Maintainers weekly Check-in January 2018
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I am also one who eats some chocolate every day. As long as it fits and you aren't hungry because you "wasted" all your calories then it's all good.2 -
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Omg, "blush". I can't edit anything on my phone. *losing *.
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Name: MW
Age: 33
Height: 5’2”
Total Weight lost: ~20
Time it took to lose: ~4 months
How long in maintenance: 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 110-115 lbs
Average weight recorded from December: 110.4 lbs
Week of...
1st January: 112.0 lbs
8th January:
15th January:
22nd January:
29th January:
Success/struggles of the week: Still right in the middle of my weight range which is good. Even so, I am feeling the difference from gaining weight over Christmas and now I’m not sure if I like it. I think mostly the fact I decreased my workouts has me feeling less badass and looking less toned. I’ll play around with my diet and exercise, and see if I really want to lose a bit more or keep my original maintenance goal.3 -
@ryenday - I know your struggle, for real. Every single day. I am still miffed about how to find a sustainable balance. It shouldn’t be this hard forever, should it? I’m a year into maintaining now and I still find myself hungry and trying to fight the urges almost every single day.... you’re not alone.
I finally realized that I have to track calories on a weekly basis not daily. On a daily basis I have 0 calories to spare for anything that could be considered a treat. But by tracking weekly, I can actually save some calories for food or drink that is just fun to have. That changed everything. Still hungry a lot, but have mostly conquered the hangries. Work in progress for sure!4 -
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.
Jan-Jun 2017 avg weight trend: 124.4lbs
Jul-Dec 2017 avg weight trend: 119.2lbs
December avg weight trend: 117.2lbs
Trend week of...
29th December: 117.7lbs
5th January: 118.5lbs
Successes of the week: Got in a couple of strength workouts. Starting to get my head back into more careful eating. (Hard to say, as I had food trouble all through fall, so can't only blame the holidays. However, I did let the holidays send me into a binge/exercise spiral.)
Challenges of the week: Mindfulness has been so far away for such a long time.
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Name: Ingrid
Age: 46
Height: 5'4
Total Weight lost: 216lbs.
Time it took to lose: 3 years
How long in maintenance: 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 125-130
Average weight recorded from December 2017: 123.6
Week of December 1: 123
Week of December 8: 127.5
Week of December 15: 125
Week of December 22: 122
Week of December 29: 120.5
Average weight from 2017: 129.59
Average weight recorded from January:
Week of January 4: 122
Struggles/successes of the week:
Last week I was 120.5 and today I am 122. So of course I worry I am on my way back to 338lbs. Didn’t binge or restrict all week and worked out every day though. So I will just keep going.13 -
@kalchthaleri It is so hard not to feel that way when your weight is up. But you are not gaining back all the weight you lost. You are in fact still under your maintenance range. I struggle with this as well, so I know exactly how you feel. Try not to worry and know that you've got this.2
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kalchthaleri wrote: »Name: Ingrid
Age: 46
Height: 5'4
Total Weight lost: 216lbs.
Time it took to lose: 3 years
How long in maintenance: 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 125-130
Average weight recorded from December 2017: 123.6
Week of December 1: 123
Week of December 8: 127.5
Week of December 15: 125
Week of December 22: 122
Week of December 29: 120.5
Average weight from 2017: 129.59
Average weight recorded from January:
Week of January 4: 122
Struggles/successes of the week:
Last week I was 120.5 and today I am 122. So of course I worry I am on my way back to 338lbs. Didn’t binge or restrict all week and worked out every day though. So I will just keep going.
I worry about the same and I'm just starting out. You know what to do if you keep gaining the trick is to start it right away something I will have to remind myself if I see my weight going up.1 -
Name: Brenda
Age: 48
Height: 5'2"
Starting Weight.......194 on 9/06/2016
Goal Weight.............130 on 5/27/2017
Total Weight lost......64 Pounds
Time it took to lose...37 Weeks
How long in maintenance: 7 Months
Maintenance weight range: 130 or lower
Average weight recorded for Month of:
June............129
July..............130
August.........129
September...129
October........129
November....129
December....128
Week of:
January 6th...128
Happy New Year Everyone
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I love this accountability thread - truly just what I needed to find to keep myself focused. Thanks for continuing it in the new year, @fidangul
Name: sofchak
Age: 35
Height: 5’3”
Total Weight lost: 40ish lbs
How long in maintenance: 1 year, 2 months
Maintenance weight range: 117-123
(As a guide for January) Average weight recorded from December: 119.6 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 117lbs
Week of...
