October Check In
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Oct 7: 157 Trend: 157.5
Oct 12: 156.4 Trend: 156.8
Monthly avg: 157.13
Yearly avg: 154.72
Successes: more energy, got back to > 10K steps avg per day this past week!!
Struggling: a bit with my purpose in life. Getting healthy, building an exercise program, losing weight, figuring out how to maintain, recovering from two surgeries & two 6 month rounds of PT & daily PT exercises KEPT ME BUSY.
Then I ventured into making art, which I love & do. I need to work to decide whether the art has value. It helps me relax & be happy but I sometimes question whether I should be helping others more.
Then, I remember how when I was most sick. It was the art & music that others created that helped me the most. I have to rewrite my brain, I guess. And get my art out into the world
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@lesdarts180 I will pray for you and your family.1
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@lesdarts180 I will be praying for a benign tumor & for your son, you, and all who know him. Sending you wishes of comfort.1
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Name: Kim
Age: 31
Height: 5’5”
Total weight lost: 65-70 lb
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 1.5 years
Maintenance weight range: 127-131 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2018: 133
Average weight recorded from January: 133
Average weight recorded from February: 132.4
Average weight recorded from March: 132.5
Average weight recorded from April: 132.8
Average weight recorded from May: 131.3
Average weight recorded for June: 130.8
Average weight recorded for July: 130.5
Average weight recorded for August: 130
Average weight recorded for September: 130.1
Week of…
Oct 6: 131.5
Oct 13: 129.3
Oct 20
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I had a big whoosh this week down to 128 and then back up to 131 as of this morning. -.- annoying but now I know this is a weird water weight thing. Progress is slow on my C25k program - I finally completed day 1 and today I’m attempting day 2 for the second time. Feeling much better about eating more. I’m not feeling hungry at all right now.4 -
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 recorded from August: 145.8
Average weight recorded from September: 143.2
Average weight Week of...
September 30 - October 6: 140.2
October 7 -- 13: 141.1
October 14 - 20:
October 21 - 27:
October 28 - November 3:
Success of the week: I kept my average weight in my goal range all week even though the scale dipped below the first couple days. The scale is up three pounds from seven days ago, my ten-day average is up 0.8 pounds, and my weekly average went up 0.9. I'm ok with this since I'm still near the bottom of my goal range.
Struggle of the week: It looks like I won't be revising my goal down, at least not this week. I'm glad I didn't do it prematurely. I was enjoying seeing the lower number, and it may be back. I had some less-than-idea food choices this week.1 -
Name: Ben
Age: 51
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: ~55 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since ~ December 2018
Maintenance weight range: 165-170
Average weight recorded for December:165.8
Average weight recorded for January: 167.3
Average weight recorded for February: 167.2
Average weight recorded for March: 166.5
Average weight recorded for April: 162.9
Average weight recorded for May: 161.5
Average weight recorded for June: 160.9
Average weight recorded for July: 160.5
Average weight recorded for August: 160.9
Average weight recorded for September: 161.3
Week of...
October 6th: 161 (trend 161.5)
October 13th: 161.5 (trend 161.2)
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Other than yesterday being a day of disastrous food choices that will likely show up next week (masked today by being a bit dehydrated), it was a pretty good week. I need to try to eat enough to reach my goals on most days so I don't end up having a greater than expected weekly deficit that leads to...well, disastrous food choices!
@lesdarts180 I'm so sorry to hear of your son and will be keeping you in my thoughts. I hope for a good diagnosis and a speedy recovery.2 -
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
Average weight recorded from February: 110.8
Average weight recorded from March: 110.6
Average weight recorded from April: 110.0
Average weight recorded from May: 109.9
Average weight recorded for June: 111.2
Average weight recorded for July: 111.9
Average weight recorded for August: 111.9
Average weight recorded for September: 112.6
Week of..
