July 2021 Maintainers' Check-in!

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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:
Age:
Height:
Total weight lost:
Time it took to lose:
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range:

Average weight recorded for 2018:
Average weight recorded for 2019:
Average weight recorded for 2020:

Average weight recorded for January:
Average weight recorded for February:
Average weight recorded for March:
Average weight recorded for April:
Average weight recorded for May:
Average weight recorded for June:

Week ending:
July 3:
July 10:
July 17:
July 24:
July 31:

Successes/struggles of the week:
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  • missperfectpitch
    missperfectpitch Posts: 580 Member
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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: 108-112.5

    Average weight recorded for 2018: 109.8
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 111.2
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 111.6

    Average weight recorded for August 2020: 112.9
    Average weight recorded for September 2020: 112.4
    Average weight recorded for October 2020: 111.7
    Average weight recorded for November 2020: 111.5
    Average weight recorded for December 2020: 112.1

    Average weight recorded for January: 111.6
    Average weight recorded for February: 111.7
    Average weight recorded for March: 112.2
    Average weight recorded for April: 111.3
    Average weight recorded for May: 112.4
    Average weight recorded for June: 113.1

    Week ending:
    July 3: 114 (trending 113.6)
    July 10:
    July 17:
    July 24:
    July 31:

    Successes/struggles of the week: Still working on trying to get my weight back down in range, but it'll be a bit of a struggle over the next couple of weeks, with a weekend trip next weekend involving lots of good food and ice cream, a happy hour with friends, and family visiting the following week with more delicious food and desserts. I'll be trying to keep my activity level high to compensate for all of the tasty high calorie foods.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 10,975 Member
    edited July 2021
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    Name: Maddie 🦄
    Height: 174 cm
    Total weight lost: ~75 (69.3 today)
    Time it took to lose: 2yr 8 months
    How long in maintenance: 2yr 10 months ❤️
    Maintenance Tracking Plan for 2021: <157 average monthly values

    Average weight recorded for 2016: 228.3
    Average weight recorded for 2017: 197
    Average weight recorded for 2018: 172
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 155. ❤️
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 156.8 ❤️
    Avg wt for 2021 so far: 156.33 ❤️ ⬇️

    Avg 2021 wt recorded for Jan: 154.95 ❤️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for Feb: 155.5 ❤️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for Mar: 156.5 ❤️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for April: 156.7 ❤️⬇️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for May: 156.65 ❤️⬇️
    Avg 2021 wt recordedfor June: 156.53 ❤️⬇️

    Avg wt wk June 27:158.67 ⛔️Trend:159.4⛔️

    Avg wt wk July 3: 159.03 ⛔️ Trend 159.1⬇️
    July 10
    July 17
    July 24
    July 31

    Successes: slowed down my weight gain & then began to lower weight.
    Increased steps back to >10K and strength training from none until June 7 to 1100 repetitions since then. 5-12 mins daily. It sure adds up!!

    Struggles: None: I turned it all around.

    Raw Almonds were the culprit.
    Visitors went home & I got back to my food/exercise/tracking/meal prep routines.

    Accepted COVID situation for me; focused on gratefulness.

    I got back to earlier habits with the support of my tracker.

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    🌸🌼🌺
    Maddie
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 2,713 Member
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    Name Lesley
    Age: 70
    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: 26 months – 2 years!!
    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 for 2020 49.3 kg (109 lb)

    Average weight recorded for January: 47.9 kg (106 lb)
    Average weight recorded for February: 47.7 kg (105 lb)
    Average weight recorded for March: 47.6 kg (105 lb)
    Average weight recorded for April: 48.4 kg (107 lb)
    Average weight recorded for May: 49.1 kg (108 lb)
    Average weight recorded for June: 49.6 kg (109 lb)

    July 5th: 49.7 kg (trend 49.5 kg)
    July 12th:
    July 19th:
    July 26th:

    Successes/struggles:

    I have been maintaining nicely at around goal weight for a few weeks now. I’ve enjoyed some good family time, and the Covid restrictions are gradually easing.
    I have some difficult times ahead, my son’s birthday on the 27th for one.
    This week I’m going away in my motorhome for several days so will tracking food will be difficult and I won’t be able to weigh myself next Monday. I know the principles of healthy eating, so I should be fine. (Ha Ha, fingers crossed)

  • 425Recess
    425Recess Posts: 260 Member
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    Name: Lorrraine
    Age: 73
    Height: 5'4"
    Total weight lost: 50 lb.
    Time it took to lose: Over years with ups/downs
    How long in maintenance: at current weight ~3 years - 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 from 2020: 115.0

    Average weight recorded for July:114.5
    Average weight recorded for August:114.0
    Average weight recorded for September:115.0
    Average weight recorded for October:114.7
    Average weight recorded for November:115.6
    Average weight recorded for December 116.5
    Average weight recorded for January: 116.6
    Average weight recorded for February: 115.4
    Average weight recorded for March: 115.1
    Average weight recorded for April: 114.4
    Average weight recorded for May: 114.5
    Average weight recorded for June: 114.5

    Week of:
    July 5: 114.5

    Successes/Struggles: It was very hot here and we don't have a/c. We are getting it! We ended up going to restaurants to cool off and I ate more than normal. Also, I didn't do my exercises. Amazingly, I didn't gain weight. Now that it is cooler and I'm exercising, it will be interesting what happens.
  • charmmeth
    charmmeth Posts: 936 Member
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    Name: Charlotte
    Age: 57
    Height: 5'11" (180cm)

    Maintenance range: narrow 75kg (+/- 1kg); wide 75kg (+/- 2.5kg)

    Weight lost: 86kg to 80 kg (January-August 2012); 85 kg to 69 kg (October 2014 - March 2016); 88kg to present weight (May 2020 - now)
    maintained (i.e. was below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a medication and gained 2 kg in a month; went on sabbatical (away from scales; lots of conference meals); hit (peri-)menopause and lost track of things except to note that I was steadily gaining and back to 85/86 kg.
    Lost to 81 kg at Easter 2020 (top of normal bmi for me), but then gained back to 88 kg in April/May (Easter egg binge; lock down closed the pool...).
    Average weight October 2014 - September 2015: 75.72 kg
    Average weight October 2015 - September 2016: 72.33 kg
    Average weight October 2016 - September 2017: 76.82 kg - monthly average mostly within maintenance range (74.82 - 77.86 kg) for the first 10 months, then >79 kg in August and September
    Average weight October 2017 - March 2018: 80.90 kg
    April 2018-April 2020: no data
    Average weight 22 May - 31 December 2020: 80.83 kg

    Average weight recorded for January 2021: 76.06 kg
    Average weight recorded for February 2021: 76.91 kg
    Average weight recorded for March 2021: 75.38 kg
    Average weight recorded for April 2021: 74.90 kg
    Average weight recorded for May 2021: 75.02 kg
    Average weight recorded for June 2021: 75.36 kg

    Weight / seven day rolling average:
    6 July: 76.1 kg (168 lb) / rolling 7-day average 76.1 kg
    13 July:
    20 July:
    27 July:

    Average weight recorded for July 2021 currently: 76.1 kg

    Reflection: My weight is moving up gradually although I am still within my wider maintenance range. I'll be away for a retreat month from 24 July, and would expect my weight to drop again during that month, so my aim for this month is to maintain at where I am now. I plan to lose again to the lower end of my maintenance range this autumn. I am keeping active and eating well.
  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 487 Member
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    Name: Martha (mjglantz)
    Age: 71
    Height: 5'7"
    Total weight lost: 86
    Time it took to lose: 2 years
    How long in maintenance: 8 years 3 months
    Maintenance weight range: 139 - 145

    Average weight recorded for 2018: 142
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 142
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 142

    Average weight recorded for January:
    Average weight recorded for February:
    Average weight recorded for March:
    Average weight recorded for April:
    Average weight recorded for May:
    Average weight recorded for June: 140

    Week ending:
    July 3: 142
    July 10:
    July 17:
    July 24:
    July 31:

    Successes/struggles of the week: Successes - keeping my weight at goal. Struggles - Getting out to exercise with excessive heat and rain! Love to workout in the gym but walking outside keeps me sane. New to this challenge so don't have all the prior stats.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 10,975 Member
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    Welcome aboard @mjglantz !