6th January: 118.8
13th January:
20th January: on vacation
27th January:
Success/struggles of the week: The ridiculously cold weather demotivates me so much. I changed strength training programs, too, so water weight on top of less cardio this week (due to the aforementioned weather) .. and no surprise that my average weight jumped 1.5 lbs this week.
I really wanted to go into my vacation a little under my weight range so I could feel more confident in eating whatever I feel like eating during the trip. Ah well... guess I’ll just have to accept that I will need to buckle down a bit after I return from vacation as I am totally going to break past 125lbs.
Success is that I am glad I figured out how to make Maintenance sustainable - vacations, birthdays, holidays... they are all meant to be enjoyed. I am going to go on this vacation stress free about food - I can’t wait to see what all the fuss is about with eating in the Big Easy!
Happy New Year!
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Name: Summer
Age: 59
Height: 5'1.75"
Total Weight lost: ~34 lbs
Time it took to lose: 4 months
How long in maintenance: 13 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 99-101
Average weight recorded from October: 103.9
Average weight recorded from November: 100.9
Average weight recorded from Dec:98.6
Avg 31 Dec - 6 Jan 97.6 (happy scale 97.9 moving avg)
Avg 7 Jan - 13 Jan
Avg 14 Jan - 20 Jan
Avg 21 Jan - 27 Jan
Success/struggles of the week/month: Continuing to increase calories and still pretty amazed that my trend is down. I upped them from 1850 last week to 2000 this week and honestly it feels almost like I am binging, LOL. But then I wake up and work out and weigh and think, gosh, maybe my TDEE really is this high. Month 4 of maintenance and this is a new milestone for me. Esp with the injury last month. It seems to me that my body has not yet really realized that I am no longer in loss mode. I plan to continue at 2K intake another week and see if it starts to float back up or level off. For me post menapausal I think it takes only about 2 weeks at a calorie input level to see what the trend is. The only discovery the past few weeks which is sad is that with the increased calories my night sweats come back. When I was in deficit, they disappeared. I am trying to eat more throughout the day so there is not a large input in the evenings. Based on my yo yo history I have traditionally eaten light until dinner and then pigged out so learning to eat more at Breakfast and Lunch and trust I will eat reasonably at night is a big step. One thing that keeps me from "cheating" and eating less is the TDEE spreadsheet I am keeping and have since the beginning. Being a data freak, if I don't actually EAT at the level I plan, the data will be trashed. <G>7 -
Name: Orphia
Age: 50
Height: 176 cm
Total Weight lost: 36 kg
Time it took to lose: 12 months
Been logging since April 2015
Date began maintaining: April 2016
How long in maintenance: 21 months
Maintenance weight range: 63-65 kg
Average weight in 2017: 64 kg
2018
Average weight recorded from December: 64.7 kg
Average weight in January (week of):
1st January: 64.6 kg
7th January: 64.6 kg
Success/struggles of the week:
Been niggle-free and feeling strong running this week. Did a 21 km and an 18 km plus 3 short runs.
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Name:Pam
Age:59
Height:5'5
Total Weight lost:190
Time it took to lose:2 years
How long in maintenance:Sept 2017(although lost since then)
Maintenance weight range:145-15
Week of...
7th January:139.2
14th January:
21th January:
28nd January:
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Success/struggles of the week: I Started on Jan 1 at 139.4. While I ate a little more and walked a little less due to weather I still lost, it was a small lost but still a lost.5 -
Name: MW
Age: 33
Height: 5’2”
Total Weight lost: ~20
Time it took to lose: ~4 months
How long in maintenance: 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 110-115 lbs
Average weight recorded from December: 110.4 lbs
Week of...
1st January: 112.0 lbs
8th January: 113.8 lbs
15th January:
22nd January:
29th January:
Success/struggles of the week: I’ve had a cold since NYE so have not been working out at all. Plus Weighed myself this morning after going out last night for my birthday meal, which was amazing but big (with all the tasty gluten and sugar and alcohol etc that I’m not supposed to have). So today I am feeling terribly gross and the scale definitely reflects it. I’m still in my weight range and it’s nice to properly celebrate for my birthday, but I am so ready to get back on track after holidays, illness and my bday!!9 -
Name: Fidan
Height: 171cm
Age: 31
Total Weight lost: 48kg
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 1 year 8 months
Maintenance weight range: 73.3kg and below
Average weight recorded from December: 73.4kg
Average weight recorded from 2017: 73.3kg
Week of...