Oct 5: 112.4 (trend 112.6)
Oct 12: 112 (trend 112.2)
Oct 19:
Oct 26:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I'm slowly but surely getting back down into my range again, with my weigh-in over the past couple of days being 110.6 lbs and 111.2 lbs, at the upper end of my maintenance range. I was successful with increasing my activity this week and got 93k steps overall, with two days over 15k steps.4 -
Name: Kathryn
Age: 51
Height: 5'4"
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 since December 2017
Maintenance weight range: 115 - 120 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2018: 118.8
Average weight recorded from December: 116.9
Average weight recorded from January: 115.9
Average weight recorded from February: 115.4
Average weight recorded from March: 117.2
Average weight recorded from April: 116.8
Average weight recorded from May: 116.2
Average weight recorded for June: 116.2
Average weight recorded for July: 115.5
Average weight recorded for August: 114.0
Average weight recorded for September: 114.0
Week of..
Oct 6: 113.4 scale/ 113.9 trend
Oct 13: 113.4 scale/ 114.0 trend
Oct 20
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Weight is about the same this week as last week. High of 115 low of 113.4 average is 114.2 -
Name: Alexandria
Age: 51
Height: 5’3”
Total weight lost: 50 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Maintenance weight range: 110-114 (I think this is right for me)
Average weight recorded for August: 117.6
Average weight recorded for September: 114.0
Week of…
Oct 6: 113.4
Oct 13: 112.8
Oct 20
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Enjoyed a social gathering this week where I mainly ate the food that I brought and a couple other things that I was very sure of, but also had a bit of a couple other dishes that looked super yummy. When I got home I simply logged my best estimates. I have to master things like this if I am going to successfully maintain.
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Thanks for all the kind messages, I appreciate it.
Weight on Monday was 47.9 kg.
I'm supposed to be aiming for 49 kg.
As you can imagine, I'm not logging or estimating calories in or out. I'm driving up and down the motorway a lot and not at home much. Son had a biopsy a few days ago, is home now.7 -
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Name: Kaci
Age:25
Height: 5'7"
Total weight lost: 40 lbs
Time it took to lose: 2 years (but 25 lbs of it was lost in the last 6 months as I finally got strict with my nutrition)
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Average weight recorded from 2018: 178
Average weight recorded from January: 175
Average weight recorded from February: 175
Average weight recorded from March: 170
Average weight recorded from April: 168
Average weight recorded from May:164
Average weight recorded for June: 160
Average weight recorded for July: 155
Average weight recorded for August: 152
Average weight recorded for September: 152
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Intermittent fasting. I began IF last week as I did a lot of research on the overall health benefits. Some days are much harder than others to do my 15 hour fast and I haven't been able to hold out.
Also, I seem to be finding myself getting some sort of sweet treat every evening after dinner. My calories usually allow it but my main issue is the self discipline.3 -
Name: BMcC
Age: 61 (as of Oct 8 )
Height: 5'3"
Total weight lost: 48 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 yrs
How long in maintenance:~ 6 months (since April 2019)
Maintenance weight range: 135-140 lbs
Week of..
Oct 06 139.2
Oct 13 139.4 (part of this will actually be "large meal still in digestive tract")
Oct 20
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the past week:
Didn't log intake for 3 days of the Canadian Thanksgiving Long Weekend .... but no hugs or condolences needed. I can tell by my fitbit steps and how the scales behaved that even if I HAD logged everything I would still have been within my target intake envelope each day (which allows for "potentially dipping into the exercise calories if needed, but never have to use ALL of them to cover the intake")
That's what happens when my birthday dinner /left-over pumpkin pie / my actual birthday / Canadian Thanksgiving Family Dinner / second left-over pumpkin pie all happen one day after the other within an 10-day stretch. No more foreseeable special occasions before end of November / beginning of December when the Holly Daze Social Event Silly Season starts at the office. The next two family birthdays aren't until end of December and early January.
