Maintainers weekly Check-in February 2017

Name: Em
Total Weight lost: 65 lbs (was 70, but struggling to get back to my maintenance zone right now)
Time it took to lose: 2 years
How long in maintenance: 2.5 years
Maintenance weight range: 125 to 135

Average weight recorded from previous month: Guessing around 137, since I'm working to get back to maintenance

1Feb: 135.5
8Feb: 135.5


Success/struggles of the week: Eating has been better this week. Forgot to weigh-in and post here, though. Having to seriously fight myself to get my butt out of bed and lift in the mornings... but the running is so much easier!

Name: Sara
Total Weight lost: 50ish pounds
Time it took to lose: 6 months + a few months of slower loss as I transitioned into maintenance
How long in maintenance: 3+ years
Maintenance weight range: I've gone back into a short weight loss phase to get this down to 125lbs-130lbs (from 130-135)

(New)Average weight recorded from previous month: 131.3

Week of...
6th February: 130.2
13th February:
20th February:
27th February:

Success/struggles of the week: We moved this past weekend and wow, what an 'adventure' its been! Seller decided the day before we were supposed to take occupancy that she no longer wanted to leave/move, (closing was at the beginning of January, so we've owned the house for a month at this point but she had a 30 day occupancy window to move out that ended on Sunday at noon). Things got very nasty and we found out that she must have some mental health issues that came out in full force (her realtor thinks she's bi-polar based on info from the ex-husband/her behavior). Numerous threats were made against us and the realtors involved and she trashed the house, (broke windows, stole items from the house like door knobs, dumped water and cleaning supplies on all the floors, smeared dog 'stuff' on floors and walls etc etc). Crazy thing is this wasn't a foreclosure situation and she listed the house for sale! Anywhoo long story short-we are now very familiar with the sheriff's deputies in the area

Because of all of that my eating has been all over the place and my weight hasn't even been a thought over the past few days. Got on the scale this morning though and was pleased to see where I was at-still on trend to get my maintenance range a bit lower.

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

Name: Sara
Total Weight lost: 50ish pounds
Time it took to lose: 6 months + a few months of slower loss as I transitioned into maintenance
How long in maintenance: 3+ years
Maintenance weight range: I've gone back into a short weight loss phase to get this down to 125lbs-130lbs (from 130-135)

(New)Average weight recorded from previous month: 131.3

Week of...
6th February: 130.2
13th February:
20th February:
27th February:

Success/struggles of the week: We moved this past weekend and wow, what an 'adventure' its been! Seller decided the day before we were supposed to take occupancy that she no longer wanted to leave/move, (closing was at the beginning of January, so we've owned the house for a month at this point but she had a 30 day occupancy window to move out that ended on Sunday at noon). Things got very nasty and we found out that she must have some mental health issues that came out in full force (her realtor thinks she's bi-polar based on info from the ex-husband/her behavior). Numerous threats were made against us and the realtors involved and she trashed the house, (broke windows, stole items from the house like door knobs, dumped water and cleaning supplies on all the floors, smeared dog 'stuff' on floors and walls etc etc). Crazy thing is this wasn't a foreclosure situation and she listed the house for sale! Anywhoo long story short-we are now very familiar with the sheriff's deputies in the area

Because of all of that my eating has been all over the place and my weight hasn't even been a thought over the past few days. Got on the scale this morning though and was pleased to see where I was at-still on trend to get my maintenance range a bit lower.

@crzycatlady1 Um... Holy... Just, wow. I'm sorry you went through all that, but glad you've got at least one thing going alright. I hope the clean-up wasn't too nuts for you... and that insurance or SOMETHING can be done to ease the insanity! In your place, I'd likely have gained a few pounds from an excess intake of alcohol... J/S.

Way to go, lady. Good luck with the house and psycho former owner.

@crzycatlady1 Holy you-know-what! I hope the former owner goes away and you never see her again! Have a drink on me, then back to your routine. Best wishes

Name: Jen
Total Weight lost:135+
Time it took to lose: 2.5yrs
How long in maintenance: I declared it at 140 last January, but that was too high for a petite lady. So not really in maintenance quite yet.
Maintenance weight range: Would like to stay under 125 at morning weigh-in.
Ongoing struggle: I still need to learn to trust my body cues, be content with eating just enough, and stop asking food to be more than just fuel. Life after work is just filled with getting steps and eating food to fill my evening. Really need to make peace with having fewer cals to work with. Contentment and an attitude of gratitude (and maybe a hobby) are the order of the day.

Week of...
30th January: 127.1lbs

Week of...
3rd February: 126.9lbs
10th February:
17th February:
24th February:

Success of the week: It's hard for me to claim anything because I am pretty hard on myself and tend to see what I am doing wrong, but I will say I am pleased that I made an effort at my strength training this week, and an effort just now not to add "but I didn't do well with" at the end of this sentence!

Name: Tina
Total weight lost: 60ish lbs
Time it took to lose: ~8 months
How long in maintenance: > 1 year
Maintenance weight range: 108-114 lbs

Average weight recorded from previous month: 109 lbs

Week of...
6th February: 109.6 lbs
13th February: 109.2 lbs
20th February:
27th February:

Success/struggles of the week: I registered with the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)!!! I've been wanting to join even before I hit maintenance.

