September Check In

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:
Average weight recorded for July:
Average weight recorded for August

Week of..
Sept 1:
Sept 8:
Sept 15:
Sept 22:
Sept 29:
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Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
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  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member

    Age: 31
    Height: 5'8"
    Total weight lost: 60 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 4 months
    How long in maintenance: 3 month
    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
    Average weight recorded from July: 158.2
    Average weight recorded for August: 155.54

    Week of..
    Sept 3: Watching Hurricane Dorian for all the impacts
    Sept 10:
    Sept 17:
    Sept 24:


    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Stay safe south eastern MFP people.

  • janvcooper
    janvcooper Posts: 86 Member
    Age: 65
    Height: 5'3"
    Total weight lost: 25 pounds
    Time it took to lose:6 years
    How long in maintenance: 3 months
    Maintenance weight range: 115-118
    Average weight recorded from 2018: 125

    Average weight recorded from January: 125
    Average weight recorded from February: 124
    Average weight recorded from March: 123
    Average weight recorded from April: 126
    Average weight recorded from May: 124
    Average weight recorded from June: 124
    Average weight recorded from July: 122
    Average weight recorded for August: 121
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    Name: Maddie
    Age:63
    Height: 5’9”
    Total weight lost: 75.3
    Time it took to lose: 3-1/3 years
    How long in maintenance: 4-1/4 months (since 4/25/18)
    Maintenance weight range: 153-155
    Average weight recorded from 2018: 168.4

    Average weight recorded from January: 153
    Average weight recorded from February 152
    Average weight recorded from March: 154
    Average weight recorded from April: 153
    Average weight recorded from May: 154.3
    Average weight recorded for June: 154.9
    Average weight recorded for July: 156
    Average weight recorded for August: 156.65

    Week of..
    Sept 1: 157.2. Trend: 157.2
    Sept 8:
    Sept 15:
    Sept 22:
    Sept 29:

    Success(es): Definitely stronger!!!

    Struggles: more hunger. Scale keeps creeping up...

    Thinking about: My PT thinks I’m better at the 156-157 range, but even though I feel - and am - much stronger, I feel “porky”round the middle...

    Moving avg is up 0.4 in Aug.
    Moving average is up 3.1 lbs in 244 days for 2019. Or 44.5 calories too much per day in 2019 or 10,846 calories. 122 days (1/3 of year) left in 2019. So I should cut by 89 calories per day to get back to 155 by 1/1/2020.

    Current plan: Keep at it until solidly under 155. Then revisit Maintenance Range goal.

    Keeping my long term successes in mind, so I remain positive.

    I hope you all have a great September!
  • 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: 4 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)
    Average weight recorded from July: 48.5 kg (107 lb)
    Average weight recorded from August: 48.1 kg (106 lb)

    September 2nd: 48.0 kg (106 lb)
    September 9th:
    September 16th:
    September 23rd:
    September 30th:

    Success(es)/struggles of the week: a quiet week with no particular struggles. My weight dipped below 48kg for a few days but came up this morning.
    I’ve got another quiet week now and then next week I’m off on holiday for two weeks. Flying on Tuesday 10th so I will check in on Monday.
  • ItsAJourny
    ItsAJourny Posts: 69 Member
    Name: Bella
    Age: 61
    Height: 5'5"
    Total weight lost: 44 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 6 months for the first 37 and slowly dropped 7 pounds after that.
    How long in maintenance: 6 months
    Maintenance weight range: 125-130
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): NA

    Average weight recorded from January: 134 (was not in maintenance yet)
    Average weight recorded from February: 131.8
    Average weight recorded from March: 130.7
    Average weight recorded from April: 130.4
    Average weight recorded from May: 130.8
    Average weight recorded from June: 130.0
    Average weight recorded from July: 128.5
    Average weight recorded from August: 126.3

