Maintenance Check In July 2019

pkweier
pkweier Posts: 349 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support.
2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week.
3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!!

Name:
Age:
Height:
Total weight lost:
Time it took to lose:
How long in maintenance:
Maintenance weight range:
Average weight recorded from 2018:

Average weight recorded from January:
Average weight recorded from February:
Average weight recorded from March:
Average weight recorded from April:
Average weight recorded from May:
Average weight recorded for June:

Week of..
July 7:
July 14:
July 21:
July 28:
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
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  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,170 Member
    Thanks for setting this up @pkweier.
  • rysabel
    rysabel Posts: 8 Member
    Name: Rysabel
    Age: 51
    Height: 156 cm
    Total weight lost: 30 lb
    Time it took to lose: 6 months
    How long in maintenance: May
    Maintenance weight range: 116-118
    Average weight recorded from 2018:

    Average weight recorded from January: 123
    Average weight recorded from February: 119
    Average weight recorded from March:. 118
    Average weight recorded from April: 117
    Average weight recorded from May:
    117
    Average weight recorded for June: 116.6

    Week of..
    July 1: 116.5
    July 7:
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:
    :

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I cheated on my keto lifestyle on Sunday. The peach pie wasn't worth it being kicked out of ketosis. Anyways, I restarted yesterday with intermittent fasting and worked out with weights for an hour. Hopefully I will be back in ketosis soon.
  • kellycz
    kellycz Posts: 57 Member
    Thank you for setting this up! I am only one month into maintenance, so this will be a great tool for me.
    Name: KellyCz
    Age: 49
    Height: 5’5”
    Total weight lost: 18.5 lbs.
    Time it took to lose: 5 months
    How long in maintenance: 1 month
    Maintenance weight range: 126 - 130

    Average weight recorded from Jan.: 146.0
    Average weight recorded from Feb.: 140.3
    Average weight recorded from March: 137.3
    Average weight recorded from April: 135.9
    Average weight recorded from May: 132.6
    Average weight recorded for June: 129.0

    Week of..
    July 7: 127.6
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:
  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member
    Age: 30
    Height: 5'8"
    Total weight lost: 60 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 4 months
    How long in maintenance: 1 week
    Maintenance weight range: 150-155 (rough guess at the moment)
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): NA

    Average weight recorded from January: NA
    Average weight recorded from February: 214.75
    Average weight recorded from March: 204.04
    Average weight recorded from April: 187.42
    Average weight recorded from May: 174.18
    Average weight recorded from June: 164.21

    Week of July 2: 159.2 lbs
    Week of July 9: (Goal 2100 daily average cal)
    Week of July 16: (Goal 2200 daily average cal)
    Week of July 23: (Goal 2300 daily average cal)
    Week of July 30: (Goal 2400 daily average cal)

    Weekly successes and struggles: I've upped my calories to over 2000 calories. With my current activity level (high 4-5 runs a week, 2 gym visits) my current maintenance level is probably in the range of 3000. As you can see above I'm going to try and slowly raise my intake as long as I'm able to maintain my current activity level. Trying not to be scared of the increases. I know if im diligent the math will be manageable. I've switched from low calorie bread to more delicious varieties!
  • JennJ323
    JennJ323 Posts: 646 Member
    edited July 2019
    Name: Jenn
    Age: 34
    Height: 5’2”
    Total weight lost: 33lb
    Time it took to lose: approximately 18 months
    How long in maintenance: Officially about 5 months, but for the last year or so I bounced around the same range, just a little higher than I would prefer. I got down to this range and am happy here.
    Maintenance weight range: 122lb-126lb

    Average weight recorded from 2018: ----

    Average weight recorded from March: 124.6
    Average weight recorded from April: 124.3
    Average weight recorded from May: 123.4
    Average weight recorded from June: 123.2



    Week of…
    July 1: 122.8
    July 7:
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:


    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I did my weekly weigh-in a few days early, I know I have some not-so-great eating plans this evening and tomorrow (however I did drag myself to the gym at 5:30am today to make sure I got a good work out in, to help out with my eating plans), so I knew my Friday weigh-in would be up due to water gain etc not a true gain, so I just went ahead and used todays weight 😊 I’m happy with it, I was trending up a bit the last 2 weeks, glad to see things back on the lower end of my maintenance range.

