You’ve probably heard at some point that people should
strive to lose excess weight at a rate of one to two pounds a week. But we all
know that weight loss doesn't always come easily or consistently.
With that in
mind, we reached out to the people behind the popular weight-loss app Lose It!
to get more real-world numbers. According to their data, the average Lose It!
users lost 10 pounds in about seven weeks, and 90 percent of their users who
lost 10 pounds did it in less than 13 weeks.
It’s definitely good to hear
that it takes most people longer than five weeks to drop 10 pounds (you're not
alone if the scale seems stuck!), and that it’s also doable within three months
or so. But if you’re trying to drop 10 pounds, it’s important to keep this in
mind: Everyone moves at their own pace.
