Maintainers weekly Check-in October 2017
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Name: MW
Age: 33
Height: 5'2"
Total Weight lost: ~20lbs
Time it took to lose: ~4months
How long in maintenance: 9 months
Maintenance weight range: 110-115lbs
Average weight recorded from January-August: 115lbs
Average weight recorded from September: 112.5 lbs
Week of...
2nd October: 112.2 lbs
9th October: 109.5 lbs
16th October: 109.6 lbs
23rd October:
30th October:
Succcess/struggles of the week:
It's been another low week, which I was surprised about. My new no sugar/gluten/alcohol/caffeine/soy diet is strange. It's high in protein and fat with plenty of complex carbs so I'm always feeling full but I've had to cut a lot out of my usual diet so I still have to play around with my calorie intake a bit to not lose anymore weight.
Ps- I'm on this new diet for fertility reasons... not because I don't love sugar, bread, coffee and wine!!!4 -
Name: Stephen
Age: 57
Height: 6'2"
Total Weight lost: 79
Time it took to lose: 12 months
How long in maintenance: 9 months
Maintenance weight range: 180-185
January: 184.7
February: 182.7
March: 182.5
April: 183.1
May: 182.4
June: 181.4
July: 182.7
August: 183.9
September: 183.1
2nd October: 183.6
9th October: 184.7
16th October: 184.2
23rd October:
30th October:3 -
Name: Irina
Age : 47
Height : 5'7
Total Weight lost: 75ish lbs
Time it took to lose: about 10 months
How long in maintenance 11 months
Maintenance weight range, adjusted: 145 - 150 lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 152.3
Average weight recorded from February: 152.2
Average weight recorded from March: 151.4
Range of weight recorded from April 146.6- 150.4
Range of weight recorded from May 144.6- 151.2
Range of weight from June 143.6- 153.2
Range of weight from July 143.0 - 149.6
Range of weight from August 145.8- 151.0
Range of weight from September 143.8 - 147.6
Week of...
1st October 145.2 lbs scale, 145.6 trend
8th October: 146.5 lbs scale, 146.1 trend
15th October: 144 lbs scale, 145,7 trend
22nd October:
29th October:
Success / struggles of the week :just normal ups and downs, eat too much one day, counteract that for next couple of days.5 -
Name: Harper
Age: 39
Height: 5'1
Total Weight lost: 50 pounds
Time it took to lose: one year, four months
How long in maintenance: four months
Maintenance weight range: 117 -122
Average weight recorded from May: 120 (goal)
Average weight recorded from June: 119.2
Average weight recorded from July: 121
Average weight recorded from August: 121
Average weight recorded from September: 121
Week of...
2nd October: 120.2
9th October: 121.8
16th October: 120
23rd October:
30th October:
Success/struggles of the week: Success -- I've been away and unable to eat as I normally do. I didn't eat the right foods, but I also didn't eat a whole lot while I was gone. Also, I forgot to log in one day while I was away, and I broke my 460+ day "streak." I was going for 500 days, but that's okay!7 -
Name: Kristen
Age : 38
Height : 5'11
Total Weight lost: 14lbs
Time it took to lose: about 2 months
How long in maintenance: 4 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 147 - 152 lbs
Surpassed Goal of 150 and started "maintaining" Sept. 15th (scale read 148.4).
Week of...
1st October 148.4 lbs scale, 148.5 trend
8th October: 146.6, 148.0 trend
15th October: 146.2, 147.1 trend
22nd October:
29th October:
Success / struggles of the week : Still having issues planning for "more food". This most I ended a day this week was 1512, which as you can guess, is way lower than my maintainace goal. But, I have been enjoying the extra calories to fill with beer I haven't had room for lately...
Successes: I did figure out how to make this week a bit better than last week. Going on vacation in 3 weeks, so this weekend I made sure things fit right. 1/2 of what I planned to take is too big...so I'm gonna have to scramble a bit...LOL I'll figure it out, or just wear big clothes.7 -
Name: Kathryn
Height: 5'3.5"
Total Weight lost: ~74 lbs (I dropped about 14 lbs below original goal)
Time it took to lose: 10 months (to original goal of 135)
How long in maintenance: I called maintenance in July 2016, but I have continued to slowly lose so I'm not really sure.
Maintenance weight range: 120 - 125 lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 127.1
Average weight recorded from February: 126.5
Average weight recorded from March: 126.2
Average weight recorded from April: 124.9
Average weight recorded from May: 124.9
Average weight recorded from June: 122.8
Average weight recorded from July: 122.1
Average weight recorded from August: 122.5
Average weight recorded from September: 121.4
Week of...
