Maintainers Weekly Check In - February 2019
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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: about 19 months
Maintenance weight range: 117-122
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12months): 121.7
Average weight recorded for January: 119.8
Week of. . .
February 3: 121.8
February 10: 122.8
February 17: 122
February 24:
Just want to say THANK YOU to all in this WONDERFUL group. Your diligence in maintenance and your consistency in posting truly inspires me each week!
Success / Struggles: Good week overall. Using the exercise bike as walks are not really possible with the ice here right now. I've been working out before breakfast for a change, and I find I am much less likely to "eat back the calories" with the morning workouts. I've been much more careful with my food choices lately. I did indulge in some Valentine's chocolate, but I didn't go crazy with it.11 -
Name: Jim
Age:71
Height:5’8”
Total Weight lost:197.8 (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 range:179-184
Average weight recorded in 2018 180.
Average weight recorded 2019:
January 178.6
Weigh In
7 Feb. 176.2 (-1.6)
14 Feb 177.2 (+1)
21 Feb 178.8 (+1.6)
Success/struggles of the week
Success: Still below GW.
Struggle: Need to get back to some good habits that have lapsed. Other related medical issues dealing with my age 71 are always something. Going for dental work tomorrow.11 -
Hope your dental work goes well Jim, I've been getting dental work done myself, it's no fun.3
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Name: Existing Fish
Age: 30
Height: 5'0" (153cm)
Total weight lost: 36.5lbs (16.6kg)
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 5 months
Maintenance weight range: 117-123lbs
Average weight recorded from past 5 months: 121.7
Average weight recorded from September: 122.6
Average weight recorded from October: 120.4
Average weight recorded from November: 120.8
Average weight recorded from December: -
Average weight recorded from January: 123.1
Week of...
February 1: 123.0 (t:121.9)
February 8: 121.0 (t:122.5)
February 15: 119.3 (t:121.6)
February 22:118.4 (t:120.2)
February 28:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Want to drop a few pounds? Get a root canal with a wiley temporary crown! Eating will be such a bother....so my weight is down this weekend, probably due to my dental issues.
Life has been fighting to keep me out of the gym. Dental appointments, colds, kid's illnesses, kid's appointments, schedule issues...I decided to fight back today, I made it. I made it work. Still not enough days in the week though, with rests between full body workouts and whatnots.11 -
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
Average weight recorded from January: 128.5
Week of...
February 2nd: 127.0
February 9th: 127.5
February 16th: 127.0
February 23rd: 126.0
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: It was like the homerun derby at work this week - I was hitting all the balls out of the park and came out looking like the best player on the team. Used that opportunity to have a fantastic 1:1 with my boss about new opportunities on the horizon.
Share all this because my eating habits and exercise routine were also absolutely amazing this week. Not sure if it’s just that the stars were aligned or that the three things are related (betting the latter), but I know I feel like a million bucks right now. Have it on calendar tomorrow to run my first 10-mile run since October and I’m actually EXCITED for it. That’s a good sign that I’m back in my own good graces. I was in a really funky headspace back in December and half of January. Don’t miss it at all!
Have a great week everyone!16 -
Name: Brenda
Age: 49
Height: 5'1"
Starting Weight...194
Goal Weight.........130
How long in maintenance: 1 Year 8 month's
Maintenance Weight Range: 125-135
Average weight recorded for Month of:
January........(2018)...127...(2019)...129
February.....................126
March.........................125
April............................123
May.............................124
June...........................125
July.............................126
August........................125
September..................126
October.......................128
November...................129
December...................129
Week Of..
Feb 1st.....130
Feb 8th.....130
Feb 15th...131
Feb 23rd...130
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Name: Jan
Age:74
Height: 5'7"
Total weight lost: 47
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: JUST STARTING!!
Maintenance weight range: 130-136
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): Kind of N/A since the bulk of the weight loss occurred in the last 5 months of the year.
Average weight recorded from January: 137.5
Week of ...
February 3: 134.7
February 10: 134.5
February 17: 132
February 24: 133
Success: Eating pretty close to maintenance now, after gradually adding back calories. Am considering "banking" a few calories 5 days a week to allow for a couple of special days a week.
Struggle: headed off today for a week at my sister's which means increased stress and decreased exercise. Will be a challenge to stay on plan, but an excellent learning opportunity
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Name: Marc Colety
Age: 62
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: 30
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance weight range: 200-205
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 215
Average weight recorded from January: 203
Week of...
