Maintainers weekly Check-in April 2017
fidangul
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Hey there maintenance friends old and new!!! This thread is a continuation from the previous month. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability or support.
Name:
Total Weight lost:
Time it took to lose:
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range:
Average weight recorded from January:
Average weight recorded from February:
Average weight recorded from March:
Week of...
3rd April :
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week:
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Name: Jen
Total Weight lost: 23.2lbs
Time it took to lose: 15 month
How long in maintenance: I'm a few days away
Maintenance weight range: 104-106lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 111lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 115.5 (Vacation)
Average weight recorded from March: 110.35
Week of...
27th March: 106.8 (actual) 107.8lbs (trend)
3rd April :
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week: I'm so close to maintenance so I decided to join in this month to keep myself accountable. I spent most of November-January accidentally maintaining around 110 because I couldn't give up my winter blah nighttime snacking. I gained weight in February after vacation. This month I've worked hard to get where I need to be and am happy to be moving into official maintenance. I anticipate this month will be a bit of a struggle as I figure out my maintenance calories, attempt to quit smoking and get more active to counter that. My goals are going to be keeping my snacking in check8 -
Name: Nikki
Total weight lost: 30 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 years (maintenance was hard for me)
How long in maintenance: 7 months
Maintenance range: 140 - 145
Average weight recorded from January: 144.6
Average weight recorded from February: 142.4
Average weight recorded from March: 144.7
Week of...
March 27: 147.4
April 3:
April 10:
April 17:
April 24:
Success/struggles of the week:
Just getting ready for next week. Definitely not happy to post a higher March average than February or January. Must figure out this grain/gluten thing.6 -
End of March...still at 115#. Yay. Jan and Feb avg 114, March 115. Still within range and still underweight by about 3#.7
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Name: Mandy
Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs)
Time it took to lose: 16 months
How long in maintenance: 9.5 months
Maintenance weight range: 137 - 142lbs (aiming to lower this a little over time so that 140 is my max)
Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs
Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs
Average weight recorded for March: 141.2lbs
Week of...
31st March (for ref): 140.2lbs
7th April:
14th April:
21st April:
28th April:
Success/struggles of the week: Bring it on April!4 -
Name: Phoebe
Total Weight lost: 45ish
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 17 months, but I had some regain about 7 months ago, and am just now getting back to where I was then.
Maintenance weight range: 140-150
Average weight recorded from January: 155.9
Average weight recorded from February: 153.5
Average weight recorded from March: 151.8
Week of...
26th March (for reference): 150.4 by scale, 151.7 by trend
2nd April :
9th April :
16th April :
23rd April :
30th April :
Success/struggles of the week:6 -
Name: Christo
Total Weight lost: 62kg (136lbs)
Time it took to lose: 30 months
How long in maintenance: 1 week
Maintenance weight range: 220 - 225lbs
Average weight recorded for January:
Average weight recorded for February:
Average weight recorded for March:
Week of...
31st March (for ref): 221lbs
7th April:
14th April:
21st April:
28th April:
Success/struggles of the week: I overindulged a bit today.7 -
Thanks for starting this type of thread! I need some accountability in maintenance! Been lurking in the March thread. Thought I'd drop some more weight in March, but I didn't really (probably mostly due to some travel). Have stopped my reverse deficit for now (100 calories short of various TDEE calculators) as it seems like I hit my equilibrium. I am an amateur Stand Up Paddleboard racer and our season starts next weekend, so I hope to drop a bit more during the Spring race season.
Name: b3achy / beachy
Total Weight lost: ~25 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since mid-January 2017 (2.5 - 3 months ago)
Maintenance weight range: ~120-125 lbs, for now (shooting for a consistent range of 118-123 lbs)
[Eventually would like to be down to a maintenance range of 115 - 120 lbs = ~30 lb loss total, probably will happen this Spring as my race workouts increase and I can't eat near enough calories to keep up with calorie burn.]
Average weight recorded from January: 123.2 lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 122.1 lbs
Average weight recorded from March: 121.4 lbs
Week of...(I weigh for record on Fridays)...
27th March (31 March): 121.8 lbs (Trending 122.57 lbs)
3rd April (7 April):
10th April (14 April):
17th April (21 April):
24th April (28 April):
Success/struggles of the week:
Success: Happy to see the water retention from my travel and then extended paddling this week has finally dropped.