2nd October: 121.2 scale/ 121.5 trend
9th October: 121.6 scale/ 121.4 trend
16th October: 119.4 scale/ 120.9 trend
23rd October:
30th October:
Success/struggles of the week: I feel like things are going pretty good for me. But I do think I may be trending down a little. I guess I need to up my calories some. It's hard though. I feel like I'm eating the right amount. And my energy level is good.7 -
Name: Nikki
Total weight lost: 30 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 years
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...
October 2 -
October 9 - 158.8
October 16 - 158.0
October 23 -
October 30 -
Success/struggles of the week:
Was really hoping to post more of a loss this week and did see lower but this is what my mean scale said today. My exercise was off last week, but my food was good.5 -
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
May avg 155.4
June avg 155.4 (2 weeks only, gone rest of month)
July avg 155.3
Aug avg 155.6
Sept avg 155.4
10/1/17 156.6
10/9/17 154.6
10/15/17 153.4
I am happy to be at 153.4 for 3 days which makes me think it's fat loss, not water fluctuation. This puts me right in the middle of my maintenance where I prefer to be.
I went to an REI seminar for a refresher on snowshoeing. I hope to do a little of that this winter. I did it about 25 years ago and eventually gave away my snowshoes because I resigned myself to the idea that I would never again be fit enough to do it. WRONG!!
Hubby & I found a new place to hike that is only 1/2 hour from home and has enough trail you can get about 10 miles in. This will be great, and it's not even too hard so great for a short afternoon outing. You never know what you might find close by. I thought we had pretty much scoured out the possibilities.
Keep on Keeping On!
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It looks like everyone is doing fairly well. I've been away and not logging for a while, but thought I would check in. I stopped logging back in June. I started here almost 3 years ago weighing in at 187#, probably size 18? XXL for sure. Most of my weight in my belly, but certainly not confined there,
I hit maintenance May, 2015 at 130# and continued to lose for many months. For a while, I was down to 112# which is 6# underweight for my height and struggled between staying underweight and trying to gain without getting fat again. I know, we have all been there.
I am now weighing in at 116# and have been there for a while. I had a scare last month after a tussle with poison ivy and a wasp sting, both of which never bothered me until now. I swelled up pretty good. Anyway, I am back and steady at 116#.
I have really been working on not obsessing over the scale. I weigh myself once per week. I have weighed every day and found I get more than a little crazy.
Good luck, peeps!
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Name:Robby
Age:28
Height: 6' 0''
Total Weight lost: 107
Time it took to lose: 14 months
How long in maintenance: 2nd week (1st time posting here)
Maintenance weight range: 170-175
Week of...
2nd October: 174.3
9th October: 172.1
16th October:
23rd October:
30th October:
Success/struggles of the week: I have been on a low calorie regimen for so long upping calories is a bit of a challenge, both physically and mentally. It will take me awhile to get the hang of this I imagine. Also since I am a distance runner in the 35-40 mile a week range, I suspect it will also take me awhile to get an accurate rendering of how many calories I am actually burning so I know how much to eat back. My first week of "maintenance" I still lost weight. I will start to look emaciated and gross if I get much skinner, so this is not a good thing. Obviously I did not care so much about running burn accuracy when I was still cutting, but maintenance is going to require a bit more precision.12 -
Name: Cheryl
Age: 61
Height: 5'5"
Total Weight lost: 88
Time it took to lose: 2 years
How long in maintenance: 1 week
Maintenance weight range: 140 - 150
Average weight recorded from January: 160
Average weight recorded from February: 161
Average weight recorded from March: 159
Average weight recorded from April: 156
Average weight recorded from May: 152
Average weight recorded from June: 150
Average weight recorded from July: 148
Average weight recorded from August: 145
Average weight recorded from September: 145
Week of...
2nd October: 144.6
9th October: 144.4
16th October: 147.6
23rd October:
30th October:
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Age: 65
Height: 5'8.5"
Total Weight lost: about 50 lbs
Time it took to lose: about 10 months
How long in maintenance: 6 weeks
Maintenance weight range: below 153, maybe 140s...
Average weight recorded from January: 188.4 lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 182.2 lbs
Average weight recorded from March: 176.8 lbs
Average weight recorded from April: 171.1 lbs
Average weight recorded from May: 165.2 lbs
Average weight recorded from June: 161.3 lbs
Average weight recorded from July: 157.7 lbs
Average weight recorded from August: 152.2 lbs
Average weight recorded from September: 149.4
Week of...
