Maintainers Weekly Check In - November 2018
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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.-55 kilos (around 115.5-121.5 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
Average weight in September 58.3
Average weight in October 57.7
Week of...
November 4: 58.0
November 11: 57.something
November 17:57
Novembre 18: 58
November 26: 58.5
Successes
Some decent work.
Some short walks on weekends.
Being more frugal with food budget is becoming a habit
House (bathroom, kitchen, bedrooms) looking much better (except living room and office area - mostly papers-still needs work)
Challenges
Weight
Exercise
Starch, butter, cheese, the occasional glass of wine
Tracking
I have an off peak gym membership but it's not working for me this time of year. I probably need to switch to full membership.2 -
Name: Marti
Age: 67
Height: 5'3"
Total Weight lost: ~50 lbs.
Time it took to lose: 22 months
How long in maintenance: 8 months
Maintenance weight range: 103.5 - 107.5
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months):118.5
Average weight recorded from January: 107.5
Average weight recorded from February: 106.2
Average weight recorded from March: 104.8
Average weight recorded from April:104.8
Average weight recorded from May: 104.9
Average weight recorded from June: 104.9
Average weight recorded from July: 106.1
Average weight recorded from August: 105
Average weight recorded from September: 104.9
Average weight recorded from October: 103.6
Week of...
November 4: 103.7
November 11: 103.5
November 18: 104.6
November 25: 103.9
Success/Struggles: Well I'm finally over my cold, but still don't have much of a appetite. I'm back to my regular activities and meal schedule, though, so I imagine that issue will go away real soon5 -
Name: Kathryn
Age: 50
Height: 5'3.5"
Total Weight lost: ~76 lbs
Time it took to lose: 2 years 3 months
How long in maintenance: I called maintenance in July 2016, but I continued to slowly lose until December of 2017. I have been in maintenance for ~ 11 months
Maintenance weight range: 118 - 122 lbs
Average weight recorded from 2017: 123.4
Average weight recorded from January: 119.2
Average weight recorded from February: 119.6
Average weight recorded from March: 119.6
Average weight recorded from April: 119.6
Average weight recorded from May: 119.7
Average weight recorded from June: 119.4
Average weight recorded from July: 119.8
Average weight recorded from August: 118.8
Average weight recorded from September: 118.1
Average weight recorded from October: 117.0
Week of...
November 4: 118.4 scale/ 117.6 trend
November 11: 115.8 scale/ 117.3 trend
November 18: 117.8 scale/ 117.1 trend
November 25: 118.2 scale/ 117.9 trend
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I feel like I did well this week. My son was home for the holiday and there was more eating out and just plain eating. Then Thanksgiving on Thursday and I ate a lot of pie plus birthday cake for my son's birthday and all of the holiday goodies. But I went into the week a little under my maintenance range so I had plenty of room. And I managed to get some good runs in this week and some nice yoga too. My weight went up quite a bit over the week, but it is already coming back down. And actually it is really where I want it to be. It had dipped a little lower than I wanted it to be so if it stays right around 118 then I will be happy.5 -
Name: Hannah
Age: 29
Height: 5'10"
Total weight lost: 25lb
Time it took to lose: 1.5 years
How long in maintenance: 16 months
Maintenance weight range: 152-156
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12 months): I don't know
Average weight recorded from April: 155.57
Average weight recorded from May: 156.6
Average weight recorded from June: 156
Average weight recorded from July: 157.1
Average weight recorded from August: 157
Average weight recorded from September: 155
Average weight recorded from October: 154.8
Week of...
November 4: 155.3 (trend 154.5)
November 11: 156.0 (trend 154.1)
November 18: 155.5
November 25: 157.4 (trend 154.2)
weight is up due to it being almost that time of the month.