There are advantages to having a small immediate family and social circle!
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Name: KB
Age: 55
Height: 5’9”
Total weight lost: 145
Time it took to lose: since March, 2017
How long in maintenance: about six months
Maintenance weight range: 148-152
Average weight recorded from 2019:
Average weight recorded from January: 160
Average weight recorded from February: 156
Average weight recorded from March: 154
Average weight recorded from April: 151
Average weight recorded from May: 151
Average weight recorded for June: 150
Average weight recorded for July: 150
Average weight recorded for August: 150
Average weight recorded for September: 149
Week of..
Oct 6: 150
Oct 13: 149
Oct 20
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Ran 11.5 miles in the rain and kept my calories in my typical range. Struggle is getting in enough protein and carbs for running and muscle.
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Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Total weight lost: 70 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 months
How long in maintenance: 4 month
Maintenance weight range: 147 - 152 (educated guess at the moment based on an ideal weight of 149 for my height)
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): NA
Average weight recorded from January: NA
Average weight recorded from February: 214.75
Average weight recorded from March: 204.04
Average weight recorded from April: 187.42
Average weight recorded from May: 174.18
Average weight recorded from June: 164.21
Average weight recorded from July: 158.2
Average weight recorded for August: 155.54
Average weight recorded for September: 151.2
Week of
Oct 1: 149.6 (7 day 149.7)
Oct 8: 149.6 (7 day 149.2)
Oct 15:151.8 (7 day 148.9)
Oct 22:
Oct 29:
Success(es): Brought my Half marathon time under 2 hours for the first time in training. Starting to test and adjust my nutrition timing for January's Walt Disney World Marathon. Got to ride a slide at Volcano Bay that has a 150lb weight limit!
Struggle(s): On a weight spike pretty sure that's due to my sleep schedule getting wrecked over the weekend. 3rd shift is tough like that.
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Name: Eric
Age: 50
Height: 6’
Total weight lost: 85 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 years
How long in maintenance: Since September 2018 (1 Year)
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 180
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: 155
Average weight recorded from February 2019: 155
Average weight recorded from March 2019: 154
Average weight recorded from April 2019: 155.04
Average weight recorded from May 2019: 156
Average weight recorded from June 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from July 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from August 2019: 156
Average weight recorded from September 2019: 157
Week of...
10/8/2019: 157.8
10/11/2019: 161.2
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Been awhile since I have checked in to the maintenance threads. I have now been in maintenance for about a year. Looking at the trends I am out of my stated goal range. As such I am switching to 1990 calories a day and not eating back any exercise calories. While I have been logging and measuring most all food there is also opportunity to tighten this up.
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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.
On maintenance: Since 3/29/18.
*Maintenance range:179-184
Average weight recorded in 2018 180.
Average weight recorded 2019:
January 178.6
February 177.2
March 178.8
April 179.2
May 178.9
June 178.9
July 181
Aug 180.64
Sep 179.6
Weigh In
3 Oct 183.4 (+3.8)
10 Oct 180.6 (-2.8)
17 Oct 180 (-.6)
Success/struggles of the week
Success: Lost .6 Funny how back in the day when trying to lose a .6!would be disappointing. Today a SUCCESS!
Struggle: Hard to get back on putting my Tracking into my phone App (WW Program). I’m mentally “tracking” but I know that is the path to DANGER.
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Name: Eric
Age: 50
Height: 6’
Total weight lost: 85 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 years
How long in maintenance: Since September 2018 (1 Year)
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 180
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: 155
Average weight recorded from February 2019: 155
Average weight recorded from March 2019: 154
Average weight recorded from April 2019: 155.04
Average weight recorded from May 2019: 156
Average weight recorded from June 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from July 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from August 2019: 156
Average weight recorded from September 2019: 157
Week of...
