Feb 2020 Check In
pkweier
Posts: 349 Member
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support.
2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week.
3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!!
Name:
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Time it took to lose:
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Week of..
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Feb 16:
Feb 23:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week.
3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!!
Name:
Age:
Height:
Total weight lost:
Time it took to lose:
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range:
Average weight recorded from 2018:
Average weight recorded for 2019:
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Average weight recorded for Dec
Week of..
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
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Just setting this up for Sunday. Hope everyone had a great January!
Hi! My name is Kristen. And I struggle to maintain my weight. I have had great success losing/gaining, but I'm hoping this group helps me be more accountable. I weigh only 1x week on Sundays, so that's when I'll check in. My 2 goals in 2020 are to not let the scale go above 153 and weigh in EVERY Sunday for the WHOLE YEAR. This seems easy to most, but I get lazy and make excuses why I don't need to weigh in and then all of a sudden everything in my closet has shrunk. LOL
Age: 41
Sex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 20 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 months
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Starting Weight: 164.8 (September 3rd, 2019)
Goal Weight: 150 (Hit November 8th, 2019)
Maintenance weight range: 147 - 153
Average weight recorded for September: 160.1
Average weight recorded for October: 154.0
Average weight recorded for November: 149.2
Average weight recorded for December: 146.4
Average weight recorded for January: 145.4
Week of...
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Hope everyone is doing awesome!2 -
Name:Pam
Age:61
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/2016
How long in maintenance: Since 9/2017
Maintenance weight range:130-135
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Week of..
Feb 2:137.4
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Feb 23:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: YIKES!! Where did that spike come from. I was 134 on Friday morning. I know I did not eat over 10,000 calories since Friday. Saturday was not feeling the best all I had was a turkey burger. Will see what it says not week.
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Looks like we might have two threads this month.
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 2019 (12 months): 144.8
Average weight recorded from December 2019: 145.0
Average weight recorded from January 2020: 143.7
Average weight Week of...
January 27 - February 2......145.4
February 3 - 9...............
February 10 - 16...............
February 17 - 23...............
February 23 - March 1...........
Success of the week: After nearly bouncing up to the ceiling of my maintenance range (it was the bagels last Sunday), I got back near goal, but average is still up a bit.
Struggle of the week: More bagels!
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Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Total weight lost: 70 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 months (February - June 2019)
How long in maintenance: 7 months
Maintenance weight range: 145 - 149
Average weight recorded from 2018: NA
Average weight recorded for 2019: 168.3
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
Average weight recorded for October: 148.3
Average weight recorded for November: 146.8
Average weight recorded for December: 147.9
Average weight recorded for January 146.2
Week of
February 2: 149.8 (Trend: 146.7)
Struggles: Got sick half way through the week. Didn’t do my long run, started eating desserts like it was going out of style. Garmin stress level was through the roof. Cold sweats, such fun. That all added up to a +6 lb scale swing. Joy.
Successes: Felt good enough to run through a rainy local 5K. Set a PR and got 2nd in my age group.
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Name: Janine
Age: 29
Height: 4'11''
Total weight lost: 3.8 kg (8.36 lbs)
Time it took to lose: Since September 2019 but off and on for 5 years
How long in maintenance: Since January 2020
Maintenance weight range: 48 - 50 kg (105.9 - 110.2 lbs)
Average weight recorded for August: 56.3 kg (124.1 lbs)
Average weight recorded for September: 55.9 kg (123.2 lbs)
Average weight recorded in October: 54.9 kg (121 lbs)
Average weight recorded in November: 54.2 kg (119.5 lbs)
Average weight recorded in December: 52.8 kg (116.4 lbs)
Average weight recorded in January: 52.2 kg (115 lbs)
Week of..