    Great to see you here!
  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 487 Member
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    Welcome aboard @mjglantz !

    Great to see you here!

    Thanks! Actually been on MFP since 2013 and just now getting active on the message boards. Looking forward to "meeting" more fellow maintainers.

  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 487 Member
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    Name: Martha (mjglantz)
    Age: 71
    Height: 5'7"
    Total weight lost: 86
    Time it took to lose: 2 years
    How long in maintenance: 8 years 3 months
    Maintenance weight range: 139 - 145

    Average weight recorded for 2018: 143
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 137
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 140

    Average weight recorded for January: 140
    Average weight recorded for February: 138
    Average weight recorded for March: 140
    Average weight recorded for April:141
    Average weight recorded for May:142
    Average weight recorded for June: 140

    Week ending:
    July 3: 142
    July 10:142
    July 17:
    July 24:
    July 31:

    Successes/struggles of the week: Getting in my exercise every day even though we had brutally hot weather for some days and torrential rain on others!
    Interesting note on weight....went back and calculated the average weight for several years and was surprised that 2019 was so low!
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 13,188 Member
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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:
    Ideally 142 - 148
    Absolutely 140-150

    (and STILL not sure those are the right answers)


    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 2020 (12 months): 147.1

    Average weight recorded from December 2020: 150.9
    Average weight recorded from January 2021: 154.1 (!!!)
    Average weight recorded from February 2021: 154.8 (!!!)
    Average weight recorded from March 2021: 153.0
    Average weight recorded from April 2021: 154.2 (!!!)
    Average weight recorded from May 2021: 154.6 (!!!)
    Average weight recorded from June 2021: 155.1 (!!!)

    Average weight Week of...
    Jun 28 - Jul 4 ............ 155.7
    Jul 5 - 13 ................... 156.8
    Jul 11 - 19 .................
    Jul 18 - 24 .................
    Jul 25 - 31 .................

    Success of the week: Finally started commuting by bike again.

    Struggle of the week: More than I care to writ about.

  • missperfectpitch
    missperfectpitch Posts: 580 Member
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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: 108-112.5

    Average weight recorded for 2018: 109.8
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 111.2
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 111.6

    Average weight recorded for August 2020: 112.9
    Average weight recorded for September 2020: 112.4
    Average weight recorded for October 2020: 111.7
    Average weight recorded for November 2020: 111.5
    Average weight recorded for December 2020: 112.1

    Average weight recorded for January: 111.6
    Average weight recorded for February: 111.7
    Average weight recorded for March: 112.2
    Average weight recorded for April: 111.3
    Average weight recorded for May: 112.4
    Average weight recorded for June: 113.1

    Week ending:
    July 3: 114 (trending 113.6)
    July 10: 113.6 (trending 113.6)
    July 17:
    July 24:
    July 31:

    Successes/struggles of the week: I was away on a quick weekend trip with my boyfriend this weekend with no access to a scale. Enjoyed a lot of high calorie restaurant food and desserts, so I'm sure that my weight will be pretty high with water retention as well as TOM when I check it tomorrow. It wasn't really an active trip, but I did manage to exceed my daily steps yesterday and Friday by a few thousand steps.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 10,975 Member
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    Name: Maddie 🦄
    Height: 174 cm
    Total weight lost: ~75 (69.3 today)
    Time it took to lose: 2yr 8 months
    How long maintenance: 2yr 10.33months ❤️
    Maintenance Tracking Plan for 2021: <157 average monthly values