10/8/2019: 157.8
10/11/2019: 161.2
10/19/2019: 157.8
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Lots of walks and staid on exercise program all week. Kept to my plan of eating 1,990 or less calories everyday and not eating back any exercise calories. I figure if I stay consistent with this approach for a couple of months, I should get back in my maintenance range.
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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
Average weight recorded from February: 110.8
Average weight recorded from March: 110.6
Average weight recorded from April: 110.0
Average weight recorded from May: 109.9
Average weight recorded for June: 111.2
Average weight recorded for July: 111.9
Average weight recorded for August: 111.9
Average weight recorded for September: 112.6
Week of..
Oct 5: 112.4 (trend 112.6)
Oct 12: 112 (trend 112.2)
Oct 19: 112.3 (trend 112.3)
Oct 26:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I'm still working to get my weight back down within range. I'm keeping up with walking and managed to do 17k steps on Monday since it was a holiday, as well as 15k steps the following day as there was a long walk to meet a friend at dinner. I'm hoping to keep up this level of activity for as much of the fall as possible, as I know that the winter will probably make it more difficult to do so.7 -
Name:Pam
Age:61
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/1/2016
How long in maintenance: Since 9/2017
Maintenance weight range:130-135
Average weight recorded from 2018:
Average weight recorded from January:131.75
Average weight recorded from February:130.75
Average weight recorded from March:132.1
Average weight recorded from April:133.5
Average weight recorded from May:132.5
Average weight recorded from June:132.08
Average weight recorded for July:132.15
Average weight recorded for August: 132.15
Average weight recorded for September: 132.28
Week of..
Oct 6 134.8
Oct 13 133.6
Oct 20 132
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:Back from my time away with my daughter weight is back in range. I found a new love of hiking. We hiked every day and was so amazed that I could keep up with her. She told me how proud she was of what I have done with my weight.7 -
Oh Lesley I am so sorry to hear about your son. Sending hugs to your family0
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Oh Lesley I am so sorry to hear about your son. Sending hugs to your family0
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Name:Pam
Age:61
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/1/2016
How long in maintenance: Since 9/2017
Maintenance weight range:130-135
Average weight recorded from 2018:
Average weight recorded from January:131.75
Average weight recorded from February:130.75
Average weight recorded from March:132.1
Average weight recorded from April:133.5
Average weight recorded from May:132.5
Average weight recorded from June:132.08
Average weight recorded for July:132.15
Average weight recorded for August: 132.15
Average weight recorded for September: 132.28
Week of..
Oct 6 134.8
Oct 13 133.6
Oct 20 132
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Back from my time with my daughter. Weight is back down I found a new love of hiking. We hiked every day. I was amazed going up a mountain never in my life would I have thought I would be doing this. My daughter told me how proud she is is of my accomplishments.5 -
Name: Kim
Age: 31
Height: 5’5”
Total weight lost: 65-70 lb
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 1.5 years
Maintenance weight range: 127-131 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2018: 133
Average weight recorded from January: 133
Average weight recorded from February: 132.4
Average weight recorded from March: 132.5
Average weight recorded from April: 132.8
Average weight recorded from May: 131.3
Average weight recorded for June: 130.8
Average weight recorded for July: 130.5
Average weight recorded for August: 130
Average weight recorded for September: 130.1
Week of…
Oct 6: 131.5
Oct 13: 129.3
Oct 20: 130.4
Oct 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I’m onto w1d3 of c25k. I love how I feel confident about my body after I run, regardless of what my weight was that morning or how I actually look. Everything just seems better when you have those endorphins.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 (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 recorded from August: 145.8
Average weight recorded from September: 143.2
Average weight Week of...
September 30 - October 6: 140.2
October 7 -- 13: 141.1
October 14 - 20: 142.5
October 21 - 27:
October 28 - November 3:
Success of the week: I kept my average weight in my goal range all week, and my scale weight stayed below what I currently have set as my goal five of seven days. I had been toying with extending my goal down a little bit, and I'm still contemplating that.