Feb 2: 51.9 kg (114.4 lbs)
Feb 9:
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Feb 23:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Weight's finally down again this week, I also started my TOM this week so that would explain the weight/water retention. I also should be back on track with my training now I'm back working the earlier shift. Had a treat meal on Friday and woke up the lightest I've ever been. I would like to think that my body responds very well to refeeds.3 -
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: 108-112.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8
Average weight recorded for 2019 (12 months): 111.2
Average weight recorded for Dec 2019: 111.3
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 111.9
Week of..
Feb 1: 111.5 (trend 111.7)
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Feb 29:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Sometimes the little successes help to put things in perspective. Although my weight is still on the higher end of my maintenance range, I noticed the other day that I've got an over 1000 day streak on MFP. The daily weight fluctuations get to me sometimes, but I've managed to come here and stay accountable for almost 3 years, and have come a long way since back before I started here and before I figured out that I didn't have to be miserable in order to lose weight.
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missperfectpitch wrote: »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: 108-112.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8
Average weight recorded for 2019 (12 months): 111.2
Average weight recorded for Dec 2019: 111.3
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 111.9
Week of..
Feb 1: 111.5 (trend 111.7)
Feb 8:
Feb 15:
Feb 22:
Feb 29:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Sometimes the little successes help to put things in perspective. Although my weight is still on the higher end of my maintenance range, I noticed the other day that I've got an over 1000 day streak on MFP. The daily weight fluctuations get to me sometimes, but I've managed to come here and stay accountable for almost 3 years, and have come a long way since back before I started here and before I figured out that I didn't have to be miserable in order to lose weight.
Well done sticking with the program, getting to your goal range, and staying there. It's not easy. And well done with the feedback from your streak that you ARE sticking to it! And YAY for figuring out that you don't have to be miserable! Seems like you've got things dialed. I can guarantee you are NOT the only person here who dislikes the fluctuations, and yet you recognize that it's just part of the program.
Here's to your next thousand days!3 -
missperfectpitch wrote: »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: 108-112.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8
Average weight recorded for 2019 (12 months): 111.2
Average weight recorded for Dec 2019: 111.3
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 111.9
Week of..
Feb 1: 111.5 (trend 111.7)
Feb 8:
Feb 15:
Feb 22:
Feb 29:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Sometimes the little successes help to put things in perspective. Although my weight is still on the higher end of my maintenance range, I noticed the other day that I've got an over 1000 day streak on MFP. The daily weight fluctuations get to me sometimes, but I've managed to come here and stay accountable for almost 3 years, and have come a long way since back before I started here and before I figured out that I didn't have to be miserable in order to lose weight.
Well done sticking with the program, getting to your goal range, and staying there. It's not easy. And well done with the feedback from your streak that you ARE sticking to it! And YAY for figuring out that you don't have to be miserable! Seems like you've got things dialed. I can guarantee you are NOT the only person here who dislikes the fluctuations, and yet you recognize that it's just part of the program.
Here's to your next thousand days!
Thank you!! Yes, the worst part of maintenance for me is the mental game that the fluctuations like to play!1 -
Name:giselle
Age:56
Height:5 ft 1 1/2 inches
Total weight lost: just starting tracking
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Average weight recorded from 2018:130
Average weight recorded for 2019:135
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Feb 2: sunday first weigh in - 140
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: struggles-not eating past 7pm, not eating prepackaged chips. successes - starting this post, eating more healthy foods, excercising more2 -
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 2019: 115.2
Average weight recorded for November: 113.6
Average weight recorded from December: 114.2
Average weight recorded from January: 114.2
Week of..
Feb 2: 111.8 scale/113.3 trend
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Weight is a little low this week, so I will be focusing on making sure I hit my calorie goal every day. I got up to 2497 calories today so that should help. My goal is 2200 using TDEE.
Is there a way to combine the two February check in threads? I guess for now I will post in both.3 -
Name: Ben
Age: 51
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: ~60 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since ~ December 2018
Maintenance weight range: 163-168
Average weight recorded for 2019: 162.8
Average weight recorded for December 2019: 162.6
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 162.2
Week of...