2nd of October: 146.6 lbs
9th of October: 149.0 lbs
16th of October: 148.0 lbs
Success/struggles of the week: one thing I notice about MFP Maintainers is that, unlike most people who've reached their goal weight, we tend not to get sucked into the usual (massive) food liberalizations that can lead to weight regain - it seems we always have one eye on the CICO balance, and are absolutely determined to preserve it!
It was my birthday yesterday, and I could have easily met the food challenges and overcome them; however, this was my first birthday in many decades "@maintenance", and I guess a psychological shift was brewing beneath the surface because I lost my grip and allowed myself massive food liberalizations!!! On my way home in the evening I reflected on how to handle my massive CI. My first thought was the ever-popular "never mind, forget it, start fresh in the morning" approach, but then I thought about the awesome way so many MFP Maintainers do everything they can to preserve CICO, and elected to do the same. So I stopped at the gym again on the way home, even though I'd already been there in the morning, and built my CO up! Was very pleased when I woke up this morning that the problem had been dealt with, and I can proceed with a fresh slate...
Wishing y'all the best!12 -
@pkweier, Pam, what a pleasant shock, fitting into a size 12. Really sorry to hear you're struggling with depression, and hope it eases soon.2
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Name:Fidan
Height: 171cm
Age: 31
Total Weight lost: 48kg
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 1 year 5 months
Maintenance weight range: 73.3kg and below
Average weight recorded from January: 72.8kg
Average weight recorded from February: 72.3kg
Average weight recorded from March: 72.7kg
Average weight recorded from April:72.5kg
Average weight recorded from May:72.7kg
Average weight recorded from June: 74kg
Average weight recorded from July: 73.9kg
Average weight recorded from August: N/A
Average weight recorded from September:74.8kg
Week of...
2nd October:74kg
9th October:73.2kg
16th October:72.5kg
23rd October:
30th October:
Sucacess/struggles of the week:
I weighed in a little late today but that's okay.
It is my son's birthday today. I tried to keep food light during the day to sace for the feast later on. I enjoyed my food but I'm knackered now. Hopefully I won't pay for it come next week weigh day.
I'm going away to visit my bro up in Newcastle from Friday-Monday. I think I might pack my kitchen scale just incase. As I won't have control over what's being cooked, I might be able to take charge of my own plate/portion.
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@Rachelmilloy Happy Birthday! Great job on your weight loss. Please keep in mind, it is OK to celebrate once in a while. One salad will not make us lose weight, one cheeseburger will not make us gain. Somewhere along this road, we need to learn to forgive ourselves and splurge!4
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@Rachelmilloy Great job! Keep your eye on the prize. Maintenance and health is our prize!
The issue is not "liberalizing" once a year, it's that many of us can find a reason to splurge everyday and that doesn't end well.2 -
Thanks @mk2fit and @lorrpb !!! Yes, I'm certainly the type who can find a reason to splurge everyday. And I will definitely be keeping my eye on the prize... and staying within my weekly calorie allotment! At the same time, I am so looking forward to increasing my calorie allotment as I slowly reduce my deficit, and am getting a "splurge" experience from my assortment of higher calorie treats. Just polished off 49 grams of wine gums - not feeling deprived!4
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Name: Ingrid
Age: 45
Height: 5'4
Total Weight lost: 213 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 3 years and 6 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
MainName: Ingrid
Age: 45
Height: 5'4
Total Weight lost: 213 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 3 years and 6 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance weight range: 128-135
Average weight recorded from January: 135
Average weight recorded from February: 132
Average weight recorded from March: 132
Average weight recorded from April: 132
Average weight recorded from May: 132
Average weight recorded from June: 130.6
Average weight recorded from July: 131.5
Average weight recorded from August: 128.75
Average weight recorded from September 128.24
Week of October 6: 125.5
Week of October 13: 127.5
Week of October 20: 125
Week of October 27:
Struggles/successes of the week:
Successes: No binging, kept up with exercise!
Struggles: Still worried and obsessed.5 -
@kalchthaleri You're doing great! You mention your struggle is being 'worried and obsessed', speaking from being at maintenance 4 years, that still can figure in the odd time but thankfully most of the time I can relax and say to myself yes, I have got this! hope you feel with each passing month that you can also let go of those feelings. 4
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Rachelmilloy wrote: »Thanks @mk2fit and @lorrpb !!! Yes, I'm certainly the type who can find a reason to splurge everyday. And I will definitely be keeping my eye on the prize... and staying within my weekly calorie allotment! At the same time, I am so looking forward to increasing my calorie allotment as I slowly reduce my deficit, and am getting a "splurge" experience from my assortment of higher calorie treats. Just polished off 49 grams of wine gums - not feeling deprived!
heck yes! heres to not feeling deprived or guilty about treats 2 -
Name: Brenda
Age: 48
Height: 5'2"
Starting Weight:194
Total Weight lost: 64
Time it took to lose: 37 Weeks
How long in maintenance: 21 Weeks
Maintenance weight range: 125-130
Average weight recorded from...
