Maintainers weekly Check-in May 2018
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@brightresolve - Thanks for the support, Beth. It is nice to have this community!1
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Name: Harper
Age: 40
Height: 5'1
Total Weight lost: 50
Time it took to lose: one year, four months
How long in maintenance: 12 months on May 30th
Maintenance weight range: 117-122
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):
Average weight recorded from January: 121.5
Average weight recorded from February: 119.9
Average weight recorded from March: 121.7
Average weight recorded from April: 122
Week of...
6th May: 122
13th May:
20th May:
27th May:
Well, I'm back in range after being slightly over last month. My eating is just okay -- not as healthy as it should be, though. I have my one year goal weight anniversary at the end of the month, and I want to make sure I am well in-range for that. Hopefully, that will motivate me to stay on-track.
All of a sudden, I just don't feel like tracking my food anymore. I have done it for so long without any issues, but it seems like a real chore now. I think I took on too much in other areas of my life, and now I can't give enough time and energy to maintenance, meal planning, and tracking. After this month, I'm going to slim down my commitments and put my attention back on ... myself!
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HarperAnn6 wrote: »Name: Harper
Age: 40
Height: 5'1
Total Weight lost: 50
Time it took to lose: one year, four months
How long in maintenance: 12 months on May 30th
Maintenance weight range: 117-122
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):
Average weight recorded from January: 121.5
Average weight recorded from February: 119.9
Average weight recorded from March: 121.7
Average weight recorded from April: 122
Week of...
6th May: 122
13th May:
20th May:
27th May:
Well, I'm back in range after being slightly over last month. My eating is just okay -- not as healthy as it should be, though. I have my one year goal weight anniversary at the end of the month, and I want to make sure I am well in-range for that. Hopefully, that will motivate me to stay on-track.
All of a sudden, I just don't feel like tracking my food anymore. I have done it for so long without any issues, but it seems like a real chore now. I think I took on too much in other areas of my life, and now I can't give enough time and energy to maintenance, meal planning, and tracking. After this month, I'm going to slim down my commitments and put my attention back on ... myself!
Awesome, it will be 1 year for me on the 27th6 -
Name: Ray
Age: 61
Height: 5'7
Total Weight lost: 52.6
Time it took to lose: about a year - Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
How long in maintenance: 46 months
Maintenance weight range: 160's
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12 months): 165
Average weight recorded from January: 168.2
Average weight recorded from February: 167.2
Average weight recorded from March: 167
Average weight recorded from April 165:
Week of...
6th May: 163.4
13th May:
20th May:
27th May:
Success/struggles of the week: Transitioning from running in the afternoon when I get up (I work nights) to running in the morning when I get off work. The Phoenix area is heating up with afternoon temps hitting the 100' s and coyotes are more active in the am around sunrise. I like running at this time though as traffic is lower where I live as the snowbirds have gone back up north for the summer.
My eating plan is going well except for Sundays as that is the day I tend to struggle with staying on plan. This past Sunday was better than the previous few.8 -
Name: Julie
Age: 60
Height: 5'3"
Total Weight lost: 21 lbs. (WAS 30 lbs.)
Time it took to lose: Started FOR REAL August 2016, lowest weight (120) recorded May 2017
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range: would like to be 120-125
Average weight recorded from January: 132
Average weight recorded from February: 132
Average weight recorded from March: 130
Average weight recorded from April: 130
Week of...
6th May: 129
13th May:
20th May:
27th May:
Success/struggles of the week: Just a busy time of year -- I teach college and it's end of semester stress, lots of retirement parties to attend (we're pealing off! Not me yet! lol!) and so much food -- in offices, in hallways, in classrooms -- everyone has danish and bagels and donuts EVERY MORNING! We are TERRIBLE breakfast eaters in this country! I have a few Japanese students and they eat rice and fish in the morning. We eat sugar. So far I've been resisting...I truly hate the feeling in my stomach now after I eat sugary stuff. Give me the breakfast fish!!
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Name: Lisa
Age: 54
Height: 5'2 1/2"
Total Weight lost: 5 kilos
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: a few years
Maintenance weight range: 52-54 kilos (around 115-119 lbs)
Average weight in 2017 estimate- was not doing regular weekly weigh-ins: 56
Average weight January: 58.9 (highest in 30 years!)