January 2nd: 159.4 (trend 161.3)
Successes: I stayed very active throughout the week and made it to the gym daily. Started the day at a lower weight after banking up calories during the week for the Super Bowl snacks. I'm sure tomorrow will read much higher, but it's just a momentary blip. It was interesting to listen to co-workers talk about starting a weight-loss challenge and having a happy moment realizing that I'm perfectly good at my current weight.
@mtaratoot Fiddling with the Garmin settings has improved the calorie burn accuracy a bit, but it's still short by about 400 or so calories. I'm too lazy to mess with it more at the moment and am just going by what my usual TDEE has been over the last year or so.2 -
Hi! My name is Kristen. And I struggle to maintain my weight. I have had great success losing/gaining, but I'm hoping this group helps me be more accountable. I weigh only 1x week on Sundays, so that's when I'll check in. My 2 goals in 2020 are to not let the scale go above 153 and weigh in EVERY Sunday for the WHOLE YEAR. This seems easy to most, but I get lazy and make excuses why I don't need to weigh in and then all of a sudden everything in my closet has shrunk. LOL
Age: 41
Sex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 20 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 months
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Starting Weight: 164.8 (September 3rd, 2019)
Goal Weight: 150 (Hit November 8th, 2019)
Maintenance weight range: 147 - 153
Average weight recorded for September: 160.1
Average weight recorded for October: 154.0
Average weight recorded for November: 149.2
Average weight recorded for December: 146.4
Average weight recorded for January: 145.4
Week of...
February 2nd: 143.7(Trend Weight 144.1)
February 9th:
February 16th:
February 23rd:
Successes: Had a few high days this week, but yesterday was really low, basically forced myself to eat 1200-ish calories of healthy food.
Struggles: Saturday was a result of me overdoing it Friday. Work happy hour, more beer than I usually drink, fried food and a tailgate at work for the Super Bowl. Didn't over eat, just ate things that resulted in me being miserable yesterday. Have some sort of sinus issues that aren't helping either.
Here is to a better week!
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Name: Jessica
Age: 43
Height: 5'9"
Total weight lost: -95
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: 1 month
Maintenance weight range: 143-145
Average weight recorded from 2018: 240ish
Started my WL plan Apr 29, 2019
Average weight recorded from January:144.2
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Moved here from 2nd strand
Name: Maddie
Age: 63
Height: 5’8.5”
Total weight lost: 75.3
Time it took to lose: 3.33 years
How long in maintenance: Since April 25 2019 (9 months)
Maintenance weight range: 153-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 168
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 155.06
Average wt recorded from January: 159.4
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Week ending
Feb 1 Avg: 157.8 Trend: 158 actual: 157.8!
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Success(es:
Lost 3 lbs in January (!)
Eating at home✅
Protein pacing
Boosted exercise further
Lowered sodium
Getting closer to MR (maintenance Range)!!
Struggles: The harder exercise makes me tired to do other things afterwards, but I remind myself Health first. And I love being stronger!
Some trouble falling asleep this week
On to February!3 -
Name Lesley
Age: 69
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: 9 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 2019 : 49.8 kg – reached goal weight in April, average since then 48.7 kg
Average weight recorded in December 2019: 48.6 kg (107 lb)
Average weight recorded for January: 49.8 kg (110 lb)
February 3rd: 50.9 kg
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Successes/struggles: Nearly 3 weeks since the op, and I’m making progress. I’m clocking up about 5,000 steps a day, doing my recovery exercises and some seated exercises from Utube videos. I’m trying not to worry about putting on weight as I know I need to eat properly, and I’m still dependent on my boyfriend (who can’t cook from scratch) and eating out. I’m not allowed to stand for long and obviously can’t lift anything heavier than a half-filled kettle, so shopping and cooking for myself are not possible yet. I tell myself that in 5 weeks I can’t put on more than about 2.5 kg (or 5.5 lbs) and once I can get back to my usual activity levels that will go without too much difficulty.