1st January: 73.1kg
7th January: 72.2kg
14th January:
21st January:
28th January:
Success/struggles of the week:
Oh my word!!! I've eat like there was no tomorrow for the first 4 days. Most of them were not the best of choices and I didn't feel satisfied or even enjoyed what I was consuming- what a fail!..... I started getting stomach cramps. So, for the last 3 days I decided to do better for my body nutritionally..... Also, rather than looking at my daily calories eaten I took into account my weekly calorie allowance. This was my attempt in recovering from the damage. And I do think it worked. I calculated the 4 days worth of calories consumed and subtracted it from the usual 7 days that I should/would have eaten and divided that by 3. And so the last 3 days I've been eating a lower number of calories per day. That wasn't at all bad because the deficit wasn't as difficult as I'd thought it'd be. Proud of myself for not panicking.
I'm still on track with my 10k steps per day goal. My current record is: 4 weeks and 4 days. Unfortunately, I've still not started any body strength workouts. I NEED to do something about this asap. Maybe this week?!
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Ladies (and gents), I love reading through this thread. Everyone is doing so well. No reason to panic or get crazy. Balance is the key. Lose a pound this week, gain 1/2 next. Do you feel good? Do your clothes still fit? Eat a little less or more depending on the scale. We have all lost what we need to lose, and know what we need to do to keep it that way. Go, fight, win!11
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kalchthaleri wrote: »Name: Ingrid
Age: 46
Height: 5'4
Total Weight lost: 216lbs.
Time it took to lose: 3 years
How long in maintenance: 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 125-130
Average weight recorded from December 2017: 123.6
Week of December 1: 123
Week of December 8: 127.5
Week of December 15: 125
Week of December 22: 122
Week of December 29: 120.5
Average weight from 2017: 129.59
Average weight recorded from January:
Week of January 4: 122
Struggles/successes of the week:
Last week I was 120.5 and today I am 122. So of course I worry I am on my way back to 338lbs. Didn’t binge or restrict all week and worked out every day though. So I will just keep going.
Currently you are well under the low end of your maintenance range. Last week you had a weird downward fluctuation. Do not give any credence to that little voice that is lying to you!3 -
Name: Stephen
Age: 57
Height: 6'2"
Total Weight lost: 80 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 12 months
How long in maintenance: 12 months
Maintenance weight range: 177.5-182.5
Average weight recorded from December: 181.7
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 182.7
Week of...
1st January: 181.5
8th January: 180.2
15th January:
22nd January:
29th January:7 -
Name: Theresa
Age : 52
Height : 5'7
Total Weight lost: 20ish lbs
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance weight range: 125-129.9 (don't want to see a 3 in the 2nd digit - thus 129.9)
Starting weight end of March: 146
Start of Maintenance end of June: 126.6
Range of weight recorded from July: 126.2-128.2
Range of weight from August: 126.0-128.2
Range of weight from September: 125.0-128.2
Range of weight from October: 126.4-128.6
Range of weight from November: 126.8-129.8
Range of weight from December: 126.2-130.0
Week of... (Monday weight date) -
1st January: 129.8 (trend 128.4)
8th January: 128.0 (trend 127.6 avg for week 127.1)
15th January:
22nd January:
29th January:
Successes/struggles: Been struggling with a bad cold since Thursday. I managed to walk several miles everyday on my treadmill desk, but skipped the gym a few days. I did get back to the gym this morning and back to my routine. I was considering changing my weigh in day to Tuesday since Monday is always high after higher sodium food choices during the weekend, but figured it was better to see that higher number on Monday to keep me committed through the week
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Goals this week: Stay within goal most days, fruit instead of chocolate when I need something sweet (darn employees gave me a bag of French chocolate for Christmas and it is sure tasty.) Would like to be at the bottom of maintenance by the time I leave for Costa Rica on 1/30/18. Three month goal is to try and move my maintenance weight range down about 3 lbs to 122-127. I really like how I look at 125 lbs.
Have a great week everyone!
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