Hi I started in March 2011 and got to this weight in November 2011. So it took about nine months really.
Keeping it off is more difficult but the motivation to watch it carefully comes from two delights - clothes that make me feel amazing and the ability to exercise easily.
I think being overweight is a major disability, only when it's gone did I start to appreciate feeling well. I thought painful knees, a bad back, painful hips, and a headache from too much wine was normal, I was even getting ready to buy a walking stick to help me get about. It was ageing me about twenty years.
I am evangelical about losing weight - Exante did it for me. Good luck
GSQ