August 2024 Maintainers' Check-in

missperfectpitch

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 2020:
Average weight recorded for 2021:
Average weight recorded for 2022:
Average weight recorded for 2023:

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:
Average weight recorded for July:

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

Successes/struggles of the week:

AmunahSki

Hi all! Here again for another month!

Age: 52
Height: 5’5”
[HEAVIEST weight: 171.6lb in 2021]
Re-Starting weight Nov 2023: 164.6lb
Weight lost: 21lb
Time to lose weight above: 189 days
How long in maintenance*: since April 2024
Maintenance weight range: 110.2-149.9lb
My (revised) ideal range: 141.5-146.5lb
How long in (revised) ideal range*: since 13 May 2024
*based on Happy Scale moving averages

December 2023 average: 158.5
January 2024 average: 156.1
February 2024 average: 153.3
March 2024 average: 151.9
April 2024 average: 149.7
May 2024 average: 146.1
June 2024 average: 144.3
July 2024 average: 143.8
August 2024 average: 143.8

Recorded Weight/Trend on week ending:
3 Aug: 143.6/143.6
10 Aug:
17 Aug:
24 Aug:
31 Aug:

Successes of the week:
Completed another 3 runs. There’s a slight downward trend (0.5lb lost last month) as I am being careful not to eat too many of the running calories back (for now). Got in some good long walks with hubby too.

Struggles of the week:

lesdarts180

August 2024

Name Lesley
Age: 73

Height: 153 cm (5’ 0.5”)
Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
Time it took to lose: 9 months

How long in maintenance: 5+ 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 for 2021 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight for 2022 49.9 kg (110 lb)
Average weight for 2023 49.5 kg (109 lb)


Average weight recorded for January 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for February 49.5 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for March 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for April 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for May 48.2 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for June 48.3 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for July 47.6 kg (105 lb)

Average weight so far for 2024 48.7 kg (107 lb)

Aug 5th: 48.6 kg (trend 48.4 kg)
Aug 12th:
Aug 19th:
Aug 26th:

Successes/struggles:

I was away on holiday with family – daughter, DIL and four grandchildren. It wasn’t a struggle – just good times.

Successes included a long coastal path walk (scrambling up and down cliffs with my new metal hip!), some shorter walks, some swimming in the sea – the sea off West Wales is never very warm – and other fun times with the kids.

Weight-wise, I had an uptick after driving home on Saturday but that is already dropping off. The holiday included eating without worrying about calories but the exercise will have offset some of the additional treats. Overall, I’m still below my goal weight of 49 kg.

AmunahSki

Age: 52
Height: 5’5”
[HEAVIEST weight: 171.6lb in 2021]
Re-Starting weight Nov 2023: 164.6lb
Weight lost: 21lb
Time to lose weight above: 189 days
How long in maintenance*: since April 2024
Maintenance weight range: 110.2-149.9lb
My (revised) ideal range: 141.5-146.5lb
How long in (revised) ideal range*: since 13 May 2024
*based on Happy Scale moving averages

December 2023 average: 158.5
January 2024 average: 156.1
February 2024 average: 153.3
March 2024 average: 151.9
April 2024 average: 149.7
May 2024 average: 146.1
June 2024 average: 144.3
July 2024 average: 143.8
August 2024 average: 144.2

Recorded Weight/Trend on week ending:
3 Aug: 143.6/143.6
10 Aug: 143.0/144.0
17 Aug:
24 Aug:
31 Aug:

Successes of the week:
Completed another 3 runs - I can feel/see changes to my leg muscles!

Eating salty foods this week meant an ‘apparent’ gain on the scales all week, but I still log my calories and trust the process, and didn’t panic.

Struggles of the week:
Probably a phase of fat redistribution (and the water from the salty foods!), but despite maintaining at the lowest weight I have been in my adult life and finding new muscles, my focus just zooms in on the pudgy areas… we are all our own worst critics, aren’t we?

I now have a week of annual leave to do some gardening, sailing and camping so I will be away from the desk - and the scales - for 10 days.

lesdarts180

August 2024

Name Lesley
Age: 73

Height: 153 cm (5’ 0.5”)
Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
Time it took to lose: 9 months

How long in maintenance: 5+ 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 for 2021 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight for 2022 49.9 kg (110 lb)
Average weight for 2023 49.5 kg (109 lb)


Average weight recorded for January 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for February 49.5 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for March 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for April 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for May 48.2 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for June 48.3 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for July 47.6 kg (105 lb)

Average weight so far for 2024 48.7 kg (107 lb)

Aug 5th: 48.6 kg (trend 48.4 kg)
Aug 12th: 47.6 kg (trend 47.9 kg)
Aug 19th:
Aug 26th:

Successes/struggles:
The holiday/travel weight dropped off quickly. Now I need to consolidate at this weight for a few weeks before going away again – this time for 3 weeks in Kos.

