Maintainers Weekly Check In - September 2018

Loving some of these nuggets of positivity this week - it showcases the knowledge you gain from a commitment to Maintenance.

@pkweier - love your logic about knowing you didn’t eat 14,000 calories. That’s the right way to tackle the mind games with the scale!

@hesn92 - congrats on transitioning to no calorie counting successfully! That’s a great achievement!

@icemom011 - great attitude about your Maintenance range. I like that you’re holding yourself accountable and committing to a new goal!

Name: Lisa
Age: 55
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
Average weight in April 56.8 kilos
Average weight in May 56.8 kilos
Average weight in June 56.7 kilos (125.2 lbs)
Average weight in July 57
Average weight in August 57

Week of...
September 1: ?
September 8: ?
September 15: 58.6 kilos, 129 lbs
September 22:
September 29:

Successes of the week:
I was away by the seaside all week and got about 15000 steps average in per day at least. For little swims daily and one hike of about 80 minute with very steep hills, and another of about 3 hours with some hills.

Struggles of the week:
Weight is way up again. I'm totally bummed about that. Back from vacation I have so much work. On vacation I had the impression that I didn't eat that much, but did have a small frozen yogurt with light toppings most days. Breakfasts were big on 4 days (eggs, plain yogurt, thin slice of cheese, lighter than wasa-type cracker, fruit, juice, plain yogurt, cappuccino no sugar), normal 2 days (cereal, w yogurt/soy milk, fruit), light one day (1 small plain yogurt, figs and capuccino)- lunches lightish/normal, (cucumber-tuna, olive oil-beans, no bread ) and most often I'd skip dinner, but eat a banana/fruit and possibly some rice cakes if still hungry.
I used to always lose weight on vacation with all the physical activity. For past 20 years I used to not gain weight pas 57 kilos. (I would always get sick, stomach ache or sore throat, if I ate too much, and couldn't eat any more.)
Now that natural limit doesn't seem to be there and my low metabolism seems to have gotten even lower. I'm finding it hard to count and control so much. It's true when I lost the 5k some years ago I was often a bit hungry by the end of the day. I did ww which gave free fruit, so I'd eat a banana or two if needed. and dinner was often veggies with 2T of parmesan, as points needed to be so low for me to lose. Now it seems harder though. Maybe I'm hungrier too. I find it's just too much stress to be hungry/always watch food, in addition to work pressure. Feels like there's no relaxing.

Hopefully I'll get through this somehow but not sure how. Now the busy period of work is starting up. The next 10 days are more full than they should be. Not thrilled about that.

Definitely thinking of making my maintenance range higher.

Just found this, below on line. So I'm way over for all except BMI. That seems like reality. I think Bmi is kind of a trap since the range is huge. (+35% in same BMI range! yet + 35% is not the same health situation).

Which formula do you find most appropriate for your weight?

Based on the Broca formula, your ideal weight is 107.72 lbs.
Based on the Devine formula, your ideal weight is 110.45 lbs.
Based on the Robinson formula, your ideal weight is 115.52 lbs.
Based on the Miller formula, your ideal weight is 123.06 lbs.
Based on the Hamwi formula, your ideal weight is 110 lbs.
Based on the Lemmens formula, your ideal weight is 120.28 lbs.
Based on the BMI range formula, your ideal weight is between 101.15 lbs and 136.69 lbs.

Then this, about 2 lbs higher all around
Based on the Robinson formula (1983), your ideal weight is 53.4 kgs (117)
Based on the Miller formula (1983), your ideal weight is 56.6 kgs (124.8)
Based on the Devine formula (1974), your ideal weight is 51.5 kgs (113.5)
Based on the Hamwi formula (1964), your ideal weight is 51.2 kgs (113.5)
Based on the healthy BMI recommendation, your recommended weight is 46.8 kgs (103) - 63.2 (139) kgs

I just did measurements. According to rough measurements I have 25.5% body fat. That means, if calculations are correct, probably about 32.9 lbs of body fat, and about 96 pounds of lean muscle, bones, organs, skin and other needed parts.


On another chart and scale it's 28.6% fat, with 38.2 lbs of fat (16.7 k). 92.3 lbs of other stuff (muscles, bones, etc.) (41.9k) and says I should lose 1.3k or 3 lbs for my body size and age. (some charts seem to be indulgent with age, basing on what exists rather than ideal, but maybe they should be since it's so hard to lose for some).

I think that's erroneous. 20-24% seems to be fit range. So 20% would be 52.5 close to my listed range.

What amount of body fat do you aim for?

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Lisa,
I totally understand only mine was one day of gain. Most likely water weight and extra salt in your system give it 2 weeks and take it from there. I'm trying to not panic when I see numbers raise it is a struggle of mine, if after 2 to 3 weeks of eating normal again it's still there then take action. I've learn thanks to this site to not give in and get back on track right away after a over eating time.