February 3: 204
February 10: 202
February 17: 203
February 24: 205
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Night time will power in general has slipped over the last few months. Was maintaining at 200 for 3 months, would slip under occasionally (goal was 199 originally from 232). Did most of the weight loss with Nutrisystem breakfast and lunch and Home Chef dinners early evenings and staying away from night snacks. Now that has become a BATTLEGROUND again. Want/need to get back to 195-200 instead of 200-205.10 -
Name: Ben
Age: 50
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: ~55 lbs
Time it took to lose: 9 months
How long in maintenance: Since December 2018
Maintenance weight range: 166-171
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 183
Average weight recorded for December:165.8
Average weight recorded for January: 167.3
Week of...
February 2nd: 168
February 9th: 168.1
February 16th: 166
February 23rd: 166.8
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Successfully nutritionally navigated a trip out to see eldest son at college last weekend. Otherwise, it was an average week - which I'm enjoying. It's nice when habits become ingrained and become the new normal.
Have a great week, everyone!10 -
Name: Eric
Age: 49
Height: 6’
Total weight lost: 85 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 years
How long in maintenance: Since September 2018 (5 Months)
Maintenance weight range:155 – 165 150-160
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 180
Average weight recorded from February 2018: 211
Average weight recorded from March 2018: 202
Average weight recorded from April 2018: 195
Average weight recorded from May 2018: 184
Average weight recorded from June 2018: 180
Average weight recorded from July 2018: 172
Average weight recorded from August 2018: 165
Average weight recorded from September 2018: 160
Average weight recorded from October 2018: 159
Average weight recorded from November 2018: 159
Average weight recorded from December 2018: 159
Average weight recorded from January 2019: 154.9
Week of...
2/2/2019: 153.9 pounds
2/9/2019: 155.9
2/16/2019: 153.9
2/23/2019: 157.2
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I would call this past week just consistent. Not sure why the weight is up, except I did 90 minutes of exercise Thursday and then lifted weights last night. Could be water. Still at the bottom of my range though I am adjusting range now to 150-160 pounds. I decided I don’t want to go over 160 and really haven’t since September 2018.
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Name: missperfectpitch
Height: 5'4"
Total weight lost: About 43 pounds
Time it took to lose: 1 year and 2 months
How long in maintenance: I hit my goal weight in the beginning of January 2018, but officially started maintenance in mid-March 2018 after figuring out my calories for a couple of months.
Maintenance weight range: 108-111.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8
Average weight recorded from January: 111
Week of...
February 2: 111.3 (trend 111)
February 9: 110.6 (trend 110.8)
February 16: 111.1 (trend 110.9)
February 23: 110.1 (trend 110.4)
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I'm definitely more pleased with both my trending and average weights this week as compared to the past several weeks (when I was at the high end of my range). Approaching the middle of the range again, and hoping that it'll stay around there. I've been slacking off a bit in the effort that I'm putting into my workouts, so I'm going to try my best to put more effort into my workouts instead of the bare minimum.8 -
Name: Faebert
Age: 40
Height: 5’6
Total weight lost: about 50lbs
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: 21 months
Maintenance weight range: 115-120
Average weight recorded from 2017: 121
Average weight recorded from 2018: 114.6
Average weight recorded from January: 117.4
3 February: 119
10 February: 117.25
17 February: 117.25
24: February: 117.75
Successes/struggles: Bit of a struggle to keep up activity and not graze this week due to being off work, but managed some good exercise wins towards the end of the week - more progress with running, a really strong bootcamp class - and so turned around a bad start to the week. The sun is shining here in London and that is having a massive impact on my mood - hopefully spring has sprung!
Wishing you all a great week x9 -
Name: Pam
Age:60
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/2016
How long in maintenance:Started 9/2017
Maintenance weight range:130-135
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months):
Average weight recorded from January:131.75
Week of...
February 3:131
February 10:131
February 17:131
February 24:130
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Was happy to see my weight down as I ate out 5 evenings. I made wise choices and brought half home we shall see if it catches up with me later this week.9 -
Name:Elaine
Age:50
Height: 5 ‘3”
Total weight lost: [/b]30 pounds since January 2018[/b]
Time it took to lose: ten months to reach goal weight of 133 pounds
How long in maintenance: 3 months
Maintenance weight range: 128-132
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): I don’t know. I started at 159 pounds and ended at 132
Average weight recorded from January:
Week of...
February 3: 129 pounds moving average 129
February 10: 127.5 moving average 128.6
February 17: 129.5 moving average
February 24: 130 pounds moving average 129.6
Successes: Ate a healthy breakfast every day. Ate a healthy lunch 4 out of 5 work days. Stuck with twice a week yoga. Went to Chick Fil A for dinner with extended family and chose a salad with grilled chicken.
Challenges: Caved in to emotional post dinner snacking most nights this week. Also struggled to fit in six days of exercise but scraped in five. Got in two yoga classes, one long walk, two stationary bike workouts but one was only 15 minutes the only time I had on a busy day. Gained a pound after gaining two pounds last week.