    Happy 4th of July everyone!
  • ExistingFish
    ExistingFish Posts: 1,259 Member
    Name: Existing Fish
    Age: 31
    Height: 5'0" (153cm)
    Total weight lost: 41.7lbs (18.9kg)
    Time it took to lose: 6 months*
    How long in maintenance: 9 months
    Maintenance weight range: 112 - 118lbs (50.8-53.8kg)
    Average weight recorded from 2019: 117.4bs (53.3kg)

    Average weight recorded from January: 123.1
    Average weight recorded from February: 120.3
    Average weight recorded from March: 117.0
    Average weight recorded from April: 114.8
    Average weight recorded from May: 114.7
    Average weight recorded from June: 114.3

    July--1: 116.2lbs (t:114.2)
    July--5:
    July-12:
    July-19:
    July-26:
    July-31:

    Successes/Struggles: Monthly visitor showed up early, wasn't expecting her until next week. Bloating, aided by the fact that I had 3 cheat days in a row due to work event. (I work remotely, twice a year they fly in all the employees for 3 days of working together and socializing)
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,071 Member
    Name Lesley
    Age: 68
    Height: 155 cm (5’ 1”)
    Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
    Time it took to lose: 9 months
    How long in maintenance: 3 months
    Maintenance weight range: 48 – 51 kg (106 – 112 lbs)
    Average weight recorded from 2018: max 72.5 kg in July, 56 kg in Dec

    Average weight recorded from January: 54.7 kg
    Average weight recorded from February: 53.3 kg
    Average weight recorded from March: 51.7 kg
    Average weight recorded from April: 50.2 kg (110.7 lb)
    Average weight recorded from May: 49.9 kg (110 lb)
    Average weight recorded from June: 48.7 kg (107 lb)

    July 1: 49.5 kg
    July 8:
    July 15:
    July 22:
    July 29:

    Success(es)/struggles of the week: My last check in at the end of June was immediately after returning from a week away in a hotel. My “official” weigh- in on Monday July 1st was still high but the weight has been dropping off since and now, midweek I’m back to 48.5 kg.
    It is hard to get used to these fluctuations, 2 kg between Saturday morning and Thursday morning is a drop of 4.4 lb for those working in lbs. I know in my head it’s mostly water (and other digestive tract contents) but it is really difficult to stop that knee jerk expletive!
    This maintenance business is really difficult.
    Good luck to you all.
  • ExistingFish
    ExistingFish Posts: 1,259 Member
    Name: Existing Fish
    Age: 31
    Height: 5'0" (153cm)
    Total weight lost: 41.7lbs (18.9kg)
    Time it took to lose: 6 months*
    How long in maintenance: 9 months
    Maintenance weight range: 112 - 118lbs (50.8-53.8kg)
    Average weight recorded from 2019: 117.4bs (53.3kg)

    Average weight recorded from January: 123.1
    Average weight recorded from February: 120.3
    Average weight recorded from March: 117.0
    Average weight recorded from April: 114.8
    Average weight recorded from May: 114.7
    Average weight recorded from June: 114.3

    July--1: 116.2lbs (t:114.2)
    July--5: 114.0lbs (t:114.5)
    July-12:
    July-19:
    July-26:
    July-31:

    Successes/Struggles: *Whew* the bloat finally passed. Back to normal.

