Maintainers weekly Check-in April 2018
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Name: Kathryn
Height: 5'3.5"
Total Weight lost: ~76 lbs (I dropped about 16 lbs below original goal)
Time it took to lose: 10 months (to original goal of 135)
How long in maintenance: I called maintenance in July 2016, but I have continued to slowly lose so I'm not really sure.
Maintenance weight range: 120 - 125 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2017: 123.4
Average weight recorded from December: 119.7
Average weight recorded from January: 119.2
Average weight recorded from February: 119.6
Average weight recorded from March: 119.6
Week of...
1st April: 119.8 scale/ 119.7 trend
8th April: 118.2 scale/ 119.2 trend
15th April: 119.8 scale/ 119.2 trend
22nd April:
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week: I'm still training for a Half Marathon next month so trying to make sure I eat enough for all the running. It still surprises me that I have days where I feel fat. Friday I felt really fat but I know logically that 118 or 119 is not fat. It is just still sometimes hard. My birthday is this week, so I figure Wednesday will be a splurge day. But I also plan to take the day off and get in plenty of activity, so it should all balance out.7 -
Name: Julie
Age: 60
Height: 5'3"
Total Weight lost: 21 lbs. (WAS 30 lbs.)
Time it took to lose: Started FOR REAL August 2016, lowest weight recorded May 2017
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range: would like to be 120-125
Average weight recorded from January: 132
Average weight recorded from February: 132
Average weight recorded from March: 130
Week of...
1st April: 130
8th April: 130
15th April: 129
22nd April:
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week: Well, I have put back 10 of the 30 lbs. that I had lost last year, but I have been really exercising -- I do walking/jogging daily and power yoga 4 times/week, and it's HARD but I love it -- and I have developed some muscle so I am still wearing the same clothes, and I don't think many people would even think I've put 10 lbs. back on, but I am fixated on the numbers! I really want to get back to the low 120's -- and I'm impressed with some of the numbers that other women my height are posting on this thread. I feel like I'm successful in maintenance (I'm never going back to the 150 + days) but I am working hard again on those 10 pounds. I feel like I got there once, and I'm determined to do it again. Maintaining a good weight and exercise are the keys to longevity.8 -
I have not been posting here in a while, but have been peeking in every once in a while. Love seeing how you all are doing.
Name: mk
Age: 59
Total weight lost: 70ish
Time to lose: less than a year
Time in maintenance: more than 2 years
Maintenance range: 114-118
I averaged 116# throughout 2017.
Jan and Feb the same.
Sometime in March I bumped up to 117#. I got concerned and quit weighing myself. Yes, my pants still fit, but my belly felt bigger. I tend to keep my weight in my belly. Anyway, I weighed myself this morning. Whew. 117#
I suppose it is a good thing that I am trying not to obsess over the scale. Funny, I felt cruddy when I thought I had gained, and feel better knowing I have not. Hmm...
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Name: Harper
Age: 40
Height: 5'1
Total Weight lost: 50
Time it took to lose: one year, four months
How long in maintenance: 11 months
Maintenance weight range: 117-122
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):
Average weight recorded from January: 121.5
Average weight recorded from February: 119.9
Average weight recorded from March: 121.7
Week of...
1st April: 121.8
8th April: 121.6
15th April: 123
22nd April:
29th April:
Success/ struggles: I am more aware of the quality of food I am eating lately, but my portions have been too big. Now I’m a pound over my range. Not a huge deal, but I don’t want to slip out of control. I’m just wondering if anyone has a “protocol” they follow when they weigh-in above range. I know I need to find what specifically works for me in this situation, but it would help me a lot to learn what others do.
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Harper when I see that my weight is creepy upwards I go back to basics and cut a few things out and eat smaller meals till I get back to mid range.4
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Name: Jim
Age:70
Height:5’8”
Total Weight lost:193 (SW 376.2)
Time it took to lose:5 years, 2months from 1/13 to 3/29/18
How long in maintenance: Week four.
*Maintenance weight range:179-184
*May adjust lower but new to GW.
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): N/A
Average weight recorded:
Week of...
5 April: 183
12 April: 183.8
19 April: 179.4
26 April:
Success/struggles of the week:
Success: Loss -4.4
Struggle: Stress due to two obituary notifications to sad news, Same day had a fender bender at fault. Was way off on my normal eating, sleeping and was not hungry.13 -
Name: Hannah
Age: 28
Height: 5’10”
Total Weight lost: 25 lbs
Time it took to lose: 1.5 years lol!
How long in maintenance: 9 months ish
Maintenance weight range: 150-155 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):
Average weight recorded from January:
Average weight recorded from February:
Average weight recorded from March:
Week of...