My biggest learning based on this week is that maintenance is just more of what I’ve already learned from my weight loss. There will be tough weeks and there will be setbacks. But the point is to keep on doing what works. Keep on weighing in every week, keeping a food log every day, planning ahead for exercise and meals, make adjustments as needed, and most importantly, DON’T GIVE UP or bury my head in the sand. So thank you group for giving me a forum to NOT go into denial and stay accountable. I still have a deep-seated fear that I will gain the weight back. But every time I’ve done that, it didn’t just happen overnight. It happened because I stopped trying and then pretended it didn’t matter. This time I’m not giving up over a few small setbacks.7 -
Name: Marti
Age: 68
Height: 5'3"
Total Weight lost: ~50 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 22 months
How long in maintenance: 12 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
Average weight recorded from January: 106.6
Week of...
February 3: 105.8
February 10: 104.9
February 17: 105.6
February 24: 105.5
Success/Struggles: Yay, one year maintenance anniversary! So weird - for the past 5 days my weight has been 105.1, exactly. I got suspicious this morning and got on the scale with two 5 lb. weights, and it read 111.1, so it doesn't seem like a problem there. And yet...
Wishing everyone a successful upcoming week!10 -
So weird - for the past 5 days my weight has been 105.1, exactly. I got suspicious this morning and got on the scale with two 5 lb. weights, and it read 111.1
I’ve done the same exact thing when that’s happened! Definitely confusing to see the same exact weight several days in a row!
Just curious though - did it read 111.1 or 115.1? If it read 111.1, you may have a calibration problem still since you had added 10lbs of extra weight... unless I read that wrong...
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Name: Stephen
Age: 59
Height: 6'2"
Total weight lost: 65 lbs.
How long in maintenance: 2 years
Maintenance weight range: 180-185
Average weight recorded from January: 199.5
Week of...
February 3: 197.7
February 10: 198.3
February 17: 200.6
February 24: 201.97 -
So weird - for the past 5 days my weight has been 105.1, exactly. I got suspicious this morning and got on the scale with two 5 lb. weights, and it read 111.1
I’ve done the same exact thing when that’s happened! Definitely confusing to see the same exact weight several days in a row!
Just curious though - did it read 111.1 or 115.1? If it read 111.1, you may have a calibration problem still since you had added 10lbs of extra weight... unless I read that wrong...
Haha - you're right! Maths before coffee should be against the law! The weights i was using are 3 lbs. each. I just weighed myself and I weigh 106.5, so it doesn't seem like the scale is stuck. Can't wait for tomorrow's weigh-in
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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...
February 3: 114
February 10: 114
February 17: 114
February 24: 114
Successes: Holding Steady at 114. I don't have one of the digital scales that weigh in tenths of a pound. I've been at this for a long time and continue to track CICO and exercise daily to maintain.
Rapid change in temp today from 46 degrees F to 31 with a wind chill of 15. Grilled chicken outside at noon...and now snow covered, so my exercise was indoors, yet again. Today's virtual hikes had me in Miami South Beach and Singapore. Looking forward to spring in western NY so I can get back outside.8 -
Name: Irina
Age : 47
Height : 5'7
Total Weight lost: about 80 lbs
Time it took to lose: about 10 months
How long in maintenance: 2 years, since November 2016.
Maintenance weight range 140-145 lbs
Range of weight from December/2017 143- 150.6
Range of weight from January/2018 144.2- 150.0
Range of weight from February 142.2-149.0
Range of weight from March 144.5-146.5
Range of weight from April 142.2-149.6
Range of weight from May 143.8 -150.6
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Range of weight for June 145.6-152.6 ugghhh, that was a rough month!
Range of weight for July 141.8- 147.0
Range of weight for August 141.6-146.8
Range of weight for September 141-147.2
Range of weight for October 142.6-150.2
Range of weight for November 142.6-149.6
Range of weight for December 141.2-150
Range of weight for January/2019 144.2-151.8
Week of...
February 3: 145.6 scale, 147.3 trend
February 10: 145.8 scale, 146.3 trend
February 17: 144.4 scale, 146.2 trend
February 24: 145 scale, 146.1 trend
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: good week for me, pretty stable except a couple of days when the weight went up a bit. I find that Libra is very quick to bump the trend numbers up because of the silly fluctuation, but way too slow to go back down after it returns to normal. It's kind of annoying. Weather is beautiful, using bike for daily commute to work, which makes up my exercise for the workdays. Finally was able to squeeze in a decent 32 mile ride yesterday, so happy about it. I use my old mountain bike to commute, so if feels great to ride road bike. I wish i had more time to do what i want (and what i need to do as well).9
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