    I'm really struggling to stay within my calorie goals, I don't know if they are just unreasonable. It seems like I did not struggle so much in the past and I'm not sure what changed, except that I'm watching more closely. Maybe that is it. I'm not going super over, so that is good.
  • jan110144
    jan110144 Posts: 1,281 Member
    Name: Jan
    Age: 74
    Height: 5'7"
    Total weight lost: 52 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 6 months
    How long in maintenance: 6 mo
    Maintenance weight range: 130-135
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): NA

    Average weight recorded from January: 138.2
    Average weight recorded from February: 133
    Average weight recorded from March: 132.3
    Average weight recorded from April: 131.3
    Average weight recorded from May: 132.5
    Average weight recorded from June: 130.3

    Week of July 2: 128.5 lbs
    Week of July 7: 130.2
    Week of July 14:
    Week of July 21:
    Week of July 28:

    Successes/Struggles: Back into maintenance range. Feeling good with no major challenges/issues at the moment. Have a 2-week vacation coming up at the end of the month, so would like to be at the low end of maintenance going into it. Going to Alaska (not a cruise), so should be an active vacation and not be too challenging to come back without gaining much. Biggest challenge will be the two VERY LONG travel days (getting to Alaska from Indiana is not an easy task!).
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    edited July 2019
    Name: Maddie
    Age: 63
    Height: 5’9”
    Total weight lost: 75.3 lb
    Time it took to lose: 3-1/3 years
    How long in maintenance: 10.5 weeks
    Maintenance weight range: 153-155
    Avg wt recorded from 2018: 168.4
    Avg wt recorded from 2019 (so far):153.5
    <153? Not yet, but closer!

    Avg wt recorded from January:153
    Avg wt recorded from February: 152
    Avg wt recorded from March: 154
    April 25: Began maintenance 153
    Avg wt recorded from April: 153
    Avg wt recorded from May: 154
    Avg wt recorded from June: 154.85
    Avg wt recorded from July (so far): 153.67

    Week of..
    July 7: 153.67
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
    At a place with fancy breakfasts ...I’ve had yogurt parfait each morning & loving it. (A huge change for me.)

    Ate out the first 2 nights. Decided I’d rather cook. So, we are! Tasty & easier to track & better macros/sodium.

    Began walking again after lingering illness on July 4. Building up the minutes fairly rapidly. Soon, back to the gym!

    Struggles: None atm.
    Feeling pretty good about things.

    The turning point was realizing I love weighing 153 or less. Making progress towards that!

    My habits seem to be working. Fingers crossed.
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,071 Member
    Name Lesley
    Age: 68
    Height: 155 cm (5’ 1”)
    Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
    Time it took to lose: 9 months
    How long in maintenance: 3 months
    Maintenance weight range: 48 – 51 kg (106 – 112 lbs)
    Average weight recorded from 2018: max 72.5 kg in July, 56 kg in Dec

    Average weight recorded from January: 54.7 kg
    Average weight recorded from February: 53.3 kg
    Average weight recorded from March: 51.7 kg
    Average weight recorded from April: 50.2 kg (110.7 lb)
    Average weight recorded from May: 49.9 kg (110 lb)
    Average weight recorded from June: 48.7 kg (107 lb)

    July 1: 49.5 kg
    July 8: 48.1 kg (106 lb)
    July 15:
    July 22:
    July 29:


    Success(es)/struggles of the week: My weight dipped below 48 kg this week – an over-correction from last week – and I didn’t like the look of it. I caught sight of myself in the hall mirror coming down the stairs in short shorts and my legs were too skinny – all bony round the knees. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I need to gain a bit. I’ve struggled with my weight my whole adult life, mostly keeping it under control with frequent yo-yo-ing. Now I’m having to plan strategies for gaining a little weight but trying to make sure it is muscle, not flab. I think it’s called “recomp” here on mfp and involves including more protein.
    I think @jan110144 had a similar experience recently? Of course, we are a similar age and that very skinny look is not good on mature folk – it can make you look ill. Similarly, it is even more important as you age to keep strong so you can continue to do all the activities you enjoy.
    However, I’m away in the motorhome again at the end of the week so that will be another challenge to add to the mix!
  • jan110144
    jan110144 Posts: 1,281 Member
    [quote="lesdarts180;c-43914929"]Name Lesley

