Weight loss as a %?

[Emmie Lou]

Hi all
Can some clever person please help me with this?
I'd like to know the % of my weight loss and as i am totally useless with anything mathmatical im unable to work it out!

I started at 255lbs
Im now 235lbs
and my goal weight is 140lbs
need to lose 95lbs

Its probably very easy to work out but im completly lost!

Thanks in advance!

 

[flirty40greeneyes]

Hi Emma ......... I hope I have got this right - you have lost 20lb - but wanted originally to lose 115 - 20 lost + 95 still to lose - therefore you multiply the 20lb lost by 100 and divide by the 115 which was your total you wanted to lose. This means you've lost 17% of the weight you want to lose.

Hope this is right - and clear!!!!!!!!

 

[Emmie Lou]

Thats excellent Beverley,

Thanks so much, I know they are only numbers but i just want to see them go down ( % up) in as many ways poss!

 

[cah-ching]

Hi all
Can some clever person please help me with this?
I'd like to know the % of my weight loss and as i am totally useless with anything mathmatical im unable to work it out!

I started at 255lbs
Im now 235lbs
and my goal weight is 140lbs
need to lose 95lbs

Its probably very easy to work out but im completly lost!

Thanks in advance!

Hello Emmie Lou:


Your start weight = 255 Ibs
Your Goal Weight = 140 Ibs
Your current weight = 235 Ibs (well done on the loss!)

\ 255 - 140 = 115 Ibs (loss required to reach goal)

\ 255 - 235 = 20 Ibs (your weight loss so far)

\ 20 / 115 = 17.4 (1 d.p)

THEREFORE:

\ you are 17.4% of the way there

OR
\ you are 82.6% away from goal

I hope that helps!

CC x

 

[Jemax]

Hi Emmie Lou

Percentage of weightloss and to goal is a really good idea. I have to apply this myself so I can encourage myself further.

Cah-ching - good calculations. I'm brain dead this morning and couldn't even think of a solution. I think I will set this up on a spreadsheet.

 

[AmandaJayne]

Hmm ....

... using these calculations I am 77.5% of the way there, or 22.5% away from goal. That IS motivating!

 

[cah-ching]

Hmm ....

... using these calculations I am 77.5% of the way there, or 22.5% away from goal. That IS motivating!

Exactly. It is very motivating. Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but thats why I started the whole percentage thing. I've always had my weight loss as a percentage in my ticker.

 

[kazz]

Oh I'm 47.62% there!!