Struggle of the week: Avoiding emotional eating. I did some yesterday; drinking too. It was a Celebration of Life for a friend who died in August. It was great to be among so many friends and family whew knew and loved him. He was the kind of person we really do all strive to be, and he died way too young. Firetruck cancer. Firetruck is the only word that starts with an f and ends with uck that won't turn out to be some small feline on this forum.8 -
Struggle of the week: Avoiding emotional eating. I did some yesterday; drinking too. It was a Celebration of Life for a friend who died in August. It was great to be among so many friends and family whew knew and loved him. He was the kind of person we really do all strive to be, and he died way too young. Firetruck cancer. Firetruck is the only word that starts with an f and ends with uck that won't turn out to be some small feline on this forum.
Just lost my step father to cancer. Firetruck cancer.7 -
Name: Ben
Age: 51
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: ~55 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since ~ December 2018
Maintenance weight range: 165-170
Average weight recorded for December:165.8
Average weight recorded for January: 167.3
Average weight recorded for February: 167.2
Average weight recorded for March: 166.5
Average weight recorded for April: 162.9
Average weight recorded for May: 161.5
Average weight recorded for June: 160.9
Average weight recorded for July: 160.5
Average weight recorded for August: 160.9
Average weight recorded for September: 161.3
Week of...
October 6th: 161 (trend 161.5)
October 13th: 161.5 (trend 161.2)
October 20th: 162.3 (trend 162)
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Poor sleep, more stress, too many calories have predictable consequences. While I want to move back to the bottom of range, this is not the way to do it. I was able to at least get my runs in 6 out of 7 days. Buckling down for a more successful week.3 -
Jan 1, 2016 228.3
2019
April 25 153
Monthly average: 153
Yearly average: 153
Maintenance Range: 153-155
Oct 7: 157 Trend: 157.5
Oct 12: 156.4 Trend: 156.8
Oct 19: 157.8 Trend: 157.7
Monthly avg: 157.13, 157.18
Yearly avg: 154.72, 154.73
Weight graph: April 25 -Oct 19 (Maintenance)
Successes: Not giving up.
Avg steps > 10K daily
Avg calories down from 2200 to 2050
HEALTHY HAPPY
BMI 23.3 down from 34+
Struggling: edging the graph down. Curbing eating out.
I keep reminding myself my maintenance hasn’t been 6 months yet & I WILL figure this out.
I weigh today what I weighed a year ago, was still losing. So I guess maintenance feels longer than 6 months.
If I had listened to all of you & had set a +/-5 lb maintenance range, I would have been far less stressed these past 6 months (but I had gotten down to 150, so I thought of my range as 150-155. Ha!
Still working to get the graph to go down!8 -
And here’s my weight chart since June 2010:
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Name Lesley
Age: 68 69 (birthday last month!)
Height: 155 cm (5’ 1”)
Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
Time it took to lose: 9 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance weight range: 48 – 51 kg (106 – 112 lbs)
Average weight recorded from 2018: max 72.5 kg in July, 56 kg in Dec
Average weight recorded from January: 54.7 kg
Average weight recorded from February: 53.3 kg
Average weight recorded from March: 51.7 kg
Average weight recorded from April: 50.2 kg (110.7 lb)
Average weight recorded from May: 49.9 kg (110 lb)
Average weight recorded from June: 48.7 kg (107 lb)
Average weight recorded from July: 48.5 kg (107 lb)
Average weight recorded from August: 48.1 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded from September: 47.8 kg (105 lb)
October 7th: 47.5 kg
October 14th: 47.9 kg
October 21st: 48 kg
October 28th:
Success(es)/struggles of the week. I’ve been home for a few days, getting back to some semblance of normality for a while. We’re waiting for the results of tests, so in limbo for a week or two. I’m struggling to get my weight over 48 kg but there is a slight upward trend.9
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