    Average weight recorded for 2016: 228.3
    Average weight recorded for 2017: 197
    Average weight recorded for 2018: 172
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 155. ❤️
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 156.8 ❤️
    Avg wt for 2021 so far: 156.44❤️

    Avg 2021 wt recorded for Jan: 154.95 ❤️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for Feb: 155.5 ❤️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for Mar: 156.5 ❤️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for April: 156.7 ❤️⬇️
    Avg 2021 wt recorded for May: 156.65 ❤️⬇️
    Avg 2021 wt recordedfor June: 156.53 ❤️⬇️

    Avg wt wk June 27:158.67 ⛔️Trend:159.4⛔️

    Avg wt wk July 3: 159.03 ⛔️ Trend 159.1⬇️
    Avg wt wk July 10: 159.3 ⛔️ Trend 159.4 ⛔️
    July 17
    July 24
    July 31

    Successes: I’m reigning in calories (set a lower target) and scale is going down slowly.

    Just 1.5 lbs now to get to top of my tight maintenance goal & I have been under my more generous goal all along. That’s my hard stop.

    Increased my steps back to >10K and I’ve done strength training daily since June 7. I do both whether I’m Tired or not

    Struggles: not sure why I’m More tired than I used to be - actually I do - I just hadn’t realized it until now. I have trouble falling asleep. I’ll work on a more relaxing evening & see if that helps.


    🌸🌼🌺
    Maddie

  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member
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    Age: 32
    Height: 5'8"
    Starting Weight: 220+
    Total weight lost: 70 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 4 months (February - June 2019)
    How long in maintenance: 2 years 1 month
    Maintenance weight range: 144 - 150
    Average weight recorded from 2018: NA
    Average weight recorded for 2019: 168.3
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 146.43

    Average weight recorded for June: 145.14
    Average weight recorded for July: 146.56
    Average weight recorded for August: 145.83
    Average weight recorded for September: 149.33
    Average weight recorded for October: 149.95
    Average weight recorded for November:148.86
    Average weight recorded for December: 151.39
    Average weight recorded from January: 151.39
    Average weight recorded from February: 151.32
    Average weight recorded from March: 149.76
    Average weight recorded from April: 148.77
    Average weight recorded from May: 148.58
    Average weight recorded from June: 151.85

    Weigh in
    July 5: 152.6 (↗️4.5lbs) Trend 150.4 (↘️.7lb)
    July 12: 148.5 (↘️4.1lbs) Trend 150.2 (↘️.2lb)

    Great training week. Got in three strength training sessions. That might not be sustainable as we get further into the training block for Chicago Marathon.

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  • 425Recess
    425Recess Posts: 260 Member
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    Name: Lorrraine
    Age: 73
    Height: 5'4"
    Total weight lost: 50 lb.
    Time it took to lose: Over years with ups/downs
    How long in maintenance: at current weight ~3 years - 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 from 2020: 115.0

    Average weight recorded for July:114.5
    Average weight recorded for August:114.0
    Average weight recorded for September:115.0
    Average weight recorded for October:114.7
    Average weight recorded for November:115.6
    Average weight recorded for December 116.5
    Average weight recorded for January: 116.6
    Average weight recorded for February: 115.4
    Average weight recorded for March: 115.1
    Average weight recorded for April: 114.4
    Average weight recorded for May: 114.5
    Average weight recorded for June: 114.5

    Week of:
    July 5: 114.5
    July 12: 115.0

    Successes/Struggles: I am still struggling getting my four video exercise routines in during the week. I am also eating over calorie goal. This has been going on for a couple of weeks - different excuses each week. My weight is starting drift up. Hopefully that will motivate me.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 10,975 Member
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    Name: Maddie 🦄
    Height: 174 cm
    Total weight lost: ~75 (69.3 today)
    Time it took to lose: 2yr 8 months
    How long maintenance: 2yr 10.33months ❤️
    Maintenance Tracking Plan for 2021: <157 average monthly values