    Week of...
    Sept. 1: 126.4

    Success/struggles of the week: My struggle these days is simply getting enough sleep. Am trying to get 8 hours a night for the week. Eating/exercise is going well. Have a great week everyone!
  • amckholmes
    amckholmes Posts: 119 Member
    pkweier wrote: »
    Name:AMcKH
    Age: 51
    Height: 5’3”
    Total weight lost: 50 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 8 months
    How long in maintenance: 1 month
    Maintenance range: 114-117

    Average weight recorded for August: 117.6

    Week of..
    Sept 6: 114.6
    Sept 13:
    Sept 20:
    Sept 27:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Still trying to find my daily calories, my weight bounced around a lot this week, but I ended on a lower number. I am leaving for a two week trip to a couple of different places, road tripping to visit friends and family at the end of next week, so it’s probably a good thing I am at a lower number right now!

    Have a great week everyone

  • pkweier
    pkweier Posts: 349 Member
    Name: Pam
    Age:61
    Height:5'5
    Total weight lost:200
    Time it took to lose:Started 1/1/2016 ended 9/1/2017
    How long in maintenance: 2 years
    Maintenance weight range:130-135
    Average weight recorded from 2018:

    Average weight recorded from January:131.75
    Average weight recorded from February:130.75
    Average weight recorded from March:132.1
    Average weight recorded from April:133.5
    Average weight recorded from May:132.5
    Average weight recorded from June:132.08
    Average weight recorded for July:132.15
    Average weight recorded for August: 132.15

    Week of..
    Sept 1:131.2
    Sept 8:133.4
    Sept 15:
    Sept 22:
    Sept 29:
    :

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Weight up which I expected was out to eat 3 evenings this week. On the success side I walked over 36 miles this week this was on top on every day steps which I don't count. Will be watching what goes into my mouth this upcoming week. Have a awesome week:)
  • ItsAJourny
    ItsAJourny Posts: 69 Member
    Name: Bella
    Age: 61
    Height: 5'5"
    Total weight lost: 44 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 6 months for the first 37 and slowly dropped 7 pounds after that.
    How long in maintenance: 6 months
    Maintenance weight range: 125-130
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): NA

    Average weight recorded from January: 134 (was not in maintenance yet)
    Average weight recorded from February: 131.8
    Average weight recorded from March: 130.7
    Average weight recorded from April: 130.4
    Average weight recorded from May: 130.8
    Average weight recorded from June: 130.0
    Average weight recorded from July: 128.5
    Average weight recorded from August: 126.3

    Week of...
    Sept. 1: 126.4
    Sept 8: 128.6
    Sept 15:
    Sept 22:
    Sept 29:

    Success/struggles of the week: Weight up this week which is no surprise as I am turning to sugar for energy. Still very tired after a bad virus last month. Trying to get more sleep and eat less sugar this week. Have a great week everyone.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    ]Name: Maddie
    Age:63
    Height: 5’9”
    Total weight lost: 75.3
    Time it took to lose: 3-1/3 years
    How long in maintenance: 19 weeks (since 4/25/18)
    Maintenance weight range: 153-155
    Average weight recorded from 2018: 168.4

    Average weight recorded from January: 153
    Average weight recorded from February 152
    Average weight recorded from March: 154
    Average weight recorded from April: 153
    Average weight recorded from May: 154.3
    Average weight recorded for June: 154.9
    Average weight recorded for July: 156
    Average weight recorded for August: 156.65

    Week of..
    Sept 1: 157.2. Trend: 156.8
    Sept 8: 157.4 Trend: 156.5 ✅
    Sept 15:
    Sept 22:
    Sept 29:

    Success(es): I turned things around! Successfully reduced Calories in while continuing to get a lot of exercise. Finding the sustainable balance.

    Struggles: I love dancing, but it reactivates old ankle injury. I think it might be time to see a MD specialist. I want to Dance!!!

    I hope you all have a great Week!
  • 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 recorded from July: 146.5
    Average weight recorded from August: 145.8

    Average weight Week of...
    September 2 - 8: 145.3
    September 9 - 15:
    September 16 - 22:
    September 23 - 29:
    September 30 - October 6:

    Success of the week: My average weight did not increase, and even though I had a spike today, the trend is still down back towards my actual goal weight, where the scale was a week ago.