Struggle: Making sure I get enough protein and water for my goals - was under on both this week. Also, failed again at getting my planking minutes this month...really getting tired with myself for not getting them knocked out.8 -
Name: Margo
Total Weight lost: 10kg
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: exactly 1 month ( :-) )
Maintenance weight range: 60-65kg
Average weight recorded from January: 68kg
Average weight recorded from February: 67,5kg
Average weight recorded from March: 64,7kg
Week of...
1st April : 64,6 kg
8th April :
15th April :
22nd April :
29th April :
Success/struggles of the week: I have been taking things slowly, which is new to me. I am in a really good place and I try to enjoy all the small successes and learn from what doesn't work too well. I am comitted and looking forward to notice how my body feels now that it gets better nutrition.
Happy maintaining!
Ps: Thank to @fidangul for this thread !6 -
Name: Michelle
Total Weight lost: Let's say from my very highest (~150 in late 2011), almost 50 lbs. (I'm short! 5'1")
How long in maintenance: Well I've been where I'm at now for about the past 1-2 months.
Maintenance weight range: 100ish lbs - 108ish lbs
Average weight recorded from March: ~105 lbs
Week of...
27th March: 104.2 (I weigh in on Friday/Saturday)
Success/struggles of the week: Feeling good this week. Lifting more consistently this week, and eating a bit more.5 -
Name: Irina
Total Weight lost: 70 ish lbs
Time it took to lose: about 10 months
How long in maintenance: 4 months
Maintenance weight range: 148- 153 lbs
Average weight recorded from January 152.3
Average weight recorded from February: 152.2
Average weight recorded from March 151.4
Success / struggles: I saw the lowest of 147.4 lbs in March. Very happy about that, as i want to go down a few more lbs and get a bit more definition in my legs. Will post next week with April's numbers. Have a nice weekend, everyone.8 -
Name: Phoebe
Total Weight lost: 45ish
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 17 months, but I had some regain about 7 months ago, and am just now getting back to where I was then.
Maintenance weight range: 140-150
Average weight recorded from January: 155.9
Average weight recorded from February: 153.5
Average weight recorded from March: 151.8
Week of...
26th March (for reference): 150.4 by scale, 151.7 by trend
2nd April : 149.4 by scale, 150.8 by trend
9th April :
16th April :
23rd April :
30th April :
Success/struggles of the week: Apparently, Sudafed makes me retain water, in addition to spiking my blood pressure.
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Name: Trina
Total Weight lost: 50ish lbs. (fluctuations)
Time it took to lose: 15 months
How long in maintenance: 2 years this month!
Maintenance weight range: 128 - 132
Average weight recorded from January: 130.3
Average weight recorded from February: 130.5
Average weight recorded from March: 130.3. Bye, bye, March!
Week of...
2nd April: 131.2 (Uh, oh!) (Not panicking, staying calm.) (Oh, no you didn't gain a pound since last month.)
(That's just not possible; it better not be.) (OK, no problem.)
9th April:
16th April:
23rd April:
30th April:
Success/struggles of the week: Finally back at the gym, though sporadically; fingers crossed for a regular schedule. Seeing an uptick this week in weight and hoping it's not a trend. Have a lovely week, Maintainers!7 -
Breathe, @Trina2040! Don't let this little upswing bother you. I think I gained a pound, too. Woot, woot. Blaming the weather (and snacks,lol)
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Name:Fidan
Total Weight lost: 48kg
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 11 months
Maintenance weight range: 73.3kg and below
Average weight recorded from March: 72.8kg
Average weight recorded from February: 72.3kg
Average weight recorded from March: 72.7kg
Week of...
3rd April: 72.8kg
10th April:
17th April:
24th April:
Success/struggles of the week:
I went back to logging my food intake this week. And I've managed to get back into my maintenance range. I was as active as I could be this week. I even did some zumba at home.
Everyone seems to be accomplishing their personal goals. Congrats to a great start to the month!!7 -
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 January: 109 lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 109 lbs
Average weight recorded from March: 110.4 lbs
Week of...
3rd April : 110.3 lbs
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week: My handy rice cooker is now officially hit or miss. Sometimes it'll cook whatever I put inside of it perfectly, and other times it'll heat up for a while before switching to its "keep warm" mode. It's not nice to get home and realize that a planned meal hadn't cooked. *SIGH* I'll be searching for a new model to get in the future.4 -
Name: Jen
Total Weight lost: 23.2lbs
Time it took to lose: 15 month
How long in maintenance: I'm a few days away
Maintenance weight range: 105-110
Average weight recorded from January: 111lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 115.5 (Vacation)
Average weight recorded from March: 110.35
Week of...