Average weight in February 56.1 kilos
Average weight in March 55.5 kilos
Average weight in April 56.8 kilos (125.2 lbs.)
Week of...
6th May: 56.3 kilos (121.4 lbs)
13th May:
20th May:
27th May
Success of the week, last week, 47000 steps. (I know that's not a lot for many/most of you guys but it's better than nothing. I had one day with18,000 steps (walking around museum and walking friend from out of town around).
Struggles: I didn't track much, nor get that much intense aerobic exercise.
Success this week: went to the pool yesterday for lap swim. I only swam 500 meters and not 1 km like last time. And didn't have horrible shoulder pain I had last time; had no pain this time, so I can go back. I used to be an avid swimmer, but was rusty, when I did the 1K and didn't feel it till next days. Tracked yesterday.8 -
Name: Jim
Age:70
Height:5’8”
Total Weight lost:197.2 (SW 376.2)
Time it took to lose: 5 years, 2 mos; 1/13 to 3/29/18
How long in maintenance: Since 3/29/18.
*Maintenance weight range:179-184
*May adjust lower GW after six months Maintenance.
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): N/A
Average weight recorded for April:
Week of 4/26 181
10 May 179 (No Change)
Success/struggles of the week:
Success: Maintenance on six weeks, earned WW Lifetime membership. FREE
Struggling: Ate a jar of salsa then afterwards saw Peach Mango Salsa added WW Points (calories). Live and Learn.8 -
Name: Faebert
Age: 39
Height: 5’6
Total Weight lost: 47lbs
Time it took to lose: on and off 3 years. First 30 in 4 months and then gradually reduced goal weight
How long in maintenance: 12 months
Maintenance weight range: 115-120
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 121
Average weight recorded from April: 114.9
Week of 4 May: 113.5
Week of 11 May: 113.25
Successes/struggles of the week: Still on the low side weight wise but I’m eating fairly well. Just very busy so need to figure out a way to eat more (in a controlled way) because I don’t really want to drop activity. That said, morning workouts have been a challenge due to my kitten who seems to have a death wish. Makes it much harder when he runs underneath me as I do push ups, tries to catch my feet in jumping lunges, leaps on my hair as my head goes up and down in ab exercises etc. Workout goals now including not squashing the cat...
Hope everyone has had a good week - happy Friday! X8 -
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
March avg weight trend: 117.8lbs
April avg weight trend: 117.5lbs
Trend week of...
27th April: 117.5lbs
4th May: 118.7lbs (Bingeing starting to show up on my scale and belly roll.)
11th May: 119lbs (Managed to bank and eat low sodium for a few days for Mother's Day, so weight is actually higher. I may just learn to accept my pot belly since my face looks haggard under 120.)
Successes of the week: Did my workouts, some stronger than others, but I still have to give myself credit for dragging my butt out of bed at 3:30am five days a week for strength training, get steps at school, take a walk when I get home, and try at least a couple of times per week to do deep stretching. I may be struggling with the binges, but this shows I haven't given up!!
Challenges of the week: Still trying to get back to mindful eating. There is definitely a set of recurring triggers: GERD fake hunger, anxiety, and procrastination guilt. No wonder it shows up strongly in the evening after work and on any days I am home all day. (I hate housework, but feel guilty for ignoring it. Someone needs to invent self-cleaning homes! LOL)
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Name: jeff
Age: 49
Height:5'7"
Total Weight lost: 30lbs
Time it took to lose: 4 months
How long in maintenance: 1 week
Maintenance weight range: N/A
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 170lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 185lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 175lbs
Average weight recorded from March:165lbs
Average weight recorded from April : 160lbs
Week of...
6th May:155lbs
13th May:
20th May:
27th May:6 -
@xbowhunter Congrats on entering maintenance!1
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That said, morning workouts have been a challenge due to my kitten who seems to have a death wish. Makes it much harder when he runs underneath me as I do push ups, tries to catch my feet in jumping lunges, leaps on my hair as my head goes up and down in ab exercises etc. Workout goals now including not squashing the cat...
Hope everyone has had a good week - happy Friday! X
We should do a video series: the Feline workout!
