Maintainers weekly Check-in March 2017

fidangul

Hey there maintenance friends old and new!!! This thread is a continuation from the previous month. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability or support.

Name:
Total Weight lost:
Time it took to lose:
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range:
Average weight recorded from February:

Week of...
6th March:
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success/struggles of the week:

lorrpb

Should we carry forward the average weight from Jan too? It would be good to accumulate the monthly averages for the whole year!

kgirlhart

Thanks for starting the new thread @fidangul. I also think it would be good to carry forth the average from January.

fidangul

That's a good idea. Just add before the February average.

fidangul

Name:Fidan
Total Weight lost: 48kg
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 10 months
Maintenance weight range: 73.3kg and below

Average weight recorded from January: 72.8kg
Average weight recorded from February: 72.3kg

Week of...
6th March:
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success/struggles of the week:

nikkit321

Name: Nikki
Total weight lost: 30 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 years (maintenance was hard for me)
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance range: 140 - 145

Average weight recorded from January: 144.6
Average weight recorded from February: 142.4

Week of...
February 27: 141.6
March 6:
March 13:
March 20:
March 27:

Success/struggles of the week

girlgroves

Thanks for starting the new thread for this month Fidan.

Name: Mandy
Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs)
Time it took to lose: 16 months
How long in maintenance: 8.5 months (it's getting longer! )
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

Week of...
24th February (for ref): 140.4lbs
3rd March:
10th March:
17th March:
24th March:
31st March:

Success/struggles of the week:

onyxgirl17

So I've been 140 range for the past year and want to go back down to 135 range...

Feb. 27th - 143.0 (had Pizza Hut Sunday night... hoping it goes back down since I've averaged 1400 calories for the week and my TDEE is supposed to be 1750).

bradkyleeheller

Thanks again Findan for carrying this thread to a new month.


Name: Kylee
Total Weight lost: 9kg
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: 3 months
Maintenance weight range: 57- 59 kg

Average weight recorded from January: 58.2 kg
Average weight recorded from February: 57.4kg

Week of...
6th March:
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success/struggles of the week:

crzycatlady1

I'm still here-just busy with new house Going to just enter this week's info here in the March thread, to simplify things on my end!

Name: Sara
Total Weight lost: 50ish pounds
Time it took to lose: 6 months + a few months of slower loss as I transitioned into maintenance
How long in maintenance: 3+ years
Maintenance weight range: I've gone back into a short weight loss phase to get this down to 122lbs-125lbs (from 130lbs-135lbs)

Average weight recorded from February: fluctuated between 128lbs-129lbs most of the month

Week of...
February 27: 127.6
March 6:
March 13:
March 20:
March 27:

Success/struggles of the week-doing the 800g veggies and fruit challenge this week and saw an unexpected 1lb drop on the scale this morning. Someone said it could be water weight being flushed out by my higher potassium intake? Whatever happened, it was a nice little surprise

mk2fit

mk here

114 average for last two months.

Guess what? yep, 114 this week, too.

I did get back to running this past week, weather permitting. My leg/hip feel good and am beyond happy to be able to run again!

P.S. Thanks @fidangul for continuing this thread!

CoachJen71

Name: Jen
Total Weight lost:135+
Time it took to lose: 2.5yrs
How long in maintenance: I declared it at 140 last January, but that was too high for a petite lady. So not really in maintenance quite yet.
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.

Average weight recorded from January: 126.8lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 126.1lbs

Week of...
6th March: 124.8lbs
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success of the week: Switched from banking to TDEE. This is tricky, since I am not sure of my exact TDEE. I feel like I am eating a lot and am worried about gaining. I guess my main success this week is noticing the difference in my hunger levels between cutting and maintaining. Food stops tasting as good when I am less hungry.

Still trying to focus more on strength training and hunger cues, and still looking for that hobby.

girlgroves

Name: Mandy
Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs)
Time it took to lose: 16 months
How long in maintenance: 8.5 months (it's getting longer! )
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

Week of...
24th February (for ref): 140.4lbs
3rd March: 140.4lbs
10th March:
17th March:
24th March:
31st March:

Success/struggles of the week: Started this week really badly (very hungry for some reason and ate loads) but managed to rein it in by Wednesday and I'm happy with how the week ended. My PT session at the gym was cancelled last Friday but has been rearranged for tonight instead. Looking forward to that! Have a good week all!