I had a very quiet summer and have been below my goal weight for several weeks, I may need to reconsider my maintenance weight.

missperfectpitch

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: 109.5-115.5

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 2021: 112.5
Average weight recorded for 2022: 113.4
Average weight recorded for 2023: 113.9

Average weight recorded for June 2023: 112.8
Average weight recorded for July: 115.3
Average weight recorded for August: 115.3
Average weight recorded for September: 114.4
Average weight recorded for October: 115.6
Average weight recorded for November: 115.8
Average weight recorded for December 2023: 117.3
Average weight recorded for January 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for February 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for March: 115.8
Average weight recorded for April: 116.5
Average weight recorded for May: 115.9
Average weight recorded for June: 115.5
Average weight recorded for July: 116.3

Week ending:
Aug 3: 116.8 (trending 116.4)
Aug 10: 116.7 (trending 116.6)
Aug 17:
Aug 24:
Aug 31:

Successes/struggles of the week: Lots of indulgences throughout the week for the past couple of weeks, and it's been showing on the scale. I'll be eating at a slight deficit for the next few weeks to get back down into range. I have a vacation in September, so I want to get my weight down so that I can enjoy everything during the vacation. I'm eating a lot of fruit lately as many of my favorite fruits are in season, and will be cooking more and eating out less.

lesdarts180

August 2024

Name Lesley
Age: 73

Height: 153 cm (5’ 0.5”)
Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
Time it took to lose: 9 months

How long in maintenance: 5+ 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 for 2021 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight for 2022 49.9 kg (110 lb)
Average weight for 2023 49.5 kg (109 lb)


Average weight recorded for January 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for February 49.5 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for March 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for April 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for May 48.2 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for June 48.3 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for July 47.6 kg (105 lb)

Average weight so far for 2024 48.7 kg (107 lb)

Aug 5th: 48.6 kg (trend 48.4 kg)
Aug 12th: 47.6 kg (trend 47.9 kg)
Aug 19th: 47.5 kg (trend 47.7 kg)
Aug 26th:

Successes/struggles:

No struggles, a quiet week. Day out on Saturday, theatre and lunch and dinner out. Made good choices and did lots of walking to offset the time sat in trains and in the theatre.

Ps it was a very strange play – The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter. I won’t rush to see another Pinter play.

missperfectpitch

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: 109.5-115.5

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 2021: 112.5
Average weight recorded for 2022: 113.4
Average weight recorded for 2023: 113.9

Average weight recorded for June 2023: 112.8
Average weight recorded for July: 115.3
Average weight recorded for August: 115.3
Average weight recorded for September: 114.4
Average weight recorded for October: 115.6
Average weight recorded for November: 115.8
Average weight recorded for December 2023: 117.3
Average weight recorded for January 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for February 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for March: 115.8
Average weight recorded for April: 116.5
Average weight recorded for May: 115.9
Average weight recorded for June: 115.5
Average weight recorded for July: 116.3

Week ending:
Aug 3: 116.8 (trending 116.4)
Aug 10: 116.7 (trending 116.6)
Aug 17: 117.2 (trending 116.9)
Aug 24:
Aug 31:

Successes/struggles of the week: Went to a festival this past weekend with lots of high sodium, high calorie foods, so my weight is up from that. Still working on lowering my calories a bit over the next couple of weeks, though I have 3 dinners out in a row this weekend, so we'll see how that goes.

AmunahSki

Age: 52
Height: 5’5”
[HEAVIEST weight: 171.6lb in 2021]
Re-Starting weight Nov 2023: 164.6lb
Weight lost: 21lb
Time to lose weight above: 189 days
How long in maintenance*: since April 2024
Maintenance weight range: 110.2-149.9lb
My (revised) ideal range: 141.5-146.5lb
How long in (revised) ideal range*: since 13 May 2024
*based on Happy Scale moving averages

December 2023 average: 158.5
January 2024 average: 156.1
February 2024 average: 153.3
March 2024 average: 151.9
April 2024 average: 149.7
May 2024 average: 146.1
June 2024 average: 144.3
July 2024 average: 143.8
August 2024 average: 144.3

Recorded Weight/Trend on week ending:
3 Aug: 143.6/143.6
10 Aug: 143.0/144.0
17 Aug: ?
24 Aug: 145.0/145.2
31 Aug:

Successes of the week:
Completed another 3 runs, feeling an improvement in my fitness and seeing some changes to the shape of my legs.