Me too! Lol. My Pilates instructor said my tight hamstrings required twice daily stretching. I get on my floor with the strap to do so then and my cats zoom in on me : under the strap, sitting on my chest, bumping my arms trying to get me to groom them etc. Adds some Core work to my stretches!4 -
@CoachJen71 I find it ironic that when we are trying to do something positive like “mindful eating” for a healthier body our MINDS-FILL with negative thoughts triggering behaviours that might not be healthy in other ways. Not all the time but at times it’s like a vicious cycle ahhhh3
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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: 11 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
April..............123
Ending weight for week of:
May 5th.....124
May 11th...124
Eating Plan...OMAD/ME
This past week I did ME (Mindful Eating) for 5 days and yesterday I ate OMAD (One Meal A Day). I stayed the same weight as last week so this is how I will eat from now on. I love this new plan4 -
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Name: Andreas
Age: 26
Height: 172cm/5,8"
Total Weight lost: 21kg/46,3 lbs
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 3 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 62-67 kg
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): no idea
Average weight recorded from January: 72 kg
Average weight recorded from February:71 kg
Average weight recorded from March: 68 kg
Average weight recorded from april: 66 kg
Week of...
6th May: 64.3 kg
13th May:
20th May:
27th May:5 -
@Faebert and @fidangul - thanks to you both for the kind words. It’s so cool to be able to show progress to like-minded people who “get it.” I showed my sister my progress pic and she was like “but it’s not that much different...”
I did manage to make my husband surprised at the progress photo when I told him I weighed more in the second photo. I had to show him my records as proof because he called bs (in fun of course).5 -
Name: sofchak
Age: 36
Height: 5’3”
Total Weight lost: ~30 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
Average weight recorded from March: 126
Average weight recorded from April: 125
Week of:
May 5th: 124.3
May 12: 124.2
Successes/struggles of the week: I successfully made it through most of my birthday celebrations without gaining any weight.... one event left - tomorrow is a joint birthday/Mother’s day celebration with two different groups of people.
More importantly, this marks the date when I told myself I would go back to calorie counting if I couldn’t make mindful eating work. As a reminder, I stopped counting in January and struggled through the end of February before it all seemed to figure itself out. Going to continue on with the mindful eating for now...
On an unrelated note, after much deliberation, I decided to take a food allergy test - results came back yesterday concluding what I suspected... I’m allergic to wheat and brown rice as well as a few types of legumes and cheeses. Interestingly enough, the results also said I was allergic to corn flour, though I haven’t exhibited any reactions that I know of after eating corn. On the plus side, I pretty much eat fully Paleo now so I inadvertently have been avoiding those foods for the most part as part of that lifestyle.
Happy Mother’s Day and/or Furbaby Mother’s Day to those who are celebrating!
Have a great week everyone!6 -
Name: Lisa
Age: 54
Height: 5'2 1/2"
Total Weight lost: 5 kilos
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: a few years
Maintenance weight range: 52-54 kilos (around 115-119 lbs)
Average weight in 2017 estimate- was not doing regular weekly weigh-ins: 56
Average weight January: 58.9 (highest in 30 years!)
Average weight in February 56.1 kilos
Average weight in March 55.5 kilos
Average weight in April 56.8 kilos (125.2 lbs.)
Week of...
6th May: 56.3 kilos (124.4 lbs)
13th May:57.3 (126.3 lbs)
20th May:
27th May
Successes of the week:
Went twice for laps swims: 500 meters each time.
Tracking food most days
Around 37,000 steps
Struggles of the week:
Gained two pounds
Ate more starch than I need and less veggies than is ideal
Was quite sedentary
Not terribly mindful5 -
Name:Pam
Age:60
Height:5'5
Total Weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/2016
How long in maintenance:Sept 2017
Maintenance weight range:140-145
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):
Average weight recorded from January:
Average weight recorded from February:134.75
Average weight recorded from March:132.7
Average weight recorded from April::131.3
Week of...
6th May:132.2
13th May:129.4
20th May:
27th May:
Success/struggles of the week: Back to my normal routine after last weeks celebrations. I was proud of myself that I stayed away from the goodies that our wonderful PTO provided for educators week. Not one Duck Donuts went into my mouth.5
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