June............129
July..............130
August.........129
September...129
Week Of...
Oct 7.....129
Oct 13...129
Oct 20...130
Success/struggles of the week:
I'm changing the high end of my maintenance range from 135 to 130.
I had 4 splurge days this week and 3 OMAD days...I ate too much bad food on my splurge days and I got sulfer burps and a tummy ache...So I'm cutting back on my splurge days and will be eating better foods.7 -
Name:bringbackthejoy
Total weight lost 37lbs
Height: 5'6.5"
Time it took to lose: 5 months
How long in maintenance: 4 months
Maintenance Goal weight range: 112-115
Start of Jan: 148 lbs
Start of Feb: 139 lbs
Start of March: 133
Start of Apr-127.2
Start of May: 122.6
Start of June-115.0-GOAL
start of July- 115
Start of august-115
Start of sept 112
Start of oct:113
October 6-111.2
October 13-Away
October 20-112.1
October 27-
Struggles: Getting back on track after comping home from the funeral. I know I was afeared of the increase to 12 miles this week. I may have injured my knee due to this. I am struggling with how to rehab while still maintaining my cardio training.
Strengths: I did a deja scan this week. First one since calling maintenance back in June. I was sure that I would be wiggly jiggly due to dropping some of the weight works to focus on running. To my surprise, I was leaner than I expected. And I had an 2lb increase in muscle mass. YEAH!!!
Upcoming week plan: Like I said, I have to rehab this knee. I have found some videos on you tube that I will do daily. I will drop the calories a little below maintenance so that I can make up for the loss of calories usually due to running. I only ever eat 1/2 back.5 -
Name: Jen
Age: 46
Height: 5'2.5"
Total Weight lost:145lbs
Time it took to lose: 2.75yrs
How long in maintenance : Since 4/14/17.
Maintenance weight range: Would like to stay under 122 at morning weigh-in.
January avg weight trend: 126.8lbs
February avg weight trend: 126.1lbs
March avg weight trend: 124.6lbs
April avg weight trend: 122.9lbs
May avg weight trend: 123.4lbs
June avg weight trend: 122.6lbs
July avg weight trend: 122.3lbs
August avg weight trend: 118.9lbs
September avg weight trend: 119.1lbs
Trend week of...
29th September: 118.9lbs
6th October: 118.3lbs
13th October: 118.9lbs
20th October: 118.6lbs
Successes of the week: Have tried upping my mini dumbbell weights for some exercises.
Challenges of the week: Still not enough hours in a day. Stretching gets cut out almost daily. Also late to bed.5 -
Name: Nichell
Age: 29
Height: 5'6
Total Weight lost: ~50lbs
Time it took to lose: 5.5 months
How long in maintenance: about 21 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 148-153lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 182.4
Average weight recorded from March: 173.5
Average weight recorded from April: 164.5
Average weight recorded from May: 156.4
Average weight recorded from June: 152.3
Average weight recorded from July: 150.35
Average weight recorded from August: 150.1
Average weight recorded from September: 149.5
Week of...
2nd of October-149.9, trend 151.6
9th of October-150.2, trend 150.8
16th of October-150.8, trend 151.7
Successes/struggles- I find myself finding more and more excuses to binge/indulge/fall off my diet. I had a particularly bad day at work today, which caused me to miss my lunch (not by choice) and build up enough stress due to hunger combined with a stressful day and ended up stuffing my face with Chinese food; mind you, it wasn’t even good Chinese food! At least that’d have been worth it. Anyway, I need to develop coping skills outside of eating. Or just stop harping on every single opportunity that comes up to ear poorly. I need to stop making excuses and get serious2 -
Name: Nichell
Successes/struggles- I find myself finding more and more excuses to binge/indulge/fall off my diet. I had a particularly bad day at work today, which caused me to miss my lunch (not by choice) and build up enough stress due to hunger combined with a stressful day and ended up stuffing my face with Chinese food; mind you, it wasn’t even good Chinese food! At least that’d have been worth it. Anyway, I need to develop coping skills outside of eating. Or just stop harping on every single opportunity that comes up to ear poorly. I need to stop making excuses and get serious
I am in the same boat. Stupid snatch and grabs after work.