    I can’t believe I’m saying this but I need to gain a bit. I’ve struggled with my weight my whole adult life, mostly keeping it under control with frequent yo-yo-ing.
    [/quote]

    This is an amazing thing to me. Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think I would hear myself saying I need to gain weight! I seem to be leveling out now. My weight does not fluctuate much, so my "yo-yoing" tends to be within a very small 1-2 pound range. Enjoy your motorhome trip!
  • Spencerport
    Spencerport Posts: 270 Member
    Name: Spencerport
    Age: 39
    Height: 6’1”
    Total weight lost: 105lb
    Time it took to lose: April 2014 - October 2016
    How long in maintenance: October 2016 - Present
    Maintenance weight range: 195-200lb

    Week of..
    July 7: 200.8
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:

    Successes: Independence Day! All out food fest with family and I didn’t care how much I ate & drank!
  • rysabel
    rysabel Posts: 8 Member
    Name: Rysabel
    Age: 51
    Height: 156 cm
    Total weight lost: 30 lb
    Time it took to lose: 6 months
    How long in maintenance: May
    Maintenance weight range: 116-118
    Average weight recorded from 2018:

    Average weight recorded from January: 123
    Average weight recorded from February: 119
    Average weight recorded from March:. 118
    Average weight recorded from April: 117
    Average weight recorded from May: 117
    Average weight recorded for June: 116.6

    Week of..
    July 1: 116.5
    July 7: 115.8
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I am finally having early morning walks three times a week (about 7 km each) and working out with weights three times a week. It may be the reason I lost a bit of weight. I may need to add more calories to my maintenance if I keep working out like this. I feel good and I am eating a bit more carbs here and there such as sweet potatoes, etc. I also made Keto icecream and it was delish. I will try more flavors. Good luck to all the members this week!
  • michelleibbetson
    michelleibbetson Posts: 1 Member
    Name:Michelle
    Age: 55 yrs
    Height: 5.0ft
    Total weight lost: 42 Ibs
    Time it took to lose: 1 year
    How long in maintenance: 1 year
    Maintenance weight range: 126 -130
    Average weight recorded from 2018:

    Average weight recorded from January: 130
    Average weight recorded from February: 126
    Average weight recorded from March:124
    Average weight recorded from April: 126
    Average weight recorded from May: 126
    Average weight recorded for June: 126

    Week of..
    July 7: 126
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:
    :

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
    I initially put a stone on to come back up from 8 stone to 9 stone as I had been ill and the lose of a stone made me feel weak. Now back to 9 stone but the struggle is maintenance at the moment. Holiday season and social events are proving difficult, though upping the exercise to try to balance out.
  • kellycz
    kellycz Posts: 57 Member
    Name: KellyCz
    Age: 49
    Height: 5’5”
    Total weight lost: 18.5 lbs.
    Time it took to lose: 5 months
    How long in maintenance: 1 month
    Maintenance weight range: 126 - 130

    Average weight recorded from Jan.: 146.0
    Average weight recorded from Feb.: 140.3
    Average weight recorded from March: 137.3
    Average weight recorded from April: 135.9
    Average weight recorded from May: 132.6
    Average weight recorded for June: 129.0

    Week of..
    July 7: 127.6
    July 14: 128.0
    July 21:
    July 28:
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,278 Member
    HEAVIEST weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
    Total Weight lost: 30 pounds
    Time it took to lose: ~6 months
    How long in maintenance: Since 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 (12 months): 163.8
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 150.7

    Average weight recorded from January: 148.4
    Average weight recorded from February: 146.3
    Average weight recorded from March: 143.2
    Average weight recorded from April: 143.0
    Average weight recorded from May: 144.1
    Average weight recorded from June: 145.6

    Average weight Week of...
    June 24-30: 145.5
    July 1-7: 148.6
    July 8-14:
    July 15-21:
    July 22-28:
    July 29- August 4:

    Success of the week: None.

    Struggle of the week: It looks like I'm slowly getting out of maintenance :( Time to fix that!


