Maintainers weekly Check-in April 2018
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@Faebert Oh, yes. Baby anythings are a time-consuming, albeit darling, lot!0
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Thanks @coachjen71. I really love the support in this group. It is nice to know that others have similar feelings.2
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CoachJen71 wrote: »@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)
Love these ideas! Thank you! I also deal with compulsive eating. I have not found my specific trigger for compulsive eating - it could be just purely habitual for me. I think it will always be there.2 -
@CoachJen71 Congrats on your one year of maintenance!!!2
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Name:Brenda
Age: 48
Height: 5'2"
Starting Weight.......194 on 9/06/2016
Goal Weight.............130 on 5/27/2017
Total Weight lost......64 Pounds
Time it took to lose...9 Months
How long in maintenance: 10 Months
Maintenance weight range: Under 130
Average weight recorded for Month of:
June............129
July..............130
August.........129
September...129
October........129
November....129
December....128
January........127
February.......126
March...........125
Ending weight for week of:
April 6th.....123
April 14th...123
April 21st...122
Eating Plan...
OMAD/TMAD6 -
Name: sofchak
Age: 35
Height: 5’3”
Total Weight lost: ~40 lbs
Time it took to lose: ~9 months
How long in maintenance: Over a year
Maintenance weight range: 122-128
Average weight recorded from 2017: 117
Average weight recorded from January: 120
Average weight recorded from February: 124
Average weight recorded from March: 126
Week of:
April 7th - 125.8
April 14th - 125.3
April 21st - 124.2
Successes/struggles of the week: Signed up for my first Tough Mudder! It’s May 20th. Feels good to be focused on a new type of fitness goal. My original plan for this year was to run a 100k. This goal scares me more - I know I can complete a 100k... a 10 mile course with mud and obstacles??? Taking my strength training super seriously now. Especially since I have family coming to cheer me on! Ultimate motivator for me!
Otherwise, everything else is status quo - busy and stressed at work, but managing through it. Can’t wait for more consistently warm weather so I can help my pups get into better shape (neighbors commented that my beagle is starting to look a little plump) - loving the home gym in the meantime; that row machine... whew! One of my best purchases ever.
... and best of all, happy to report in with a weight below the midrange for my Maintenance.
Have a great week everyone!
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Name: Stephen
Age: 58
Height: 6'2"
Total Weight lost: 80 lbs.
How long in maintenance: 15.5 months
Maintenance weight: 180-185
Average weight recorded from January: 179.5
Average weight recorded from February: 181.2
Average weight recorded from March: 181.1
Week of...
1st April: 181.5
8th April: 179.6
15th April: 182.2
22nd April: 182.2
29th April:
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Name:Pam
Age:59
Height:5'5
Total Weight lost:200
Time it took to lose:Started 1/1/16
How long in maintenance: 9/2017
Maintenance weight range:140-145
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):
Average weight recorded from January:
Average weight recorded from February:134.75
Average weight recorded from March:132.7
Week of...
1st April:132
8th April:131.6
15th April:132.2
22nd April:131
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week:The weather has turned nice for a few days enjoyed being outside to get more walking done. I need to watch my sugar and just popping chocolate in my mouth without logging it. That is my goal for this week to keep the chocolate to just 2 bite size pieces a day.5 -
Age: 53
Height: 162 cm (5’3 & 3/4)
Total Weight lost: 50 lb
Time it took to lose: 9 months
How long in maintenance: since Jan 1, 2018
Maintenance weight range: 140-150
December average : 154.5
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 175
Jan average: 149.8
Feb average: 148
March average: 147.25
Ave at week end...
7th April: 145.2
14th April: 142.9
21st April: 143.6
28th April:
Successes/Struggles: on April 20, 2017 my weight was 195 lb. And that was probably 10 or so pounds LESS than my highest ( I had already lost some weight the previous month but had not the guts to get on the scale). Thinking about the big picture makes any current struggles seem tiny.8 -
Name: Irina
Age : 46
Height : 5'7
Total Weight lost: 75ish lbs
Time it took to lose: about 10 months
How long in maintenance 17 months
Maintenance weight range, adjusted: 145 - 150 lbs
Range of weight from December 143- 150.6
Range of weight from January 144.2- 150.0
Range of weight from February 142.2-149.0
Range of weight from March 144.5-146.5
Week of...
1st April: 145 scale, 145.3 trend
8th April: 146.4 scale, 146.4 trend
15th April: 144.2 scale, 146.1 trend
22nd April: 143.2 scale, 144.2 trend
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week:1 -
Name: Lisa
Age: 54
Height: 5'2 1/2"
Total Weight lost: 5 kilos
Time it took to lose: 3 months
How long in maintenance: a few years
Maintenance weight range: 52-54 kilos (around 115-119 lbs)
Average weight in 2017 estimate- was not doing regular weekly weigh-ins: 56
Average weight January: 58.9 (highest in 30 years!)
Average weight in February 56.1 kilos
Average weight in March 55.5 kilos (121.2)
Week of...
1st April: 56.4 (123.3)
9th April: 56.4 (123.3)
16th April:56.9 (125.4)
22nd April:57.4. : (( : 0
29th April:
Success of the week:
I got exercise every day;
did 2 mini-jogs (about 5 minutes warm up and 5 minutes cool down walking, and 15 minutes jogging-good for busy days),
a 30 min lap swim and
walks the other days.
I ate more healthily:
beans
a little fish and chicken (in homemade chicken soup),
veggies and
fruit,
less starch and sugar.
I think I tracked everything on WW.
I also got through a lot of old paperwork and administrative home office stuff, and finally got out from under that paper mass, and also did lots of "spring cleaning" (going through sock drawers, straightening closets and so on). That is a huge load off.