27th March: 106.8 (actual) 107.8lbs (trend)
3rd April : 109.2 (actual) 106.2 (trend)
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week: ate out too much this weekend - sushi Saturday and buffet yesterday. It's showing on the scale this morning. I updated my maintenance range to 105-110. Going to attempt to stop smoking soon and I know the scale will jump 2lbs because of water right away and don't want to let that discourage me3 -
Name: Stephen
Total Weight lost: 80 pounds
Time it took to lose: 12 months
How long in maintenance: 3 months
Maintenance weight range: 180-185 pounds
Average weight recorded from January: 184.7 pounds
Average weight recorded from February: 182.7 pound
Average weight recorded from March: 182.5 pounds
Week of...
3rd April : 182.8 pounds
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
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Name: Sherry
Total weight lost: 41 pounds
Time it took to lose: 3 years (focused on fitness and ending the yo yo)
How long in maintenance: Almost there...
Maintenance weight range: 136-138
Average weight recorded from January: 142.4 lbs
Average weight recorded from February: 143 lbs
Average weight recorded from March: 141.5 lbs
Week of...
3rd April : 141
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week: I've been on track with a slight deficit for a month now, so I'm expecting to get below 140 soon. April is my month!5 -
Name: Kathryn
Total Weight lost: ~70 lbs (I dropped about 10 lbs below original goal)
Time it took to lose: 10 months (to original goal)
How long in maintenance: since July 2016
Maintenance weight range: 126 - 130 lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 127.1
Average weight recorded from February: 126.5
Average weight recorded from March: 126.2
Week of...
3rd April : 124.6
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week: My average for March was still in range, but my weight the last few days has been below 126 and my trendweight has dropped to 125.5. I'm not really sure if I should try to get my weight back in range, or drop my range again. It is really hard to go from trying so hard to lose to trying not to lose any more. Last week my daily average CI was 2114 and my fitbit said my daily average CO was 1975 so I should be gaining not losing.3 -
Total Weight lost: 30 lbs
Time it took to lose: came off in stages over several years (with some unfortunate yoyo'ing in there)
How long in maintenance: This round, 2 weeks (in terms of days since I had a weigh-in anywhere above goal range). I "maintained" within 5 lbs of goal for about a year before this.
Maintenance weight range: 129-133
Is there a way to see monthly average weight in Happy Scale? I only see a moving average that changes daily, nothing for the whole month, but I'm new to Happy Scale.
Average weight recorded from January: 132.8
Average weight recorded from February: 133.3
Average weight recorded from March: 132.1
Week of...
3rd April : 131.0
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success/struggles of the week: I'm reverse dieting right now and easing back into maintenance. B/c I struggled over the past year, I'm concerned about maintaining long term (and whether I'll need to weigh/log forever). This weekend I went on a retreat where I ate well (followed my way of eating, fit in a few treats along with lots of healthy food) and when I came back, my weight hadn't changed a bit.3 -
Once again, I am at 115#. I have a lot more to say but will stay mum.4
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Name: Irina
Total Weight lost: 70 ish lbs
Time it took to lose: about 10 months
How long in maintenance: 4 months
Maintenance weight range: 148- 153 lbs
Average weight recorded from January: 152.3
Average weight recorded from February: 152.2
Average weight recorded from March: 151.4
Week of...
3rd April : 149.2 by scale and by trend, woo-hoo!
10th April :
17th April :
24th April :
Success / struggles of the week: not too much of either, getting my cycling miles, but not much of the gym/strength training. Trying to substitute with body weight exercises, and ended up with shoulder pain again. Need to correct my form, that's what seems to be the problem.4 -
Name: Tony
Total Weight lost: 99 lbs
Time it took to lose: 11 months
How long in maintenance: 2nd month
Maintenance weight range: 165-170
Average weight recorded from February: 172.5
Week of...
6th April: 168.0
13th April:
20th March:
27th March:
Success/struggles of the week: Well I finally set my maintenance range. Its kind of an awkward range because the top of the range is still technically "overweight", and the bottom of the range is the top end of "normal" weight range for my age and height. It is the right range for me. My biggest struggle has been thinking about an upcoming 2 week vacation. It will be a free for all of food and cocktails. I want to enjoy myself- I don't want to pack on pounds.
I am still struggling with residual weight loss. My goal to add 100 calories per day each week is starting to close the weight loss but every week I am expecting to hit that calorie range that will result in a gain. It wouldn't hurt me right now, but I so want to keep the weight off this time around. I would like to start the recomposition phase, but I am not sure how committed I am to the weight room. I am doing lots of cardio and I love it, lifting weights- not so much. I could use some muscle recovery. I am hitting protein goals and hopefully that will help as I do some lighter weight lifting. Protein is 150g + per day. It seems like a lot.
