Maintainers weekly Check-in March 2018

CoachJen71

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
January avg weight trend: 118lbs
February avg weight trend: 117.9lbs

Trend week of...
23rd February: 118.2
2nd March: 117.8lbs
9th March: 118lbs
16th March: 117.6lbs
16th March: 117.8lbs
30th March: 118lbs

Successes of the week: Got in steps, some workouts. Made a few good food choices.

Challenges of the week: Testing time at work throws off my schedule, which leaves me unsettled. Trying to squeeze art time into my life hasn't helped me let go of steps like I meant for it to. Stretching, sleep, and housework got cut back instead. Food-wise, I am still stuck in “enough is not enough” land. Lack of sleep isn't helping, I am sure, and neither is my dying and lying food scale. Bathroom scale has gone up a bit and clothes are getting a bit tighter. Will have to get a grip on that evening nosh session!

Brendalea69

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...9 Months
How long in maintenance: 10 Months
Maintenance weight range: Under 130

Average weight recorded for Month of:
June............129
July..............130
August.........129
September...129
October........129
November....129
December....128
January........127
February.......126
March...........125

Ending weight for week of:
March 3rd.....126
March 10th...125
March 16th...125
March 24th...126
March 31st...122

Eating Plan...
OMAD/Carb Cycling

I hit a new low, I now have an 8 pound eating window

sofchak

Name: sofchak
Age: 35
Height: 5’3”
Total Weight lost: ~40 lbs
Time it took to lose: ~9 months
How long in maintenance: Over a year
Maintenance weight range: 122-128
Average weight recorded from 2017: 117

Average weight recorded from January: 120
Average weight recorded from February: 124

Week of...
3rd March: 125.5
10th March: 125.8
17th March: 125.2
24th March: 126.2
31st March: 126.4

Successes/struggles of the week: it’s starting to feel like spring time!!! I got 3 runs done outdoors this week due to the nicer weather including the Philadelphia Love Run Half Marathon - in which I set a new personal record by almost 4 minutes!

My new modest little home gym was finished a couple weeks ago. I had to break a lot of old habits relative to workout times/activities in order to maximize my new workout space. Now that I’m settled on a new routine, I think I’m going to like this approach - it pushes my dinner back by 1.5-2 hours into the 6:30-7pm window which doesn’t leave me much time for late night grazing. It also frees up more of the evening for time with the DH.

Happy Passover/Easter everyone!

CarvedTones

Name: drew
Age: 59
Height: 5’8”
Total Weight lost: 62 lbs
Time it took to lose: ~7 months
How long in maintenance: 3 weeks (3/10/18)
Maintenance weight range: below 164

I have lost a little more since being in maintenance, but just to 160.8 as lowest so far. I weighed a low of 163 on 3/10 and it has not gone back above 164 since, but I want a little more cushion. I set 164 as my upper limit as that is where BMI = 24.9. If I want to increase the range, I need to lose more, not give myself permission to gain more, so I am very slowly doing that or at least try to making sure I don't do anything to get big swings up. I have the not so fun diagnostic procedure for the over 50 crowd coming up tomorrow, so I am on clear liquids only today and can't have anything until late afternoon tomorrow. So I probably will have another pound drop.

Gutcutter500

Name: Alan
Age: 57
Height: 5'10"
Total Weight lost: 95 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance weight range: 210-215 lbs.
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): irrelevant

Average weight January: 212.1 lbs.
Average weight February: 213.6 lbs.
Average weight March: 213.1 lbs

Week of...
4th March: 215.3 lbs.
11th March: 213.7 lbs.
18th March: 211.0 lbs.
25th March: 212.4 lbs.
1st April: 215.1 lbs.

I've started riding my bike in preparation for The Big Dam Bridge Ride in September. I am going for the whole 100 miles.