I see the surgeon and the physio at the end of Feb (6 weeks after the op) so waiting for the sign off then. Hoping to get back to normal by the end of March.
@Jimb376mfp Hope you are doing well. I had spinal fusion (lower back) 25 years ago, takes a while to get moving again. Best wishes.
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Name: Bella
Age: 61
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Total weight lost: 44 pounds
Time it took to lose: 6 months for the first 37 and slowly dropped 7 pounds after that.
How long in maintenance: 1 years
Maintenance weight range: 125-130
Average weight recorded for 2019: 130
Average weight recorded from January: 134.75
Week of..
Feb. 2 132.0
Feb. 9
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Great week. Eating healthy, lots of exercise and feeling good. Hoping to be in my maintenance range by the end of this month.2 -
Height: 5'4"
Total weight lost: 50lb.
Time it took to lose: Over years with ups/downs
How long in maintenance: at current weight 21 months - Was on maintenance for 7 years at 125 lbs.
Maintenance weight range: 115 +/- 2 lbs.
Average weight recorded from 2018: Don't have the recorded number but stayed at goal.
Average weight recorded from 2019: 114.5
Average weight recorded for February:115.5
Average weight recorded for March:113.5
Average weight recorded for April:114.5
Average weight recorded for May:113.5
Average weight recorded for June:114.5
Average weight recorded for July:113.5
Average weight recorded for August:114.5
Average weight recorded for September:114.5
Average weight recorded for Oct:114.5
Average weight recorded for Nov:114.5
Average weight recorded for Dec: 115
Average weight recorded for January: 115
Week of..
Feb 3 115
Feb 10
Feb 17
Feb 24
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
Last week, after a pizza and popcorn day, I was the highest in about a year. Today I am right on target. That is what makes maintance possible. I pay attention to the little gains that are easy to shift back down. I don't obsess and I don't struggle much. I make little shifts as needs be. For years, I wouldn't have thought it possible but it is!5 -
Age: 41
Height: 169 cm (5'6")
Total weight lost: 55.4 kg (122 lbs)
Time it took to lose: 11 months
How long in maintenance: 4 weeks (06/01/20)
Maintenance weight range: 63.5-66.5 kg (140-147 lbs) [N.B. Will reevaluate this range based on DEXA scan results - will get scan in a couple weeks time.]
Monthly Averages:
January 2020 average = 64.9 kgs (143.1 lbs)
February weigh ins:
Feb 03: 63.1 kgs (139.1 lbs)
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
I'm in a pretty good place with my eating and exercise, am maybe being a bit slack with sleep (staying up a bit later than ideal, but not "too late") so I just have to make sure I don't backslide.
I'm considering whether to see a physio as my knee has been reacting a bit to the HIIT routine that I started doing about 4 weeks ago. Nothing serious, but I don't want to do myself an injury.2 -
Name: Spencerport
Age: 39
Height: 6'1"
Total weight lost: 105lbs
Time it took to lose: 18 months
How long in maintenance: 3 years
Maintenance weight range: 195-200lbs
Week of:
Feb 1: 200.8
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Struggle: Ate out twice. Tweaked my left knee moving equipment in my lab, which limited my ability to workout.5 -
Name:Matt
Age:45
Height:5’10
Total weight lost:55lbs
Time it took to lose:6 months
How long in maintenance:1 week
Maintenance weight range: under 200
Feb 2 197
Struggling to find motivation after hitting goal weight.3 -
Name:Matt
Age:45
Height:5’10
Total weight lost:55lbs
Time it took to lose:6 months
How long in maintenance:1 week
Maintenance weight range: under 200
Feb 2 197
Struggling to find motivation after hitting goal weight.
Motivation? Do you have a picture of yourself six months and 55 pounds heavier? That might work.
