Maintainers Weekly Check-In - January 2019

stephenearllucas

Name: Stephen
Age: 58
Height: 6'2"
Total weight lost: 61 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 2 years
Maintenance weight range: 180-185
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 188.2

Week of...
January 6: 201.0
January 13: 200.0
January 20: 200.1
January 27: 199.3

Lora2380

Name:Lora
Age: 38
Height: 5’4”
Total weight lost:MFP +\- 40lbs, 45lbs all together
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: 5 months
Maintenance weight range: 126-129lbs
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12 months): 173lbs


Average weight recorded from August-December 2018 - 128lbs

January 6th -127.2
January 13th-125.6
January 20th-126.4
January 27th-128.6

Been bouncing around a lot this month but hoping some of this last weigh in is water weight. Go on vacation next week and for the first time in years I’m excited to be wearing summer clothing! Have some day trips planned and I want to do lots of walking so I’m not to worried about overeating. Hoping I can still log at the resort as it is going to be my one year on MFP while I’m there

pkweier

sofchak wrote: »

Name: Sofchak
Age: 36
Height: 5’3”
Total weight lost: ~25 lbs
Time it took to lose: 9 months
How long in maintenance: 2+ years
Maintenance weight range: 122-127
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 124

Week of...
January 5: 129.5
January 12: 129.0
January 19: 128.0
January 26: 127.0

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I’m officially back in Maintenance range! Yippee!

For those who have been on this maintenance forum for a long while, you may recall that I almost died this time last year - choking on a Brussels sprout of all things. I decided at that point to go a bit easier on myself and to really ramp up the concept of “living my best life”. At that point, I decided to stop calorie counting for a while because I was becoming quite obsessive.

Fast forward a year, I’m about 10lbs heavier now (most of the weight was gained over the holidays) but I feel and look good; still fit in all my clothes. I’m still not calorie counting, though I weigh myself on the bathroom scale almost daily. I am enjoying the freedom of this approach to weight maintenance and am truly content in my body.

On a lighter topic, I am super proud of myself this week - I am not a morning exerciser, but I got up 4 out of 5 workdays to either hit up my indoor bike or go to the gym for a 3 mile run on the treadmill. I also have law class now after work on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. So proud that I managed to pack breakfast, lunch, and dinner both days and didn’t deviate at all from the plan despite being tired, cranky, and overall mentally exhausted by the end of Wednesday. Failing to plan is planning to fail, as they say!

Cheers to a great week everyone!

I needed to read this today especially "living my best life".

mph323

Name: Marti
Age: 68
Height: 5'3"
Total Weight lost: ~50 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 22 months
How long in maintenance: 10 months
Maintenance weight range: 103.5 - 107.5
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):118.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 105.2

Week of...
January 6: 107.4
January 13: 105.7
January 20: 107
January 27: 106.1

Success/Struggles: Had a good week

Wishing everyone a successful upcoming week!

pkweier

Name:Pam
Age:60
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started Jan 1, 2016
How long in maintenance:Sept 2107
Maintenance weight range:130-135
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months):


Week of...
January 6:131.6
January 13:131.8
January 20:131.6
January 27:132

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I'm really struggling this week with not being able to get back down to 125. I was fine with being in my range last week then I started to pay more attention to Happy Scales telling me I gained 6 pound in 3 months.
It was a struggle to get 125 staying there eludes me at this time. I don't know if I have it in me to cut again. It's just a vanity number that I want attain why I don't know. Thanks for letting me vent.

w8goal4life

Name: w8goal4life
Age: 68
Height: 5'6"
Total weight lost: 30-35 lbs since 2011
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 7 years (less a couple of months during lapse between caloriecount.com and MFP)
Maintenance weight range: 115-120 pounds
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 114

Week of...
January 6: 114
January 13:114
January 20:115
January 27:114

Successes: On task and on target.

nooie19

Name: Elaine
Age: 50
Height: 5’3”
Starting weight: 159 in January 2018
Total weight lost: 30 pounds
Time it took to lose: 10 months
How long in maintenance: three months
Maintenance weight range: 129-134
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months):

Week of...
January 6: 129.5
January 13: 129.5
January 20: 129.5
January 27: 128.5 moving average 128.5

Successes: another good week with my exercise. It’s now a habit to exercise every day. I’m loving my twice a week yoga class. The Sunday class is free but with a suggested donation to a local charity so it’s win-win. I save money on the yoga class but I get to contribute to a worthy cause. I wimped out on jogging this week because of the cold weather but I’m enjoying my stationary bike with Netflix. Because that doesn’t track steps, I switched my Fitbit goal to number of active minutes. I had 184 active minutes this week.

Challenges: My meals have been healthy BUT there were two days I caved and ate a few squares of dark chocolate before bed. It’s not enough to make me gain weight, but I still don’t like slipping back into the old habit of “secret eating” late at night.

