week is one of the cleaner sustained-rate results - the slow-and-steady pace builds habits more reliably than fast early losses. The shorter-timeframe progress documentation captures what the long before/after often misses: that the change wasn't an event but a gradient, and that photos 3-4 weeks apart show the body responding weekly rather than dramatically at once. The 10th shot is a good staging post for that kind of record.

 

[Slim_Squad]

38 pounds at 7.5 months on a consistent-pace trajectory tends to preserve lean mass better than faster loss. Hypoglycemia resolving on top of that is a dual metabolic win.

 

[Chicago_Wind]

The postpartum timeline adds another layer to what's already a slow phase on the scale - the hormonal reset from having a baby doesn't sync up with a weight loss protocol's expectations. The pound-a-week pace in the later stretch is actually the sustainable signal, not a sign something's wrong. Bodies defending a set point become harder to move as the gap between current and goal shrinks, which is exactly when people start second-guessing the process.

 

[Green-FWIW]

4 lbs at 10 weeks with active recomposition from protein and weight training is a different kind of progress than the OP's pound-a-week trajectory. The scale number at that stage often doesn't reflect the actual body change. Consistent pound-a-week for 7.5 months is the result of the OP not trying to rush it. Good habits alongside the medication are the part that tend to hold.

 

[plucky_lowkey4599]

2.5 years in and the later stretch requiring more active management as caloric needs drop is the reality the OP at 7.5 months hasn't hit yet. A pound a week consistently is actually the sustainable version - the people chasing faster results often end up in a harder spot later. The OP's pattern is exactly what this looks like when it works.

 

[Trail_05]

Solid progress is exactly right! The first weeks finding your footing are just part of it and a pound a week from there is genuinely the sweet spot for sustainable loss. The 20 lb first month stories are almost always water weight. Keep going exactly like this.

 

[Alex_33]

36 pounds in 7 months is a pound a week, which is actually the rate that tends to preserve the most muscle relative to fat - fast loss looks better on a chart but the composition outcome is usually better at the slower pace. 'so slow' and 'exactly right' can be the same thing

 

[snug_easygoing7123]

Dropping 1-2kg weekly here, but that's mostly because I'm starting around 149kg, lol. Rate of loss really comes down to where you're starting from, not some universal fixed number everyone should expect.

 

[basil_tinkertbh]

Congrats, that's huge! My own timeline was similar-ish, five weeks at the starter dose before bumping up, and now I'm wrapping week six on the next level. Since April 27 the total sits at 26 pounds gone. It came off quick early on since I felt pretty rough, but these days with better food choices and more protein, it's still moving, just slower now. Totally fine with that, slow and steady wins. Keep it up!

 

[mellow_warmerxoxo]

No real way to predict it honestly. Some people end up losing the majority of excess weight. Others lose a smaller fraction. Only real way to find out is sticking with the process and letting the results show over time.

 

[sage-steeper]

Everyone's wired differently. Down 30 pounds over six months here. Still got about 90 more to go. Running roughly a pound a week on average. MJ alone, nothing else stacked.

 

[rebooting-log20]

Fifteen weeks into this journey now, and in the mid-sixties age-wise. A few days back, a heavier-looking reflection showed up in the mirror. Recognized immediately what that actually was, a mental trick. A few days later, the more accurate picture finally came into view. Frequent photos and weigh-ins end up counterproductive personally because of exactly that kind of mind game. This round, no photos at all, just weighing and measuring once every five weeks. Everything in between gets ignored entirely. Wish this lesson had landed decades earlier. It's the long game that matters here, not short-term wins. The inches lost every fifth week are honestly incredible. Best of luck on the journey.

 

[sortingoutconsistent]

Agreed, results vary a ton by person. I dropped roughly 17 lbs across the first 12 weeks, though not in a straight line. Now at 30 lbs total by month seven. Somewhere around 1-2 lbs weekly tends to be the ideal pace. The early months were toughest for me side-effect-wise, so if things are moving but you're not feeling great, hang in there a bit longer. Looking back, I probably wasn't eating enough during that early stretch, and that honestly made everything harder. Eventually my body caught up and adjusted. Good luck out there!

 

[crispyraisin57]

12 lbs over 7 months still counts as forward progress, even if the pace feels agonizingly gradual. That exhaustion at 1.7 wiped me out too, some days felt like I could've dozed off from simply being alive.

Might be worth sticking with it a while longer since you mentioned it's still moving, even if slowly. Certain bodies just resist for ages, then unexpectedly the pounds start coming off around the ninth or tenth month in.