Maintainers weekly Check-in May 2017

Name: Chris
Age: 60
Height: 5'3-3/4"
Total Weight lost:50
Time it took to lose: 2 5 years
How long in maintenance: just starting
Maintenance weight range: 139-144

Average weight recorded from January: 153.8
Average weight recorded from February: 151.3
Average weight recorded from March: 145.8
Average weight recorded from April: 145.1

Week of...
1st May: 144.2
8th May: 143.2
15th May: 143
22nd May: 142.8
29th May: 141.8

Success/struggles for the week:
Struggles: fighting the hungry horrors a couple of evenings which hasn't happened in quite some time. I gave in and moved on. A few too many high sodium meals last week which caused me to gain which was disheartening, I hate to see a gain although, I know it is normal. I forged ahead.
Successes: lost a whole pound! Lowest weight in decades! Chose seltzer water over wine at social gatherings. Doing happy dance and burning more calories!

Name: Kathryn
Height: 5'4.75"
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: 124 - 128 lbs

Average weight recorded from January: 127.1
Average weight recorded from February: 126.5
Average weight recorded from March: 126.2
Average weight recorded from April: 124.9

Week of...
1st May: 125.4
8th May: 124.8
15th May: 123.6
22nd May: 123.4
29th May: 125.6

Success/struggles of the week: My weight is up a little, but I am not worried. It was a holiday weekend plus my husband's birthday, and I was under range the last two weeks and now I am back in range. My trendweight is 124.8 so I am still about where I was last week and not really gaining. I think for the June thread I will start tracking both actual and trendweight. Thanks @fidangul for setting that up. I'll see you all there!

My May Report

Gender: Male
Age: 66
Height: 5'8"

Total Initial WT lost: 36# (196 to 160#)
Time it took to lose: 6 months; May 15-Dec 9 2016
How long in maintenance: 6.5 months; Dec 9 2016 - May 28 2017

Maintenance WT range goal: 155-160
CPD Goal (TDEE)=1900; CPD=Calories per day

Average WT/CPD in December: 159.7/1915
Average WT/CPD in January: 159.8/1854
Average WT/CPD in February: 158.7/1835
Average WT/CPD in March: 158.6/1847
Average WT/CPD in April: 158.5/1924
Average WT/CPD in May (to date): 157.9/1909

May WT range (min/max) to date: 155.9-160.1
May CPD range (min/max) to date: 1470-2523

7-Day Weekly Average WT/CPD as of:

May 1: 159.2/1752
May 8: 158.4/1985
May 15: 158.7/1846
May 22: 157.3/1765
May 28: 157.0/2036

Comments:

Added my CPD intake figures to my report to compare them w/the WT measurements to note any apparent relationship between them.

I have been at or below my CPD Goal every month but I lost about 2# over that time period which suggests that the CPD Goal may be a bit low but not enough IMO to raise it yet. I prefer a downward over an upward trend but if my ave weight drops to 155, I will probably raise my CPD Goal to 2000 to bring the weight back up at that time.

Went on a 5 day wine tasting trip to Mendocino County in CA. Brought my bathroom scale with me and continued to weigh myself and log all of my food daily on MFP during the trip.

Was worried that I would gain weight as a result of the trip but, although my CPD increased to an ave of 1981 CPD during the trip (mainly due to lack of any exercise cal burn), my weight did not increase but actually dropped, probably due to decreased CPD intake the week before.

My weight may rise slightly this week but do not expect any significant change, despite the increased CPD and lack of exercise last week during the trip. Going back to my current exercise routine starting today.

Name: Macchiatto
Height: 5'7.3"/171cm
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: Since March 8. I "maintained" within 5 lbs of goal for about a year before this.
Maintenance weight range: 128-133

Moving average end of January: 132.8
Moving average end of February: 133.3
Moving average end of March: 132.1
Moving average end of April: 130.8

Week of...
1st May: 130.2
8th May: 134.4 (Way up after my birthday weekend! I was 128.8 on Thursday morning.)
15th May: 131.2
22nd May: 131.6 (moving average 131.1)
29th May: 131.6 (moving averag 131.3)

Success/struggles of the week: Moving average is up 0.5 lbs over the past 29 days so I need to curb that trend before I go above my maintenance range. Finally started recomp this week!

Name: mk
Total weight lost: 72# (on MFP)
Time to lose: 9 months?
How long in maintenance: Called it at 130# May 2015 but kept losing until fall.
Maintenance range: 114-118#

Averaged 114-115 January to April.

May 3: 116 (wth? gained 2# this week!)
May 9: 116
May 15: 116
May 30: 115

Successes/struggles: My son and his family have been here for the last 10 days. OMG, they eat McDonalds twice a day. I must have really rebeled since I am down a pound. There is something to be said for veggies and popcorn

PS Where, oh where did I go wrong with my boy?

Name: Claudette
Age: 37
Height: 5'2"
Total Weight lost: about 15 pounds although this is about the third time I'm losing it!
Time it took to lose: about 5 months
How long in maintenance: almost there
Maintenance weight range: 118-122
but would like to lower this range eventually.

Average weight recorded from January: 129
Average weight recorded from February: 126
Average weight recorded from March: 124
Average weight recorded from April:122

Week of...
1st May: 122
8th May: 121.6
15th May: 121
22nd May:121.6
29th May: 121.6


Success/struggles of the week: dealing with family stress and PMS. Been eating way more than usual but so surprised my weight is the same! I consider that a huge success. Still wanting to get to 118 but definitely feeling more motivated seeing that my weight hasnt shot up