Jimb376mfp

w8goal4life wrote: »

Jimb376mfp wrote: »

Name: Jim
Success: Loss -2.4 after buying Girl Scout cookies from our DGD! I have not bought these for years, I learned to portion control my urges!

Sure hope some of those cookies were the chocolate covered thin mints or the peanut butter patties...I'm drooling!

Still have 1 1/2 box of Thin Mints. I now eat two not a whole sleeve.

Bought new Toffee kind, like a sugar cookie.

I didn’t enjoy them as much as I used to remember. I think part guilt and part of being on Maintenance keeps me vigilant to not gain over GW.

Being at 177 is a LOT BETTER than eating cookies when I began at 376 in 2013. It took me five years to get at GW 184 in March 2018.

hippiesaur

Age: 24
Height: 167.5 cm (5'6")
Total Weight lost: 18,6 kg (41 lbs)
Time it took to lose: ~2.5 years total (the last 4 kgs was 1 year...)
How long in maintenance: this is my first month
Maintenance weight range: 57-59 kg (125-130 lbs)
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12months): 59.4 kg (131 lbs)

Average weight recorded from January: 61.3 kg (135 lbs)
Average weight recorded from February: 60.9 kg (134.1 lbs)
Average weight recorded from March: 60.3 kg (132.8 lbs)
Average weight recorded from April: 59.8 kg (131.7 lbs)
Average weight recorded from May: 59.6 kg (131.4 lbs)
Average weight recorded from June: 59 kg (130 lbs)
Average weight recorded from July: 59.4 (131 lbs)
Average weight recorded for August: 58.8 kg (129.5 lbs)
Average weight recorded for September: 58.5 kg (128.9 lbs)
Average weight recorded for October: 58.4 kg (128.8 lbs)
Average weight recorded for November: 58.4 kg (128.8 lbs)
Average weight recorded for December: 58.3 kg (128.5 lbs)

Week of...
January 5: 58.2 kg
January 13: 57.8 kg
January 20: 58.5 kg
January 27: 58.2 kg

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I was a bit overeating this weekend, weight probably went up a bit, also my it will be TOM, so I don't really see myself losing that excess water weight. I'm still not sure if I should eat in a deficit this week just in case so at least I don't see the scale going up... Maintaining is way harder than I had thought in advance. This month was more like overeating a few days than cutting a bit on calories the rest of the time to make up for it, but it was a stressful month due to my exams (and I'm a stress eater, lol), so I'm looking forward to February to see how it goes when I don't stress a lot. Wish me luck!

kgirlhart

Name: Kathryn
Age: 50
Height: 5'3.5"
Total Weight lost: ~80 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 ~ 13 months
Maintenance weight range: 118 - 122 lbs

Average weight recorded from 2018: 118.8

Average weight recorded from December: 116.9
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Week of...
January 6: 115.8 scale/ 116.2 trend
January 13: 115.8 scale/ 115.9 trend
January 20: 117.6 scale/ 116.1 trend
January 27: 116.0 scale/ 116.2 trend

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I had a really good week. Weight is about the same. Still a little under range, but I'm not worried about it. No real struggles so I guess that is a success.

@nooie19 Don't beat yourself up for having a couple of squares of dark chocolate. There is nothing wrong with having some chocolate before bed if it is fitting into your calorie goal. I understand about the "secret eating" though. I used to do a lot of secret eating and that is one of the reasons I plan to continue logging in maintenance. Eat things you want to eat, just don't be secretive about it. Log it and even plan for it. I eat something chocolate every day. As long as it fits in your calorie goal and isn't replacing all of your nutritious foods then a little treat, even daily is fine.

mtaratoot

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: Since July 2018 -- but with some fluctuation outside of goal range.
Maintenance weight range: 142 - 148 (and not sure that's the right answer)
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 163.8
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12months): 150.7

ACTUAL weight recorded from December 31, 2018: 151.0
Ten day average weight from December 31, 2018: 150.8

Average weight recorded from December: 151.3


Average weight Week of...

January 1 - 7: 149.6
January 8 - 14: 148.8
January 15 - 21: 149.4
January 22 - 28: 147.0
January 31:

Success of the week: My scale weight dipped back into my maintenance range on Tuesday (the day after my last post). My trending weight is back in my maintenance range as of Saturday.

Struggle of the week: I am saying goodbye to my best buddy of 16 years. He's declined very fast, and it's tearing me up.

nooie19

@kgirlhart thanks! I don’t count calories any more but I do keep a food diary. I’ve been working so hard on my impulsive eating and secret eating. Being in maintenance is so hard because of the constant fear that I’m slipping back to my old ways! But even though I don’t count calories any more, I know I ate a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner with no other snacks. So I made a point of eating my two squares of dark chocolate, and entering it in my food log, and telling my daughter. My husband is already asleep! 😀

stephenearllucas

The February 2019 maintainers weekly check in thread is now posted!