Maintainers weekly Check-in April 2017
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Thanks for the kind wishes! I'm alive but sore and cranky. Moving around just a bit but mostly resting and settling in for recovery. The anesthesia was lovely; no wonder Michael Jackson loved it, but I had some very slight nausea so eating much yesterday was a no-go (a first for me, ha, ha). I'm sure my appetite will recover before I will. Cheers!
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Name:Fidan
Height: 171cm
Age: 30
Total Weight lost: 48kg
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 11 months
Maintenance weight range: 73.3kg and below
Average weight recorded from March: 72.8kg
Average weight recorded from February: 72.3kg
Average weight recorded from March: 72.7kg
Week of...
3rd April: 72.8kg
10th April: 70.8kg
17th April: 74kg
24th April: ?
Success/struggles of the week:
Not home and not fully recovered yet. Feeling better though.5 -
Name: Jen
Age: 45
Height: 5'2.5"
Total Weight lost:140lbs
Time it took to lose: 2.75yrs
How I lost it: My story
How long in maintenance : I declared it at 140 in January 2016, but that was too high for a petite lady. Redeclared it 4/14/17.
Maintenance weight range: Would like to stay under 125 at morning weigh-in.
Ongoing struggle: I still need to learn to trust my body cues, be content with eating just enough, and stop asking food to be more than just fuel. Life after work is just filled with getting steps and eating food to fill my evening. Really need to make peace with having fewer cals to work with. Contentment and an attitude of gratitude (and maybe a hobby) are the order of the day.
January avg weight: 126.8lbs
February avg weight: 126.1lbs
March avg weight: 124.6lbs
Week of...
27th March:123.9lbs
7th April: 123.3lbs
14th April: 122.5lbs
21st April: 123lbs
28th April: 123.1
Success of the week: Went out to eat again. Sandwich, no chips. Chocolate for dessert instead of bakery goodies. Also started reintroducing some more exercises on my bum knee.
Challenges of the week: Not loving the rising scale numbers. Trying to hold on to the goals of finding maintenance and recomping.3 -
Name: Margo
Height: 169cm
Total Weight lost: 10kg
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: 8 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 60-65kg
Average weight recorded from January: 68kg
Average weight recorded from February: 67,5kg
Average weight recorded from March: 64,7kg
Week of...
1st April : 64,6 kg
8th April : 64,2 kg
15th April : 64,2 kg
22nd April : 64 kg
29th April : 64 kg
Success of the week: I went hiking for 2 days and it was absolutely great. My workouts paid off, I could feel it :-)
And I planned out my food carefully and it all worked out beautifully.
Struggles: I struggled with goal setting and impatience but I decided to keep doing what I'm doing and trying to visualise my life in the long run instead of immediate results from week to week and I already feel much more relaxed.
@fidangul Get well soon!
(Edited to change the amount of weeks I have been in maintenance)7 -
Even though April was a bit of a higher weight month, I was happy to see the last two weeks have been slightly trending downward. During the week I keep bumping to my lower range number, but can't seem to break the 120 barrier (probably because my activity level has been so low lately). But at least I'm feeling like I'm solidly in maintenance.
Glad to hear @fidangul and @Trina2040 are doing better! Keep on with the healing!
See y'all in the May thread!
Name: b3achy / beachy
Total Weight lost: ~25 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since mid-January 2017 (3 months ago)
Maintenance weight range: ~120-125 lbs, for now (shooting for an eventual range of 115-120 lbs =~30 lb total loss)
Average weight recorded from January: 123.2 lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 122.1 lbs
Average weight recorded from March: 121.4 lbs
Average weight recorded from April: 122.4 lbs
Week of...(I weigh for record on Fridays)...
27th March (31 March): 121.8 lbs (Trending 122.57 lbs)
3rd April (7 April): 123.0 lbs (Trending 122.83 lbs)
10th April (14 April): 122.4 lbs (Trending 123.21 lbs)
17th April (21 April): 122.2 lbs (Trending 122.22 lbs)
24th April (28 April): 121.8 lbs (Trending 121.74 lbs)
Success/struggles of this week:
Success: Back on track with a slight downward trend. Still would like to be a bit lighter, so this is good. Did get at least one paddle in this week; weather hasn't been cooperating for more.
Struggle: Still not doing much exercise if I don't get out to paddle. Work has been very busy and I have been playing end of month catch up for hours, so it doesn't leave much time for working out. Need to be better about MAKING time to workout. Still need to get better about my protein, water and fiber intake - all been too low this week. Fighting some chest congestion today, and need to be healthy for my race next week.5 -
Name: Mandy
Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs)
Height: 5ft 6in
Time it took to lose: 16 months
How long in maintenance: 9.5 months
Maintenance weight range: 137 - 142lbs (aiming to lower this a little over time so that 140 is my max)
Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs
Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs
Average weight recorded for March: 141.2lbs
Week of...