    Struggle of the week: I had a big spike on Monday that was expecting. The one from today must just be fiber from all the shiitake I cooked and ate last night.
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,278 Member
    I posted my data this morning. Rain drove me back in from working in the garden, and while I took a break, I decided to look back at the last 20 months or so -- back to the beginning of 2018 when I got serious about my weight loss journey. It really made me a bit more relaxed about the bumps up I've been noticing. I still need to pay attention if I am serious about moving that little up/down cycle a few tiny more pounds towards zero, and it would probably be really healthy for me to accept that it may not and that maintaining where I am currently is SO much better than what I was doing for the five or so years before that.

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  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member
    mtaratoot wrote: »
    I posted my data this morning. Rain drove me back in from working in the garden, and while I took a break, I decided to look back at the last 20 months or so -- back to the beginning of 2018 when I got serious about my weight loss journey. It really made me a bit more relaxed about the bumps up I've been noticing. I still need to pay attention if I am serious about moving that little up/down cycle a few tiny more pounds towards zero, and it would probably be really healthy for me to accept that it may not and that maintaining where I am currently is SO much better than what I was doing for the five or so years before that.

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    Zooming out every once in a while really puts the current battles we're fighting in perspective. May I ask what your height is, and is that showing your maintenance range as 141-146?
  • warukimedesu
    warukimedesu Posts: 27 Member
    Name: Archie
    Age: 42
    Height: 5' 6"
    Total weight lost: 13.8 lbs
    Time it took to lose: 59 days
    How long in maintenance: 9 days
    Maintenance weight range: 136 to 139 lbs
    Average weight recorded from 2018: n/a

    Average weight recorded for July: 146.3 lbs
    Average weight recorded for August: 140.8 lbs

    Week of..
    Sept 1: 138.4 lbs
    Sept 8:
    Sept 15:
    Sept 22:
    Sept 29:

    In the past 4 years, I've tried to get in better shape by being more active (gym, running, cycling) on most days, but my weight constantly hovered at around 155 lbs. Since that didn't seem to be enough, starting in May, I decided to exercise everyday, lifting weights for 4 days, running for 2, and cycling on Sundays. This got me to around 150 lbs, but I still far from my ideal running weight of 140.

    Then I discovered CICO from this reddit post https://old.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/c9sgqc/102_lifting_resources_you_may_find_useful/, and on July 4, started weighing and logging my meals and recording my weight daily.

    Starting with a weight of 150.6 lbs on July 4, I stuck to a daily calorie intake of around 1700 cals up to the end of August. I hit my lowest weight on August 31 at 136.5 lbs. Since then I've upped my calories to 1800 in the first week of September, and 1900 since then. These past two weeks, my weight stabilized at 136.5 to 138.5 lbs.

    I've been using the "TDEE 3.0" worksheet that I got from this community. Here's my data since July 4, if anyone's interested. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18qckK8UGBKWP_qWxbUWhIjXhN0aJmoYL8ZLAb0oIn9A/edit?usp=sharing

    And here's my Libra chart for the past 2 months.

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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,278 Member
    GregInORL wrote: »
    Zooming out every once in a while really puts the current battles we're fighting in perspective. May I ask what your height is, and is that showing your maintenance range as 141-146?

    Used to be about 5'8", but with degenerating discs and all, I'm a little under 5'7" now. That green shading isn't mine; it's their arbitrary band. I am trying to get to 142-148, and I guess I'm there but want to get closer to the low end. It's SO much easier to bump up than down.

  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member
    mtaratoot wrote: »
    GregInORL wrote: »
    Zooming out every once in a while really puts the current battles we're fighting in perspective. May I ask what your height is, and is that showing your maintenance range as 141-146?

    Used to be about 5'8", but with degenerating discs and all, I'm a little under 5'7" now. That green shading isn't mine; it's their arbitrary band. I am trying to get to 142-148, and I guess I'm there but want to get closer to the low end. It's SO much easier to bump up than down.