Trina2040

Name: Trina
Total Weight lost: 50 ish lbs. (fluctuations)
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 2 years this month!
Maintenance weight range: 128 - 132

Average weight recorded from January: 130.3
Average weight recorded from February: 130.5

Week of...
5th March: 130.5
12th March:
19th March:
26th March:

Success/struggles of the week: Caught a cold so no gym for a few days; just what I needed on top of everything else going on. Still getting in my 20,000+ steps per day so FU cold. Hope you all had a great week!

powered85

Total Weight lost: 85lbs
Time it took to lose: 9 months
How long in maintenance: 2.5yrs
Maintenance weight range: 165-170lbs (6' M)

Week of...
End January: 168.0lbs
End February: 171.5lbs
3rd March: 171.2lbs
10th March:
17th March:
24th March:
31st March:

Success/struggles of the week: Tightening up the logging after a very bumpy February of vacations and travel. Seeing progress already.

Also finally bought a treadmill for home. This will kick start my motivation as still have another month or two of cold weather off and on.

Finally I'm committing to more whole foods and less crackers/candy for quick snacks along with adding more protein. Time will tell but really want to get down to mid 160's for race season.

Xvapor

How long in maintenance - 6 months
Maintenance weigh range 210-214

average weight January 212
average weight February 211

Week of march 5 - 210

Success/Struggles- trying to get enough calories without drinking them. I hate protein shakes and getting a shamrock shake everyday is getting tireding

bradkyleeheller

Name: Kylee
Total Weight lost: 9kg
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: 3 months
Maintenance weight range: 57- 59 kg

Average weight recorded from January: 58.2 kg
Average weight recorded from February: 57.4kg

Week of...
6th March: 56.8kg
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success/struggles of the week: I realalized only because of these threads I am still on a downward trend with my weight so I have upped my calorie intake. Even with eating over my calories every day and a couple of days of really going over my calories (baskin robins vertical Sundays twice this week) is not making much difference. I haven't been doing anything else other than steps averaged 16,500 per day and a little bit of weight training on my upper body.

allyphoe

Name: Phoebe
Total Weight lost: 40-45ish
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 16 months, but I had some regain about 6 months ago, and am just now getting back to where I was then. I'd like to lose another 5-10 pounds over the next year, to get my BMI out of the overweight range. So not 100% maintaining yet, but there's not a huge difference between maintaining and very slow loss.
Maintenance weight range: 140-155
Average weight recorded from January: 155.9
Average weight recorded from February: 153.5

Week of...
5th March: 150.8 by scale, 152.1 by trend
12th March:
19th March:
26th March:

Success/struggles of the week: Stupid brain freaking out and throwing my eating all off. My Excel schedule says I'm eating within 100 calories a day of what should be my sedentary maintenance for this weight, but I'm losing 0.6 pounds a week. Trying to decide if the swimming I'm doing is actually burning a significant number of calories and I should eat some back, or if this is just random fluctuation and next month I'm going to eat the same amount and gain as things balance out. When I've experimented with logging exercise before, my NEAT and the slop in my logging changed enough that they pretty much exactly cancelled out all the exercise calories. Still too early to know if that will be the case this time, too. But my brain is apparently super unhappy about the intake vs weight change discrepancy, and wants some disordered eating to soothe itself. Worthless brain!

neldabg

Name: Tina
Total weight lost: 60ish lbs
Time it took to lose: ~8 months
How long in maintenance: > 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 108-114 lbs

Average weight recorded from January: 109 lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 109 lbs

Week of...
6th March: 111.4 lbs
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success/struggles of the week: I've been stressed all week. Midterms tend to do that. Friday was especially stressful; I don't think I panicked as much as I did then when my laptop, which holds ALL of my schoolwork, wouldn't turn on. Perhaps I should invest in Cloud storage. This weekend, I was very tired, and I didn't feel rested even after 7.5 hours of sleep. *sigh* Idk. It's a new week now, and I hope things get better.

kgirlhart

Name: Kathryn
Total Weight lost: ~70 lbs (I dropped about 10 lbs below original goal)
Time it took to lose: 10 months (to original goal)
How long in maintenance: since July 2016
Maintenance weight range: 126 - 130 lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 127.1
Average weight recorded from February: 126.5

Week of...
6th March: 126.2
13th March:
20th March:
27th March:

Success/struggles of the week: I didn't really have any major struggles or successes this week. I guess that is part of maintenance. Just keeping the eating and the activity levels pretty equal.