1st April:
8th April:
15th April: 155
22nd April:
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week
I’m new so I don’t have these numbers. I could go back and look but I will save that. I bounce around 152-156 ish and have since July. I’ve been losing the same 4 lbs over and over, I keep falling off the wagon but I finally decided to stay in maintenance and focus on exercise/lifting weights and see what happens.
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I just want to say that I love this thread, and I love reading everyone's successes and struggles. I do not feel alone! Keep posting --I'm weighing in again in 3 days...it's motivating!5
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Name: Alan
Age: 57
Height: 5'10"
Total Weight lost: 95 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 7 months
Maintenance weight range: 210-215 lbs.
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): irrelevant
Average weight January: 212.1 lbs.
Average weight February: 213.6 lbs.
Average weight March: 213.1 lbs
Week of...
1st April: 215.1 lbs.
8th April: 213.2 lbs.
15th April: 213.5 lbs.
22nd April:
29th April:
I am participating in the Amazing Race - Spring into Action. My daughter @ldwilso and I are on the same team.6 -
Harper when I see that my weight is creepy upwards I go back to basics and cut a few things out and eat smaller meals till I get back to mid range.
Thank you! I like the idea of aiming for mid-range (rather than being reactive and overly aggressive with weight loss). I think I will pull up some older food diary entries from my weight loss days and follow those for a few weeks.
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Name: Faebert
Age: 39
Height: 5’6
Total Weight lost: 47lbs
Time it took to lose: on and off 3 years. First 30 in 4 months and then gradually reduced goal weight
How long in maintenance: 12 months
Maintenance weight range: 115-120
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 121
Average weight recorded from March: 115.5
Week of 6 April: 114.75
Week of 13 April: 114.75 again!
Week of 20 April: 115.25
Success/struggles of the week: Back at work after two week break so step count is up and a bit of a return to routine. But it’s surprisingly distracting having a kitten. Had to skip one morning workout after he had an accident. Managed to keep up with it otherwise so pleased. Gorgeous weather here so hoping for an active and healthy weekend.7 -
Thank you, everyone, for the one year of maintenance celebration!! How did I not even notice that?? LOL
@sofchak I can't thank you enough for your kind words! *hug"5 -
Name: Jen
Age: 46
Height: 5'2.5"
Total Weight lost:145lbs
Time it took to lose: 2.75yrs
How long in maintenance: Since 4/14/17
Maintenance weight range: Would like to stay under 122 at morning weigh-in.
Jan-Jun 2017 avg weight trend: 124.4lbs
Jul-Dec 2017 avg weight trend: 119.2lbs
January avg weight trend: 118lbs
February avg weight trend: 117.9lbs
March avg weight trend: 117.8lbs
Trend week of...
30th March: 118lbs
6th April: 117.6lbs
13th April: 117.4lbs (deficit, low sodium, etc)
20th April: 117.5lbs (Weighed in a bit lower, really, but I have noticed that banking artificially lowers my trend, and my binge brain takes that as permission to gorge. I can actually gain weight/fat but still look good on paper. Not cool!)
Successes of the week: Not feeling at all successful this week. Yes, scale looks good but quality of life suffered. On the bright side, I enjoy having a fridge in my house again, and despite not being able to afford it, I went to the doc and had some of my medical concerns put to rest.
Challenges of the week: School break. Was supposed to do my spring cleaning, but have been caught in the binge/walk cycle and never really did much work or working out. The financial shoe hanging over my head gets ever larger and closer, and I just feel sick about it. My poor kids are getting their own giant shoes now that they are in college and have worthless health insurance. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make those evil shoes disappear for them and everyone else.
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@kgirlhart We all have those feeling fat days! You rock for making and meeting your running goals. Good luck on that half-marathon!2
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@juliemargaretkim Your clothes fit despite weight gain? Unless you have an obvious new muffin top, I wouldn't do a cut. You earned that muscle, and dieting down a few pounds just to hit a number for the number's sake doesn't seem worth it to me. Trust the clothes more than the scale! 0
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@mk2fit I have similar issues. My digestive issues can change my waist size drastically even as my weight looks steady. I have managed to truly gain some fat at times because I gave myself a pass on the belly size thanks to the scale number.
Ah, well. I know my maintenance numbers, more or less. Need to give more weight to those than my wonky scale. LOL2 -
@HarperAnn6 I don't feel... steady.. enough in my maintenance yet, and may never do so because of my compulsive eating, to say, "do this." However, for myself I eat even tinier snacks/meals throughout the day and up my steps/exercise to carve out a deficit to get things back under control. (Ditching sauces, one cup of creamy coffee, swapping in green beans for salads, etc etc helps)2
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@Jimb376mfp I am so sorry. What a rough week!1
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@hesn92 Losing the same few pounds over and over seems to be what constitutes maintenance for an awful lot of people. You are doing great! 2
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@Gutcutter500 I love that this is a family thing!0
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