August Maintainers Back On Track

bettina8037

Name: bettina
How long in maintenance: 8 months or so
Goal maintenance range: 128-132
Current weight: 133
Current goal: 130
Recent success: seeing 132 and 133 on the scale this week has been encouraging. My skinny jeans still fit too tight though 😬 hopefully at 130 they will fit right again. Didnt gain on vacation which was great!
Strategy for your goal: sticking to 1800 calories and increasing my protein.

canadjineh

Goal maintenance range: 132-136 lbs
Current weight: 145.6 1.8 lb loss since last week.
Current goal: Stick to my time restricted 17:7 schedule and NO MORE tortilla chips! DID IT this week!
Recent success: at least not gaining... but not losing either as I seem to fall every day or two.
Strategy for your goal: Paying attention, and drinking water instead of mindless stress snacking. Lost wt. and less fluffy, pants are fitting better, no big night snackies - just protein chips serving on patrol.

mtaratoot

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 (12 months): 163.8
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 150.7

Average weight recorded from January: 148.4
Average weight recorded from February: 146.3
Average weight recorded from March: 143.2
Average weight recorded from April: 143.0
Average weight recorded from May: 144.1
Average weight recorded from June: 145.6
Average weight recorded from July: 146.5

Average weight Week of...
July 29 - August 4: 144.6
August 5 - 11: 144.2 (only average of August 10 & 11 as I was away on a dive trip and nowhere near a scale most of the week)
August 12 - 18: 145.6
August 19 - 25: 147.6
August 26 - September 1: 145.3

Success of the week: I never went out of my maintenance range. My weight has been coming back down. Today I hit my goal weight again, but I think I'm dehydrated.

Struggle of the week: The struggle starts today. I'm going to a big party that's held twice every five years. I'm going to eat and drink. Lots. And then some. Join me!

LivingtheLeanDream

Is there a September thread?

I was briefly posting on this August one.

An update for me, after 5 weeks of a lot of scale movement upwards rather than downwards (was trending at 132 for most of August and early Sept) I'm now back at the high end of my maintenance weight 130. Am aiming to get to 125-126 in the coming months.

It can be disheartening at times but stick with it, keep consistently at deficit and it will pay off.