    Average weight recorded for 2019: 155. ❤️
    Average weight recorded for 2020: 156.8 ❤️
    Avg wt for 2021 so far: 156.44❤️

    Avg 2021 wt recordedfor June: 156.53 ❤️⬇️


    Avg wt wk June 27:158.67 ⛔️Trend:159.4⛔️
    Avg wt wk July 3: 159.03 ⛔️ Trend 159.1⬇️
    Avg wt wk July 10: 159.3 ⛔️ Trend 159.4 ⛔️

    UPDATE: things are turning around!!
    Avg wwk July12:159.09⬇️ Trend:158.8⬇️⬇️

    July 17

    This morning’s weight was 0.2 lbs from the top of my goal weight. My theory may be getting proven. My summer weight may well be water weight. We had high heat & then cool (I’m wearing a huge jacket now) & my weight dropped as fast as it went up a month ago!! Interesting.

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    Wow I just checked the past 30 days weather…sure enough the two steep climbs were significantly hotter days & the last few cooler

    Ok, gonna have to add temps to my tracking.


    🌸🌼🌺
    Maddie
  • charmmeth
    charmmeth Posts: 936 Member
    edited July 2021
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    Name: Charlotte
    Age: 57
    Height: 5'11" (180cm)

    Maintenance range: narrow 75kg (+/- 1kg); wide 75kg (+/- 2.5kg)

    Weight lost: 86kg to 80 kg (January-August 2012); 85 kg to 69 kg (October 2014 - March 2016); 88kg to present weight (May 2020 - now)
    maintained (i.e. was below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a medication and gained 2 kg in a month; went on sabbatical (away from scales; lots of conference meals); hit (peri-)menopause and lost track of things except to note that I was steadily gaining and back to 85/86 kg.
    Lost to 81 kg at Easter 2020 (top of normal bmi for me), but then gained back to 88 kg in April/May (Easter egg binge; lock down closed the pool...).
    Average weight October 2014 - September 2015: 75.72 kg
    Average weight October 2015 - September 2016: 72.33 kg
    Average weight October 2016 - September 2017: 76.82 kg - monthly average mostly within maintenance range (74.82 - 77.86 kg) for the first 10 months, then >79 kg in August and September
    Average weight October 2017 - March 2018: 80.90 kg
    April 2018-April 2020: no data
    Average weight 22 May - 31 December 2020: 80.83 kg

    Average weight recorded for January 2021: 76.06 kg
    Average weight recorded for February 2021: 76.91 kg
    Average weight recorded for March 2021: 75.38 kg
    Average weight recorded for April 2021: 74.90 kg
    Average weight recorded for May 2021: 75.02 kg
    Average weight recorded for June 2021: 75.36 kg

    Weight / seven day rolling average:
    6 July: 76.1 kg (168 lb) / rolling 7-day average 76.10 kg
    13 July: 76.0 kg (168 lb) / rolling 7-day average 76.383 kg
    20 July:
    27 July:

    Average weight recorded for July 2021 currently: 76.25 kg

    Reflection: My weight has been all over the place this last week, for no reason that I can really discern. I was up to 77kg on Thursday, down to 75.9kg on Friday, back up to 76.9kg Saturday. Some of this wiill be down to eating most of a bar of milk Kinderschokolade on Wednesday (it was a stressful day!) which rather confirms my suspicion that milk chocolate is a weight gain trigger for me.
    Looking forward, I'm aiming to keep my average for the month in the range 76 to 76.5 kg until I go away on 23 July. Then I'll see where I am when I get back at the end of August and if necessary lose to the lower end of my maintenance range this autumn. Meanwhile, I continue to be active (I am doing about an hour of sport five or six days a week), eating well and enjoying good wine.