    I'm 5' 8" and wondering where I'll settle my range as I inch down under 150 over the next little while. Soon enough! I'm leaning towards putting 149 as the top of my range.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    Well, might as well check in. Hope to join the ranks of maintainers again in the next 6 months. Weight of today 193. Actually seeing SOME progress with the weight gain. Light at the end of the tunnel stuff. Just letting my body and lifestyle dictate my weight. Actually no longer overly concerned with weight. Just being happy. Strange, when you hit near rock bottom, just being happy at times feels amazing. Visiting a local TOPS chapter. Won't let me join until I am at GOAL weight, but they are nice supportive people. Actually wanted me to present an educational class on the various weight loss diets out there. OHHH boy, they have no idea what they are in for. I have spent the last 2 years studying this stuff. Good lord help them. Bless ya'll

    Dalon

    AKA you local iconoclast and provocateur!
  • dashagrr
    dashagrr Posts: 43 Member
    edited September 2019
    Name: Dasha
    Age: 37
    Height: 5'5.5"
    Total weight lost: 26 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 1 year (took breaks)
    How long in maintenance: 5 months
    Maintenance weight range: 135 - 140
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 160ish

    Average weight recorded from January: 153.9
    Average weight recorded from February: 147.9
    Average weight recorded from March: 144.1
    Average weight recorded from April: 139.9
    Average weight recorded from May: 143.4
    Average weight recorded from June: 144.7
    Average weight recorded from July: 142.0
    Average weight recorded for August: 141.3

    Week of..
    Week of..
    Sept 3: 137.2 (trend 139.4)
    Sept 10: 138.6 (trend 138.7)
    Sept 17:
    Sept 24:
    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Started back on birth control patch, so gaining (hopefully water) weight despite running slight caloric deficit in attempt to get to the bottom of my goal range.
  • Jimb376mfp
    Jimb376mfp Posts: 6,236 Member
    Name: Jim
    Age:71
    Height:5’8”
    Total Weight lost:197.8 (SW 376.2)
    Time it took to lose: 5 years,
    From 1/17/13 to 3/29/18.
    On maintenance: Since 3/29/18.
    *Maintenance range:179-184
    Average weight recorded in 2018 180.

    Average weight recorded 2019:
    January 178.6
    February 177.2
    March 178.8
    April 179.2
    May 178.9
    June 178.9
    July 181
    Aug 180.64

    Weigh In
    5 Sept 178.4 (-.8)
    12 Sep 179.4 (+1)

    Success/struggles of the week
    Success: More activity and steps.

    Struggle: Adding veggies and balance for variety to add to menu.
  • SarahAnne3958
    SarahAnne3958 Posts: 78 Member
    edited September 2019
    Name: Sara (had to add an 'h' to my user name to get it to go through, lol)
    Age: 41 next week
    Height: 5ft, 6in
    Total weight lost: 60ish lbs
    Time it took to lose: the initial 50lbs, about 6 months.
    How long in maintenance: 6+ years
    Maintenance weight range: current is low 120's

    Average weight recorded from January: 142.8lbs to 136.lbs (started working on weight creep)
    Average weight recorded from February: 136.6lbs to 135lbs
    Average weight recorded from March: 135.6lbs to 137.8lbs
    Average weight recorded from April: 138.6lbs to 131.4lbs (started lower carb/higher fat this month)
    Average weight recorded from May: 131.2lbs to 128.6lbs
    Average weight recorded for June: 127.2lbs to 125lbs
    Average weight recorded for July: 125lbs to 123.6lbs (started transitioning to relaxed carnivore 'ketovore' )
    Average weight recorded for August 123.6lbs to 120.8lbs

    Week of..
    Sept 1: low of 120.6lbs
    Sept 8: low of 120.2lbs
    Sept 15:
    Sept 22:
    Sept 29:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Have let nuts and seeds back in this week and subsequently dealing with some digestion issues. A good reminder of why I decided to transition to a very low carb/more carnivore style way of eating.

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