Name: Nikki
Total weight lost: 30 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 years (maintenance was hard for me, kept bouncing up)
How long in maintenance: 5 months
Maintenance range: 140 - 145

Average weight recorded from previous month: 144.1

Week of...
February 6: 142.8
February 13: 144.6
February 20:
February 27:

Success/struggles of the week: Still struggling with grain/gluten issues, which led to missing several days of running. Still under my top though, so I'm happy with that.

Name: Trina
Total Weight lost: 50ish lbs
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 2 years (March 2017)
Maintenance weight range: 128 - 132

(New) Average weight recorded from previous month: 130.3

Week of...
6th February: 130.3
13th February: 131.3
20th February:
27th February:

Success/struggles of the week: Happy to still be in maintenance range but not happy for upward fluctuation although today's actual weigh in was 130.8. Darn those fluctuations! Bad news - due to a medical issue I'm off from the gym for awhile but will continue to maintain my 20,000+ steps per day no matter what.

Happy week every one!

fidangul wrote: »

@crzycatlady1 I hope that you eventually have at least started your settling in process. A big WELL DONE for being able to stay in weight range... one thing though- why take the doorknobs??? I mean all the other things sound crazy but that just seems creepy. Anyway, I hope that you have many happy memories in your new home.

They were the antique brass ones (house is almost 150 years), and each door knob is worth around $50 if you bought them at an antique shop. We also discovered last night as we were cleaning the garage that she had actually ripped the handles off the fridge/and freezer-we found them under a pile of garbage. The lady is totally bat s**t crazy!

Name: Sara
Total Weight lost: 50ish pounds
Time it took to lose: 6 months + a few months of slower loss as I transitioned into maintenance
How long in maintenance: 3+ years
Maintenance weight range: I've gone back into a short weight loss phase to get this down to 125lbs-130lbs (from 130-135)

(New)Average weight recorded from previous month: 131.3

Week of...
6th February: 130.2
13th February: 128.6
20th February:
27th February:

Success/struggles of the week: the craziness of the past couple weeks is finally catching up to my weight and I saw a whoosh this week, even though I haven't been tracking my calorie intake due to everything that's been going on. I did some mental math and realized yesterday I only hit around 1,000 calories-stress is big a appetite suppressant for me. The seller (from Hades) tried to stir up more trouble yesterday by starting to text us again-my poor husband had 3 texts come in from her back to back while he was at work, where she was just spewing curse words and then accusing of us of stealing her mail. After my husband calmed down we responded that per instructions from one of the county sheriff deputy's who helped us, we've been dropping her mail off at a local post office. And then we blocked her number so she has no way to get to us. Should have done that last week but we did get more proof against her in one of the texts yesterday that we can use in court if it gets that far (our realtor is part of a company that has a lawyer on retainer and he's going to send her a letter trying to get money for damages and stolen property, that were specifically listed in our contract that were supposed to be left-like the curtains/door knobs etc).

Anywhoo-focusing on getting back to normal and starting to track my calorie intake a bit closer to get a handle on things!

eta: one more thing I have to share, because it show just how crazy my life is right now (lol)-my uncle was in a really bad accident last Friday and is pretty messed up (his fault and we're pretty sure alcohol is involved, so not feeling too sympathetic towards him right now )-he's a hermit who doesn't really interact with family, but anytime we do see him all he talks about is his cat-this thing is his baby. So me, being a kind hearted sucker, offered to watch his cat while he was re-cooperating. The rest of the family was ecstatic that they didn't have to deal with it, so I picked it up on Saturday and the thing is in BAD shape.

Most of its fur was missing (underside is totally bare), really scaly skin and the funniest curly tail, just like a piglets! She's also really petite so she instantly got the nickname Rat-Cat lol. My uncle lives in pretty poor conditions so I freaked out that this thing was carrying all sorts of diseases, and coughed up the money to bring her to a vet yesterday. Found out she's in great health but has a flea allergy. They only found 2 fleas on her, but she was having a severe reaction to their bites. That caused the hair to fall out and a secondary infection because she was scratching so bad. Poor thing! She's now on an antibiotic and flea drops. She's been sequestered into our spare bathroom because the vet doesn't want her transferring anything we don't know about to my cats. She's claimed the sink as her perch lol.

powered85 wrote: »

Very interesting to see many of us have had an upward trend in the last week. Wonder if the weather or other energies has something to do with it.

Maybe Superbowl festivities from last week?!

powered85 wrote: »

Very interesting to see many of us have had an upward trend in the last week. Wonder if the weather or other energies has something to do with it.

Can't blame my up tick in scale weight on the weather as it's warm and sunny here in South Florida. I think it's just a normal fluctuation but we'll see. Maybe it's a sympathy gain for my northern MFP buddies since the weather is so beastly up north. Solidarity, my sisters (and brothers)!

@girlgroves come on down! Temp is 83 today and 77 tomorrow; 70s and 80s the rest of the week. Florida is the land of eternal summer. LOL!

@girlgroves yeah, except during hurricane season, tourist season (double traffic time), dry season (water rationing), summers and a broken air conditioner. Other than that it's pretty awesome.