31st March (for ref): 140.2lbs
7th April: 140lbs
14th April: 140.8lbs
21st April:141.6lbs
28th April: 141.4lbs
Success/struggles of the week: Oops - I forgot to update yesterday. And was really, REALLY tempted to post this morning's weight instead of yesterday's - I was 139.6 this morning!!!! But anyway - no cheating - that's the whole point isn't it!?! Food-wise all OK this week. It feels quite strange not logging, but I'm getting more used to it and looking forward to seeing if I can do this long term. Exercise-wise this week has been great - I ran my first 10k in more than 10 years! And managed to increase my lifting weights too! I'm loving it!
See you all in May's thread
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Name: Trina
Total Weight lost: 50ish lbs. (fluctuations)
Height: 5'2.5"/medium frame/67 yo
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 2 years
Maintenance weight range: 128 - 132
Average weight recorded from January: 130.3
Average weight recorded from February: 130.5
Average weight recorded from March: 130.3.
Average weight recorded from April: 130.6
Week of...
2nd April: 131.2
9th April: 130.3
16th April: 130.3
23rd April: 130.7
30th April: 130.8
Success/struggles of the week: Weight holding steady so yay! Kissing April goodby and looking forward to May. So much to do and so little time. Working towards recovery from surgery so I can get back into the gym. Walking everyday now until I get doctor's clearance. Activity way down but watching my calorie intake. Cheers!5 -
Name: Phoebe
Height: 5'3.385" apparently, even though I like to think of myself as 5'4"
Total Weight lost: 45ish
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 17 months, but I had some regain about 7 months ago, and am just now getting back to where I was then.
Maintenance weight range: 140-150
Average weight recorded from January: 155.9
Average weight recorded from February: 153.5
Average weight recorded from March: 151.8
Week of...
26th March (for reference): 150.4 by scale, 151.7 by trend
2nd April : 149.4 by scale, 150.8 by trend
9th April : 149.2 by scale, 150.4 by trend
16th April : 150.8 by scale, 150.4 by trend
23rd April : 149.4 by scale, 150.6 by trend
30th April : 146.6 by scale, 149.7 by trend
Success/struggles of the week: Went to the doctor. I'm more than half an inch shorter than I wanted to believe, despite having a morning appointment. My blood pressure is much higher than I'd wanted to believe, even after 15 minutes of quiet relaxation. Between the two of those, I'm thinking I might switch back to active loss, because while I'm pretty happy with the look and feel of my body, it's apparently not healthy at this size, and there's only one way to know if it would be healthier at some other size. I picked this goal range (straddling the very top of "normal" BMI for the height I thought I was) in part because last time I lost weight, I accomplished that with the assistance of disordered eating, which turned around and ate me the moment I loosened my grip on it. So this time, I intentionally lost very slowly and set a high target, and that seems to have worked in terms of better mental health. So maybe now it's time to look at physical health again.2 -
Name: Lori
Height: 5'7"
Total Weight lost: 150 (at lowest wt so far)
Time it took to lose: 2 1/2 years
How long in maintenance: 9/20/16 first day of weight within maint range
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Jan avg 154.3
Feb avg 155.1
March avg 155.9
April avg 154.7
4/2 155.7
4/9 154.0
4/16 154.6
4/22. 155.6
4/30 153.6 YAY!
I've lost the birthday bloat! Today's weigh in was actually the lowest I've had in 2 months. The mirror has been telling me that I've lost a little bit, despite the scales, so now we know. My plan is to keep it tight for the next 5 weeks, hopefully to give myself a little latitude for our big trip in June.
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End of Month Update/Corrections:
My April Report
Total Initial Weight lost: 36# (196 to 160#)
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 5 months
Average weight in December: 159.7
Average weight in January: 159.8
Average weight in February: 158.7
Average weight in March: 158.6
Average weight in April: 158.7
Weight today: 158
Total Net Weight loss (to date): 37.2#
April weight range (min/max) to date: 155.7-161.2
7 Day Average Weight for the Week of:
3rd April: 159
10th April:157
17th April: 158.4
24th April: 159.6
30th April: 159.7
Struggles/Successes: After topping out at 161.2 a week ago, my weight dropped back to 158.4 on 4/30 and 158 today. My 7-day average rose over the past 4 weeks because of some undisciplined eating but should drop back again in May, now that I'm back on track.2
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