Good luck to my fellow maintainers. I have found this section of the forum the most helpful. I am so glad you started it! See you next week...6 -
Name: Michelle
Total Weight lost: Let's say from my very highest (~150 in late 2011), almost 50 lbs. (I'm short! 5'1")
How long in maintenance: Well I've been where I'm at now for about the past 1-2 months.
Maintenance weight range: 100ish lbs - 107ish lbs
Average weight recorded from March: ~105 lbs
Week of...
27th March: 104.2 (I weigh in on Friday/Saturday)
3rd April: 104.8 lbs
Success/struggles of the week: I'm seeing a bit of an uptick in my weight, which makes me a little nervous. However I've been lifting more, and more consistently, the past couple weeks, so my rational brain is telling me that is most likely the culprit. Plus I'm still well within my maintenance weight range. It's still a bit difficult to be ok with seeing the scale move up a bit.5 -
Name: Margo
Total Weight lost: 10kg
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: 5 weeks
Maintenance weight range: 60-65kg
Average weight recorded from January: 68kg
Average weight recorded from February: 67,5kg
Average weight recorded from March: 64,7kg
Week of...
1st April : 64,6 kg
8th April : 64,2 kg
15th April :
22nd April :
29th April :
Success/struggles of the week: My focus this week was to enjoy filling food and I totally did ! I am really happy to be at this point in my life where weight is nothing more than data and that my mind is at peace. I am enjoying being mindful on a daily basis as well.
The semi struggle was on Thursday when I became very stressed out and running out of time for a deadline and I tried to not use food as a way to feel better. But ended up with going over my cals, which is not a problem since it averages out later in the week, but I felt uneasy thinking back at all the biscuits I ate. I did enjoy them though :-)
So learning in progress but enjoying it all the way.5 -
Name: Mandy
Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs)
Time it took to lose: 16 months
How long in maintenance: 9.5 months
Maintenance weight range: 137 - 142lbs (aiming to lower this a little over time so that 140 is my max)
Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs
Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs
Average weight recorded for March: 141.2lbs
Week of...
31st March (for ref): 140.2lbs
7th April: 140.0lbs
14th April:
21st April:
28th April:
Success/struggles of the week: All good this week - and still slowly moving in the right direction to lower the top of my maintenance range. Also thoroughly enjoying my lifting and running routine - I managed to increase both weight and run distance this week.
Have a good week all
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Name: Lori
Total Weight lost: 150 (at lowest wt so far)
Time it took to lose: 2 1/2 years
How long in maintenance: 9/20/16 first day of weight within maint range
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Jan avg 154.3
Feb avg 155.1
March avg 155.9
4/2 155.7
My trend line in Happy Scale has gone up more than I'm comfortable with since a mid-Feb long weekend. It jumped 1-2 lbs and hasn't gone back down. At this point, it's not just water weight. This is concerning because my pattern is that small gains are easy to ignore & rationalize, but at some point they catch up with you. I've gone back to logging this week, which has been my plan if I get to the top end of my maintenance range. It seems that I need to be about 1400 cals to lose .5 per week but I'm eating 1700-2000. I ate at 1700 throughout my loss phase, so this is a bit frustrating. I really don't know how I will cut 300+ per day. I'm hungry as it is and I get about 100g per day or protein. I'll track this for at least a week, see what my actual weight change is, and decide on my strategy from there.6 -
Lori If you lost weight with 1700 before, why deduct another 300 cals, especially if you are going to be left feeling hungry and dissatisfied. I'm in a similar position right now where I have only topped the hign end of my maintenance. So, technically I'm still in maintenance but like you would feel much more comfortable with a little buffer. I'm back to logging with a small deficit and it has made a difference. We need to remember that, now that we are lighter (even though my brain says otherwise) weight loss is slower.6
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Lori If you lost weight with 1700 before, why deduct another 300 cals, especially if you are going to be left feeling hungry and dissatisfied. I'm in a similar position right now where I have only topped the hign end of my maintenance. So, technically I'm still in maintenance but like you would feel much more comfortable with a little buffer. I'm back to logging with a small deficit and it has made a difference. We need to remember that, now that we are lighter (even though my brain says otherwise) weight loss is slower.
That's what MFP is giving me. I seem barely able to maintain now at a higher level. I am lighter now, so I get fewer cals even for .5 lb wk loss.4
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