I've been successfully logging my calories for over a week now, even all thanksgiving break (and I ate thanksgiving leftovers ALLLLL weekend). I ended up with a 186 calorie deficit over the entire week so I did pretty darn good for eating all that thanksgiving goodness and 3 different types of desserts for four days straight
I've been complaining about how much calorie counting sucks for the last several months but now that I'm doing it again I've realized it really isn't too terrible. When things get too tedious, I'm ok with just doing a very lazy style of logging. I didn't weigh and measure my food at all, except for things like peanut butter. On everything else I just guestimated. Which is good enough for me.
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Name: dailywip
Age:
Height: 5'11”
Total Weight lost: 15.6 lbs
Time it took to lose: 2 months
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Maintenance weight range: (191 - 188)
Average weight in 2018 - 194.84 (2 months)
Average weight in October 197.02
Average weight in November 192.67
Week of...
November 5: 196.7
November 12: 193.4
November 19: 189.8
November 26: 190.8
Success(s)/Challenge(s) of the Week:
Success(s):
Ran Daily
Challenge(s):
Rings = 6/7 Move, 2/7 Exercise, 2/7 Stand
9.2/11 Daily Average Flights2 -
The December 2018 thread is now posted...5
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Thanks @stephenearllucas!2
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Thanks @stephenearllucas!
You're very welcome!1 -
Name: It's ME!
Age: About a year older than I was last year. (middle aged)
Height: Just short of 5' 7"
HEAVIEST weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Total Weight lost: 30 pounds
Time it took to lose: ~6 months
How long in maintenance: ~ 4 months (July, 2018) -- but with some fluctuation outside of goal range.
Maintenance weight range: 142 - 148 (and not sure that's the right answer)
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): 163.8
RECENT weight about 170 during most of 2017
ACTUAL weight recorded from January 2, 2018 (only weigh-in that month): 168.2
Average weight recorded from February: 157.5
Average weight recorded from March: 154.4
Average weight recorded from April: 153.2
Average weight recorded from May: 151.6
Average weight recorded from June: 150.2
Average weight recorded from July: 146.8
Average weight recorded from August: 148.1
Average weight recorded from September: 148.8
Average weight recorded from October: 146.5
Average weight Week of...
Oct 29 - Nov 4: 147.8
November 5 - 11: 149.5
November 12 - 18: 149.8
November 19 - 25: 148.7
Success of the week: Survived a week of travel, a holiday, and a life celebration while getting back to my goal range.
Struggle of the week: See above.
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Name:Andreas
Age:27
Height:172 cm
Total weight lost: 21kg
Time it took to lose: a year
How long in maintenance: 7 months
Maintenance weight range: 65-68kg
Average weight recorded from February:71
Average weight recorded from March: 68.5
Average weight recorded from April: 66
Average weight recorded from May: 65
Average weight recorded from June: 66
Average weight recorded from July: 67
Average weight recorded from August: 66.5
Average weight recorded from September: 66.5
Average weight recorded from October: 66.75
November 4: 67.5 avg 67.2
November 11:68.3 avg 68.5
November 18: 67 avg 67.5
November 25: 67.3 avg 67.7
Success: Found myself a new partner.
Struggle: Have been netflix and chilling way to much this week and havent gotten any training in at all.6 -
Name: Jim
Age:70
Height:5’8”
Total Weight lost:197.2 (SW 376.2)
Time it took to lose: 5 years,
From 1/17/13 to 3/29/18.
How long in maintenance: Since 3/29/18.
*Maintenance weight range:179-184
Average weight recorded from 2017 (12months): N/A
Average weight recorded:
Week of 4/26 181
Week of 5/31 179.8
Week of 6/28 180.7
Week of 7/26 181.2
Week of 8/30 181.3
Week of 9/27 181.3
Week of 10/25 181.1
Week of 11/29 180
Weigh In
1 Nov 180.4. -3.6
18 Nov 176.4 -4 * (in hospital$
29 Nov Unknown?
Success/struggles of the week
Success: Three weeks after back surgery I did not go to WW to WI. Recovering with limited exercise. The
Challenges: Going to get there on December. See what happens6
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