Maintainers Weekly Check In - October 2018

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  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,967 Member
    edited October 2018
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    Name: Hannah
    Age: 29
    Height: 5'10"
    Total weight lost: 25lb
    Time it took to lose: 1.5 years
    How long in maintenance: 15 months
    Maintenance weight range: 152-156
    Average weight recorded from 2017 (12 months): I don't know

    Average weight recorded from January:
    Average weight recorded from February:
    Average weight recorded from March:
    Average weight recorded from April: 155.57
    Average weight recorded from May: 156.6
    Average weight recorded from June: 156
    Average weight recorded from July: 157.1
    Average weight recorded from August: 157
    Average weight recorded from September: 155

    Week of...
    October 7: 154.4 (trend 154.7)
    October 14: 155.5 (trend 154.8)
    October 21: 154.8 (trend, 154.8)
    October 28:

    Success/ Struggles of the week:
    Not much to say. Looks like my weigh is staying steady for the last few weks, but I do want to go down a few more lbs to get to my low end. Just haven't been dedicated enough to actually eat less lol.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,972 Member
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    Name: Kathryn
    Age: 50
    Height: 5'3.5"
    Total Weight lost: ~76 lbs
    Time it took to lose: 2 years 3 months
    How long in maintenance: I called maintenance in July 2016, but I continued to slowly lose until December of 2017. I have been in maintenance for ~ 10 months
    Maintenance weight range: 118 - 122 lbs
    Average weight recorded from 2017: 123.4


    Average weight recorded from January: 119.2
    Average weight recorded from February: 119.6
    Average weight recorded from March: 119.6
    Average weight recorded from April: 119.6
    Average weight recorded from May: 119.7
    Average weight recorded from June: 119.4
    Average weight recorded from July: 119.8
    Average weight recorded from August: 118.8
    Average weight recorded from September: 118.1

    Week of...
    October 7: 118 scale/ 117.6 trend
    October 14: 115.6 scale/ 116.9 trend
    October 21: 116.0 scale/ 116.3 trend
    October 28:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: My weight is trending down a little bit. I thought I finally had maintenance down, but I guess I don't. Most of the week I was in the 115's and even dropped to 114.6 on Friday. I think that I look good and I feel good. But that is below my set maintenance range. The "healthy" weight range for my height is 106 - 142 so I'm not underweight and I'm not really worried about it. I'm just a little frustrated. I am back up in the 116's though so hopefully the lower weight was just a downward fluctuation and I will start to level out again. I do feel really good about my eating and my exercise and I think I look good, but I guess I need to eat more.
  • colorfulcoquette
    colorfulcoquette Posts: 94 Member
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    mtaratoot wrote: »
    It's a struggle if you let it be. Consider that you feel like you "should" splurge on a meal out. Well, "should" is the operative word. That's what the struggle is; deciding if you are doing it because you want or you think others want you to. If you want to, that's a success. If you'd rather just eat a nice meal at home, then do it! Splurge a little! Have something you really like but don't make that often. Just have a small appetizer at the big event and enjoy the company.

    Now if there turns out to be something you do really want, then go for it!

    If it turns out that it isn't as good as the words on the menu describe, well, that's unfortunately really common. I often have a hard time ordering because all the descriptions look awesome. When the plate comes, it's just ok. This is one of the pitfalls of being a good cook. My partner absolutely won't order albacore anywhere because I spoil her with mine (medallions marinated in chile, garlic, soy, sesame and grilled on the cool side of a charcoal grill that has cherry or plum wood smoking on the coals).

    And now I'm hungry :)

    Thank you for this. I read it before we went but haven't had a chance to respond until now. What you've described is basically how I've been handling going out to eat. I think a lot of my angst came down to the fact that I'd wanted this to be a night I indulged but there just wasn't anything on the menu that seemed all that appealing.

    The specials that night at least sounded better to me and I had a nice butternut squash bisque for a started and pan seared sea bass on a bed of cherry tomatoes, asparagus, and zucchini with them adding in broccoli for me and leaving out the pasta.