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Name: Nichell
Age: 29
Height: 5'6
Total Weight lost: ~50lbs
Time it took to lose: 5.5 months
How long in maintenance: about 21 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 148-153lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 182.4
Average weight recorded from March: 173.5
Average weight recorded from April: 164.5
Average weight recorded from May: 156.4
Average weight recorded from June: 152.3
Average weight recorded from July: 150.35
Average weight recorded from August: 150.1
Average weight recorded from September: 149.5
Week of...
2nd of October-149.9, trend 151.6
9th of October-150.2, trend 150.8
16th of October-150.8, trend 151.7
Successes/struggles- I find myself finding more and more excuses to binge/indulge/fall off my diet. I had a particularly bad day at work today, which caused me to miss my lunch (not by choice) and build up enough stress due to hunger combined with a stressful day and ended up stuffing my face with Chinese food; mind you, it wasn’t even good Chinese food! At least that’d have been worth it. Anyway, I need to develop coping skills outside of eating. Or just stop harping on every single opportunity that comes up to ear poorly. I need to stop making excuses and get serious
@nichell88 You have great before and after pics in your avatar! I encourage you to post them someplace where you see them all the time. It might give you just the oomph you need to make decisions you're happy with.1 -
Name:Robby
Age:28
Height: 6' 0''
Total Weight lost: 110
Time it took to lose: 14 months
How long in maintenance: 3rd week
Maintenance weight range: 170-175
Week of...
2nd October: 174.3
9th October: 172.1
16th October: 171.3
23rd October:
30th October:
Success/struggles of the week: I am still continuing to drop weight for the third week in a row of "maintenance" despite upping calories to between 2850-3000 per day. My fitbit is apparently a little more accurate with burns from my running than I had originally thought. It seems on most TDE calculators that the upper tier "athlete" setting as far as activity level may be the way to go, putting me at 3300-3500. After crunching some numbers I believe this should balance out calories with my running, or at least come pretty close. That being said, that seems like a gargantuan amount of food for one day to me. I think I am going to do some experimenting with adding very calorically dense liquids as a base for my Met-Rx shakes instead of water or almond milk. Nestle Quik, Shatto Chocolate Milk, or maybe some ice cream or peanut butter if I am at home and can use the blender. Lastly, I have a charity 5K next weekend that is a Halloween themed event and I am going to run it in a Flash costume I got off of Ebay. Should make for some interesting pictures if nothing else.6 -
joanreneepas wrote: »Good Morning. Glad to be here a second month with you all. I'm Joan. I have only be in Maintenance for 2 months. I lost 30# over approx 10 months. I started this journey month after having cervical disc surgery. I have extensive degenerative arthritis so I have restricted exercise activities, Ie... No running or jarring to the spine and some restrictions with lifting weights. I love to workout. It energizes me and makes me feel so good. I'm 5'4". 58 years young! My goal weight range is 125-128. Although I have aspirations of 120#, not sure if I could maintain that. Present weight today-126.2#! Yay! I did some struggling last month with trying to figure out this maintenance thing for myself. Others posts on this thread, have helped me a lot. This past week, I really have felt a lot less anxious and fearful of regaining. Looking forward to a great October! Don't ya just love Fall?
Oct 20-weight 128.4#
I’m not too concerned. I’m still in my goal range. Plus I bumped up the amount of weight I’m lifting in my weight training workouts about 2 weeks ago. Hopefully weight is up some as I’m building more muscle!
Successes: It’s been one year since my surgery and I feel like I’m in the best shape I’ve been in years!!!6 -
Name:Pam
Age: 59
Height:5'5
Total Weight lost:180
Time it took to lose:Started Jan 2016
How long in maintenance: Sept 2017
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Week of...
1st October 151.4:
8th October:150.4
15th October:149
22nd October:148
29th October:
Success's: Walked 5 miles for the first time yesterday.
Struggles: I'm still losing. This week going to eat calories like I eat on Sunday which was always my diet break day although ate at maintenance and some exercise calories back that day.7 -
Name: MW
Age: 33
Height: 5'2"
Total Weight lost: ~20lbs
Time it took to lose: ~4months
How long in maintenance: 9 months
Maintenance weight range: 110-115lbs
Average weight recorded from January-August: 115lbs
Average weight recorded from September: 112.5 lbs
Week of...
2nd October: 112.2 lbs
9th October: 109.5 lbs
16th October: 109.6 lbs
23rd October: 109.8 lbs
30th October:
Succcess/struggles of the week:
My new way of eating is so bizarre- I feel so full and I’m eating way more than before plus lots of good fat foods (evoo,full fat dairy, avocados, bone broth, etc) but my weight is staying the same. And I have not even been exercising as much as I usually do.
I do feel healthier and better nourished, with lots more energy but I don’t want to lose more weight. So I still have to get the hang of this maintenance business.12
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