  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member
    GregInORL wrote: »
    Age: 30
    Height: 5'8"
    Total weight lost: 60 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 4 months
    How long in maintenance: 2 week
    Maintenance weight range: 150-155 (rough guess at the moment)
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): NA

    Average weight recorded from January: NA
    Average weight recorded from February: 214.75
    Average weight recorded from March: 204.04
    Average weight recorded from April: 187.42
    Average weight recorded from May: 174.18
    Average weight recorded from June: 164.21

    Week of July 2: 159.2 lbs
    Week of July 9: 160.4 (158.6 7 Day avg)
    Week of July 16: (Goal 2200 daily average cal)
    Week of July 23: (Goal 2300 daily average cal)
    Week of July 30: (Goal 2400 daily average cal)

    Weekly successes and struggles:I'm ahead of my calorie goal. I was eating around 2300-2400 this last week. Had a big flux up today because I covered a first shift on my day off (I'm third shift) and I'm not as "regular" at the moment. Back to normal schedule this week so hopefully things get a bit more regular in that department.

    Took a day, but after a 3 lb up flux, I had the opposite 3lb down tick. Trying to get to 2500 calories as my trend is still going down, but I'm struggling a bit. I want to continue eating mostly my own food because eating out and from the employee grill constantly is what got me to my biggest weights. Getting another 500 on top of that seems like so much but I know it's just getting used to it.
  • JennJ323
    JennJ323 Posts: 646 Member
    Name: Jenn
    Age: 34
    Height: 5’2”
    Total weight lost: 33lb
    Time it took to lose: approximately 18 months
    How long in maintenance: Officially about 5 months, but for the last year or so I bounced around the same range, just a little higher than I would prefer. I got down to this range and am happy here.
    Maintenance weight range: 122lb-126lb

    Average weight recorded from 2018: ----

    Average weight recorded from March: 124.6
    Average weight recorded from April: 124.3
    Average weight recorded from May: 123.4
    Average weight recorded from June: 123.2



    Week of…
    July 1: 122.8
    July 7: 123.8
    July 14:
    July 21:
    July 28:


    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I had a very good meal planning week, stuck to my plan.. but I had a lot of unnecessary nighttime snacking.. so that needs to get under control! Was a little bummed to see the 1lb jump this morning from yesterday's weigh-in, but I know I was within goal yesterday, so probably just some water I’m holding on to. I have 1 more week until my husband gets back from his 10-week training program, so one last week to really stick to my plan. Things always get a little off track when he’s around!
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,071 Member
    Name Lesley
    Age: 68
    Height: 155 cm (5’ 1”)
    Total weight lost: 22.5 kg (approx. 50 lb)
    Time it took to lose: 9 months
    How long in maintenance: 3 months
    Maintenance weight range: 48 – 51 kg (106 – 112 lbs)
    Average weight recorded from 2018: max 72.5 kg in July, 56 kg in Dec

    Average weight recorded from January: 54.7 kg
    Average weight recorded from February: 53.3 kg
    Average weight recorded from March: 51.7 kg
    Average weight recorded from April: 50.2 kg (110.7 lb)
    Average weight recorded from May: 49.9 kg (110 lb)
    Average weight recorded from June: 48.7 kg (107 lb)

    July 1: 49.5 kg
    July 8: 48.1 kg (106 lb)
    July 13: 47.8 kg (105 lb)
    July 22:
    July 29:

    I’m weighing in a couple of days early as I’m away in the motorhome for a few days now.
    Success(es)/struggles of the week: My weight has been below 48 kg all week, but I hope I have caught the downward trend. On Wednesday morning the scale was at 47.3 so I decided to have a rest day – no gym, no cardio workouts, I didn’t even do my abs and planks. However, I spent a good 3 hours in the garden – fighting with the ivy and brambles that are taking over the fences and hedges. Stretching up, bending low, pulling, raking, using a selection of hand and powered tools and taking heavy bags of stuff to the tip! So not much of rest really!
    Well, I’ll be eating more while I’m away, so perhaps next week I’ll be back over 48 kg.

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