    Overall it was a nice meal though I have to say that your description of your albacore had me wishing that was an option for me to order - it sounds divine!

  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,967 Member
    edited October 2018
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    hesn92 wrote: »
    Name: Hannah
    Age: 29
    Height: 5'10"
    Total weight lost: 25lb
    Time it took to lose: 1.5 years
    How long in maintenance: 15 months
    Maintenance weight range: 152-156
    Average weight recorded from 2017 (12 months): I don't know

    Average weight recorded from January:
    Average weight recorded from February:
    Average weight recorded from March:
    Average weight recorded from April: 155.57
    Average weight recorded from May: 156.6
    Average weight recorded from June: 156
    Average weight recorded from July: 157.1
    Average weight recorded from August: 157
    Average weight recorded from September: 155

    Week of...
    October 7: 154.4 (trend 154.7)
    October 14: 155.5 (trend 154.8)
    October 21: 154.8 (trend, 154.8)
    October 28:

    Success/ Struggles of the week:
    Not much to say. Looks like my weigh is staying steady for the last few weks, but I do want to go down a few more lbs to get to my low end. Just haven't been dedicated enough to actually eat less lol.

    Just came here to say I weighed myself this AM and it was 149.8 WTF. I stepped on it again and it said the same thing. Think scale is broken lol I have never fluctuated 5lbs in a day. Especially with my TOM coming up, I usually GAIN a couple pounds during this time. How odd.
  • Jimb376mfp
    Jimb376mfp Posts: 6,231 Member
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    Name: Jim
    Age:70
    Height:5’8”
    Total Weight lost:197.2 (SW 376.2)
    Time it took to lose: 5 years,
    From 1/17/13 to 3/29/18.

    How long in maintenance: Since 3/29/18.
    *Maintenance weight range:179-184
    Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): N/A

    Average weight recorded:
    Week of 4/26 181
    Week of 5/31 179.8
    Week of 6/28 180.7
    Week of 7/26 181.2
    Week of 8/30 181.3
    Week of 9/27 181.3

    Weigh In
    4 Oct 178.4 + .2
    11 Oct 180.8 +2.4
    18 Oct 181.2 +.4
    25 Oct 184 +2.8 :flushed:

    Success/struggles of the week

    Success: Still at GW! Increase is known because I wore jeans not shorts, bodily function after WI :frowning:

    Struggle: Get below my highest weight since May! Especially with upcoming back surgery for pinched nerve on 7 Nov.
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 13,179 Member
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    Posting a day early since I won't be by a scale tomorrow.

    Name: It's ME!
    Age: About a year older than I was last year. (middle aged)
    Height: Just short of 5' 7"
    HEAVIEST weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
    Total Weight lost: 30 pounds
    Time it took to lose: ~6 months
    How long in maintenance: Two months, then backsliding; :confounded: BACK ON TRACK for a month :grin:
    Maintenance weight range: 142 - 148 (and not sure that's the right answer)
    Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 163.8

    RECENT weight about 170 during most of 2017
    ACTUAL weight recorded from January 2, 2018 (only weigh-in that month): 168.2

    Average weight recorded from February: 157.5
    Average weight recorded from March: 154.4
    Average weight recorded from April: 153.2
    Average weight recorded from May: 151.6
    Average weight recorded from June: 150.2
    Average weight recorded from July: 146.8
    Average weight recorded from August: 148.1
    Average weight recorded from September: 148.8

    Average weight Week of...

    October 1-7: 147.4 (average of only two days since I was on a river trip most of the time)
    October 8-14: 146.1 (average of four days since I was on two more river trips)
    October 15-21: 145.8
    October 22-28: 145.8 (I will be away from the scale tomorrow, so am reporting an average of six days... and the exact same average as last week says I'm maintaining again).
    October 31:


    Success of the week: Never went even close to being out of my goal range!

    Struggle of the week: Tempting tasty treats that folks like to bring to work and leave right outside my office

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