Just so you know, even though you already did, it ain't easy, but you can do it if you keep your focus. It's not motivation, it's focus. Let's do this!3 -
Name: Shirley
Age: 63
Height: 5'1"
Total weight lost: 36
Time it took to lose: not sure
How long in maintenance: over 3 years
Maintenance weight range: 110-114
Average weight recorded from 2018: 109.7
Average weight recorded from 2019: 111.5
Average weight recorded from January: 107.75
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Feb 2: 107
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It's been hard to take a walk with the foot or so of snow we got. This morning it's zero degrees out to add to the misery.4 -
Name: Maddie
Age: 63
Height: 5’8.5”
Total weight lost: 75.3
Time it took to lose: 3.33 years
How long in maintenance: Since April 25 2019 (9.5 months)
Maintenance weight range: 153-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 168
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 155.06
Average wt recorded from January: 159.4
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Week ending
Feb 1 Avg: 158.2 Trend: 158 actual: 157.8!
Feb 8: Avg: 157.7 Trend: 157.4 actual: 157.4!
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Success(es:
Eating at home✅
Protein pacing✅
Boosted exercise further✅
Lowered sodium❌
Closer to MR (maintenance Range)✅
Stronger & more endurance ✅
Struggles: Still too much salt. Not doing well when I eat out. Working on it.
Labs are very good to excellent, but I can see some are edging in the wrong direction. A healthy diet seems to be essential for my good health. Still some trouble falling asleep this week4 -
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: 108-112.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8
Average weight recorded for 2019 (12 months): 111.2
Average weight recorded for Dec 2019: 111.3
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 111.9
Week of..
Feb 1: 111.5 (trend 111.7)
Feb 8: 112.6 (trend 112.1)
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I'm thinking that it's time to start getting back on track with eating healthier overall. The last couple of months have basically just been staying within calories throughout the holiday season, without paying attention to macros or getting in adequate fruit and vegetables. Winter always seems to be the most difficult time for me in terms of eating fruit especially, as I don't really enjoy anything that's in season. The cold weather just makes me want to eat a bunch of junk food and other high calorie items. I do want to work on a more balanced diet, so I'll be putting some effort into that to keep my protein intake up (I'm trying to recomp/build muscle) and incorporate more fruits and vegetables.5 -
Hi! My name is Kristen. And I struggle to maintain my weight. I have had great success losing/gaining, but I'm hoping this group helps me be more accountable. I weigh only 1x week on Sundays, so that's when I'll check in. My 2 goals in 2020 are to not let the scale go above 153 and weigh in EVERY Sunday for the WHOLE YEAR. This seems easy to most, but I get lazy and make excuses why I don't need to weigh in and then all of a sudden everything in my closet has shrunk. LOL
Age: 41
Sex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 20 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 months
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Starting Weight: 164.8 (September 3rd, 2019)
Goal Weight: 150 (Hit November 8th, 2019)
Maintenance weight range: 147 - 153
Average weight recorded for September: 160.1
Average weight recorded for October: 154.0
Average weight recorded for November: 149.2
Average weight recorded for December: 146.4
Average weight recorded for January: 145.4
Week of...
February 2nd: 143.7(Trend Weight 144.1)
February 9th: 144.0(Trend Weight 144.0)
February 16th:
February 23rd:
Successes: I think I'm finally leveling out! Now, I'm leveling out 3lbs lighter than I orginally wanted to, but I'm ok with that. I'll see how the next month goes and see if I need to widen my range. Feeling a bit better after a nasty week of sinus problems.
Struggles: Last Sunday I changed my goal to gain .5lbs week. I thought maybe seeing the higher goal would help me mentally get closer to the calories I need to eat. I did get closer, but no where near the 'gain' number.
Here is to a great week!4 -
Name:Pam
Age:61
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/2016
How long in maintenance: Since 9/2017
Maintenance weight range:130-135
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Week of..