Struggles of the week:
I don’t think I ate more than maintenance calories while on leave with the family but there was some guesstimate logging when eating out, plus I was certainly eating more bread and pasta over the last week: I will NOT panic but revert back to my normal eating habits to curb the climb/assess the damage.

missperfectpitch

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: 109.5-115.5

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 2021: 112.5
Average weight recorded for 2022: 113.4
Average weight recorded for 2023: 113.9

Average weight recorded for June 2023: 112.8
Average weight recorded for July: 115.3
Average weight recorded for August: 115.3
Average weight recorded for September: 114.4
Average weight recorded for October: 115.6
Average weight recorded for November: 115.8
Average weight recorded for December 2023: 117.3
Average weight recorded for January 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for February 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for March: 115.8
Average weight recorded for April: 116.5
Average weight recorded for May: 115.9
Average weight recorded for June: 115.5
Average weight recorded for July: 116.3

Week ending:
Aug 3: 116.8 (trending 116.4)
Aug 10: 116.7 (trending 116.6)
Aug 17: 117.2 (trending 116.9)
Aug 24: 117 (trending 116.9)
Aug 31:

Successes/struggles of the week: Still trending upwards with several more meals out last week. Planning to cut back a bit for the next two weeks as I'll be going on vacation the following week.

lesdarts180

August 2024

Name Lesley
Age: 73

Height: 153 cm (5’ 0.5”)
Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
Time it took to lose: 9 months

How long in maintenance: 5+ 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 for 2021 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight for 2022 49.9 kg (110 lb)
Average weight for 2023 49.5 kg (109 lb)


Average weight recorded for January 49.3 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for February 49.5 kg (109 lb)
Average weight recorded for March 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for April 48.9 kg (108 lb)
Average weight recorded for May 48.2 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for June 48.3 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for July 47.6 kg (105 lb)

Average weight so far for 2024 48.7 kg (107 lb)

Aug 5th: 48.6 kg (trend 48.4 kg)
Aug 12th: 47.6 kg (trend 47.9 kg)
Aug 19th: 47.5 kg (trend 47.7 kg)
Aug 26th: 47.5 kg (trend 47.7 kg)

Successes/struggles:

Another quiet week, we were out on Friday night but lots of dancing more than compensated for the dinner.
I’m away on holiday for 3 weeks in September so happy to see my weight at the lower end of my preferred range.

AmunahSki

Age: 52
Height: 5’5”
[HEAVIEST weight: 171.6lb in 2021]
Re-Starting weight Nov 2023: 164.6lb
Weight lost: 21lb
Time to lose weight above: 189 days
How long in maintenance*: since April 2024
Maintenance weight range: 110.2-149.9lb
My (revised) ideal range: 141.5-146.5lb
How long in (revised) ideal range*: since 13 May 2024
*based on Happy Scale moving averages

December 2023 average: 158.5
January 2024 average: 156.1
February 2024 average: 153.3
March 2024 average: 151.9
April 2024 average: 149.7
May 2024 average: 146.1
June 2024 average: 144.3
July 2024 average: 143.8
August 2024 average: 144.3

Recorded Weight/Trend on week ending:
3 Aug: 143.6/143.6
10 Aug: 143.0/144.0
17 Aug: ?
24 Aug: 145.0/145.2
30 Aug: 143.2/144.3

Successes of the week:
Scale back to normal, so it WAS the effect of additional carbs in my system and very salty foods and NOT real weight gain: I went up to 145.8 midweek before dropping to yesterday/today - that’s a ‘water weight’ difference of 2.6lb over 3 days which is crazy! I love that I know so much more about my body now, and how it works… amazing.

Completed another 3 runs, feeling really great about the improvement in my fitness.

Struggles of the week:
None this week, but will be travelling this weekend to visit family (hence checking in here early) so expecting the scale to jump.

sgt1372

Starting weight: 04/02/2024 -- 174.5
Initial Goal Weight:160
Current Desired Maintenance Weight: 155

Experienced a lot of day to day variability in my weight in the past 4 weeks (which has made me question the reliability of my digital scale) but the 30 day moving average over the past 5 months looks good but still trending towards further weight loss which means I need to eat more which is difficult to do w/o worrying about gaining too much weight again.

Monthly Weight Loss Averages:

Apr 2024 Ave 169.12
May 2024 Ave 162.69
Jun 2024 Ave 156.77
July 2024 Ave 154.66
Aug 2024 Ave 153.89

missperfectpitch

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: 109.5-115.5

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 2021: 112.5
Average weight recorded for 2022: 113.4
Average weight recorded for 2023: 113.9

Average weight recorded for June 2023: 112.8
Average weight recorded for July: 115.3
Average weight recorded for August: 115.3
Average weight recorded for September: 114.4
Average weight recorded for October: 115.6
Average weight recorded for November: 115.8
Average weight recorded for December 2023: 117.3
Average weight recorded for January 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for February 2024: 116
Average weight recorded for March: 115.8
Average weight recorded for April: 116.5
Average weight recorded for May: 115.9
Average weight recorded for June: 115.5
Average weight recorded for July: 116.3

Week ending:
Aug 3: 116.8 (trending 116.4)
Aug 10: 116.7 (trending 116.6)
Aug 17: 117.2 (trending 116.9)
Aug 24: 117 (trending 116.9)
Aug 31: 118.2 (trending 117.5)

Successes/struggles of the week: Planning to try to put more effort into my workouts this week. I'll be going on vacation for 2 weeks starting the following week and won't be doing any workouts besides walking, so will be trying to make sure that I put in more effort this week. I was hoping to drop down into my range before the vacation, but the past couple of weeks have involved a lot of meals out with high calories and high sodium, so my water weight retention has been high.