Struggle:
I gained! I am very bloated at present, so hopefully some of the gain is fluctuation.
Even though I gained this week, I prefer this week, because I got daily exercise and was eating much more healthily. I feel better. Lets see what this week has in store.5 -
Jimb376mfp wrote: »Name: Jim
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.
I'm so sorry for your loss Jimb376.
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CoachJen71 wrote: »Name: Jen
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.
Coach Jen, I'm really sorry.
I can relate. Inversely, I had a bad week weight-wise, but ate rather serenely and healthily and got exercise; (I made 2 big soups: 1 chicken-vegetable, and 1 lentil-vegetable. It's really fast, uses partly leftovers, and I feel like im taking care of myself that way. I don't cook much at all these days, so this is great progress for me.) I acknowledge the scale is not all.
I used to binge and exercise for many years several years ago: I was super-athletic and would get tons of exercise. It took me about 6 years of regular conscious effort in different ways, to get past binging.
To each their own path. Meditation, helped me. (Now it's popularly called "mindfulness"!) I remember, at the end of a (free, including room and board-donation only!) meditation retreat, they had chocolate cake. I was feeling really greedy with my one piece of cake, after an austere few days, of plenty of food but no cake nor big sweets, and I observed (and accepted) myself going through that intense feeling, as I ate the cake. (thoughts, emotions, physical feeling of wanting to eat the cake, how eating the cake/sugar felt, after many sugar-free days, etc.). Observing myself a few times, with compassion, as I was eating with greed, or eating to relieve stress, etc., helped me to evolve some, very slowly over much time. I'm far from perfect, but there has been real and lasting progress (so far, knock on wood). Probably being accepted by others helps too. I think accepting self can come first, but acceptance by others can help, to accept oneself I think. Everyone has their own path.
The financial thing is no small subject either and adds majorly to stress. I read an article recently about a woman who was dismayed that her richer acquaintances were (as she was divorcing) telling her she should do marriage-repair suggestions that she simply couldn't afford (child-free vacations and weekends; therapy, etc, regular date-nights, etc.). It seems that it's worth continuing to look for solutions, even if it seems there may be few options. There are some 12 step groups (online or otherwise) like debtor's anonymous, and underearners anonymous, as well as other community and state organisations. Sometimes kind people pop up on occasion, that are willing and ready to help for no cost or low cost. I was really snowed under with something recently, and I found a topnotch professional who helped me out at a reduced rate. It was really a godsend.
I hope that you are able to make some tiny (or big) headway in one or both of those areas. Sometimes paths can be pretty long, to get to a hopefully better place.
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@bananasandoranges
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me. Yes, mindfulness is a tough one, as is compassion for myself! Early on in my journey, I stumbled across a phrase that I wrote out and stuck on my fridge. "Treat each day as a blessing and it will feel like one."
Hard to follow, especially when my anxiety is up, but I am trying!2 -
@mk2fit Thanks so much. I’m still surprised with myself in the accidental mirror glimpse. I have a lot of strength and weight training to go in order to be happy with myself, but I’m going to let the weight do whatever it will naturally as long as I stay under my max weight.2
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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: 121.2 scale/ 119.9 trend
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week: I am up a couple of pounds since my birthday on Wednesday. I know it shouldn't bother me since I am still in range, but it kind if does any way. I hope that one day I can get to where the number on the scale doesn't bother me, but I guess I am not there yet. Sometimes I think when you have been heavy for so long it is just hard to believe that you are no longer heavy and that the number on the scale isn't just fluke and then when it goes up you feel like it will just keep going up.8 -
Stepped on th scale this morning so I could add on to this thread and my scale is broken! Lol! My husband gave our toddler a bath last night and I think he splashed water all over it and broke it. Either that or the battery is just dead. Rats.4
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Name: Dalon
Age: 36
Heights: 6'2"
Weight lost: 220+
Time: 2 years
Maintenance: actually from my calender I dug out before I went digital almost a 11 months. Scary kitten. Was only about 5lbs heavier. Should have stayed there. Lol
Weight this am 178
Tending 177.6
Success: all about the same. Received my packet from nwcr.
Stuggles: over vigilance. Fixation on food. Always seeing fat gain even though my trending has me at -15 cals for the month. Deciding if I want to join the nwcr or keep my fight here with real people.
Best wishes and bless y all.
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Name: Fidan
Height: 171cm
Age: 31
Total Weight lost: 48kg
Time it took to lose: 1 year
How long in maintenance: 1 year 11 months
Maintenance weight range: 73.3kg and below
Average weight recorded from 2017: 73.3kg
Average weight recorded from January: 73.6kg
Average weight recorded from February:73.2kg
Average weight recorded from March: 74.6kg
Week of...
1st April: 75.9kg
8th April:missed
15th April:missed
24th April: (late) 76.9kg
29th April:
Success/struggles of the week:
I’ve genuinely missed you guys. I hope everyone is healthy and doing well.
I’ve been struggling for a while in my personal life. Long story short, after many years I’m starting CBT again this week. I’m trying to keep positive and take each day as it comes. My emotions and mood has had enormous effect on my eating and day to day activities, which is definitely why my weight has been trending upwards. I can only hope that I can pull myself together and take control of my weight.
My second year of maintenance is just around the corner and currently it doesn’t look good. And I lost my login streak which really annoyed me.
Anyway...
I’m going to list some positive factors that I can conjure up
- back on MFP.
- I’m not sure if I’m eating 100% mindfully. But I am trying to make better choices.
- I’ve got my fitbit back and will be trying to use it.
- Trying to keep busy.
- Trying to sleep better
Goal- to hit maintenance range before summer12
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