Feb 2:137.4
Feb 9:135.2
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Slowly losing what ever the spike was from last week. Still not where I want to be will be watching again this week. I'm hoping by the end of the month I will be mid range in my goal weight range. Have a great week.3 -
Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Total weight lost: 70 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 months (February - June 2019)
How long in maintenance: 8 months
Maintenance weight range: 145 - 149
Average weight recorded from 2018: NA
Average weight recorded for 2019: 168.3
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
Average weight recorded for October: 148.3
Average weight recorded for November: 146.8
Average weight recorded for December: 147.9
Average weight recorded for January 146.2
Week of
February 2: 149.8 (Trend: 146.7)
February 9: 145.5 (Trend: 146.6)
Struggles: Straight legged my left knee on a run and think changing my gait too much to accommodate it has made my quad very sore. Looks like a few days off are in order. It’s taper time for LA Marathon anyways; so perfect time for extra rest.
Successes: Made sure last weeks +6 lb swing remained just that, a swing and not the beginning of a longer pattern upwards. Took the whole week but trend is back where it was before. A couple more days and hopefully it’ll catch up to maintain or loss instead of projected gain.
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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 2019 (12 months): 144.8
Average weight recorded from December 2019: 145.0
Average weight recorded from January 2020: 143.7
Average weight Week of...
January 27 - February 2......145.4
February 3 - 9.....................144.2
February 10 - 16.................
February 17 - 23.................
February 23 - March 1........
Success of the week: Getting off the roller coaster that my weight has been on for the last two weeks. Last week I had gained up to the top of my maintenance range - about 4.5 pounds in two days. Holy cats! Kind of bounced around for the next week, then moderated back down. The last four days have been good - two days exactly the same scale weight just a little above my ultimate goal, then the last two just below it at the same weight. Feels better.
Struggle of the week: The tenacity of the weight that jumped on me; it just didn't seem like it wanted to get off. I still need to stay where I am a few more days before my trending weight is back at goal, and I'll do that!
Overall, still happy with maintaining even though I keep gaining and losing the same few annoying pounds. It does seem my ups and downs are getting smaller, so maybe (just MAYBE) I am getting this figured out.
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Name: Ben
Age: 51
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: ~60 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since ~ December 2018
Maintenance weight range: 163-168
Average weight recorded for 2019: 162.8
Average weight recorded for December 2019: 162.6
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 162.2
Week of...
January 2nd: 159.4 (trend 161.3)
January 9th: 158.9 (trend 161.6)
Successes: As predicted, salty Super Bowl snacks and my wife's birthday dinner led to a big bounce at the beginning of the week that was shed pretty quickly. I'm going to up my calories a little bit this coming week (on a daily, consistent basis, rather than some of these roller-coaster weeks lately) to get back to the bottom of my range. Fit in cardio every day and have been active in general. I'm thinking I need to cut back on my cardio a couple of times a week to have sufficient time to do more strength training, though.
Have a great week, everyone!2 -
Name: Janine
Age: 29
Height: 4'11''
Total weight lost: 3.8 kg (8.36 lbs)
Time it took to lose: Since September 2019 but off and on for 5 years
How long in maintenance: Since January 2020
Maintenance weight range: 48 - 50 kg (105.9 - 110.2 lbs)
Average weight recorded for August: 56.3 kg (124.1 lbs)
Average weight recorded for September: 55.9 kg (123.2 lbs)
Average weight recorded in October: 54.9 kg (121 lbs)
Average weight recorded in November: 54.2 kg (119.5 lbs)
Average weight recorded in December: 52.8 kg (116.4 lbs)
Average weight recorded in January: 52.2 kg (115 lbs)
Week of..
Feb 2: 51.9 kg (114.4 lbs)
Feb 9: 51.2 kg (112.9 lbs)
Feb 16:
Feb 23:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Had another big drop this week. I did have a moment of weakness yesterday and allowed myself to have another donut and a more than one serving of apple crumble that me and my partner was supposed to share. Back on track for the next 4 days as my partner is away but we have plans on going to a Japanese buffet on Friday that just opened not far away from our place. I should be able to stick as close to my goal as possible.2
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