October Check In

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  • GregInORL
    GregInORL Posts: 232 Member
    Age: 31
    Height: 5'8"
    Total weight lost: 70 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 4 months
    How long in maintenance: 4 month
    Maintenance weight range: 147 - 152 (educated guess at the moment based on an ideal weight of 149 for my height)
    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
    Average weight recorded for September: 151.2

    Week of
    Oct 1: 149.6 (7 day 149.7)
    Oct 8: 149.6 (7 day 149.2)
    Oct 15:
    Oct 22:
    Oct 29:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Running a bit less this week before making a final push back up over nov/early december for WDW marathon in january. Coming to terms with the amount of loose skin I'm going to have left over. Woo. Should hopefully be cosmetic only.

  • dashagrr
    dashagrr Posts: 43 Member
    edited October 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: 6 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
    Average weight recorded for September: 137.7

    Week of..
    Oct 1: 136.3 (trend 137.1)
    Oct 8: 136.8 (trend 136.5)
    Oct 15:
    Oct 22:
    Oct 29:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
    Success: Finally getting closer to the bottom of the current range! I will be revising the range to 133 - 137.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,950 Member
    @lesdarts180 I'm so sorry to hear that. Sending prayers and positive thoughts your way.
  • beulah81
    beulah81 Posts: 168 Member
    edited October 2019
    @lesdarts180 Lesley, praying for you and your family.
  • ExistingFish
    ExistingFish Posts: 1,259 Member
    @lesdarts180 I will pray for you and your family.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 10,875 Member
    @lesdarts180 I will be praying for a benign tumor & for your son, you, and all who know him. Sending you wishes of comfort.
  • kimothyschma
    kimothyschma Posts: 209 Member
    Name: Kim
    Age: 31
    Height: 5’5”
    Total weight lost: 65-70 lb
    Time it took to lose: 1 year
    How long in maintenance: 1.5 years
    Maintenance weight range: 127-131 lbs
    Average weight recorded from 2018: 133

    Average weight recorded from January: 133
    Average weight recorded from February: 132.4
    Average weight recorded from March: 132.5
    Average weight recorded from April: 132.8
    Average weight recorded from May: 131.3
    Average weight recorded for June: 130.8
    Average weight recorded for July: 130.5
    Average weight recorded for August: 130
    Average weight recorded for September: 130.1

    Week of…
    Oct 6: 131.5
    Oct 13: 129.3
    Oct 20
    Oct 27

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I had a big whoosh this week down to 128 and then back up to 131 as of this morning. -.- annoying but now I know this is a weird water weight thing. Progress is slow on my C25k program - I finally completed day 1 and today I’m attempting day 2 for the second time. Feeling much better about eating more. I’m not feeling hungry at all right now.
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 12,935 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 recorded from September: 143.2

    Average weight Week of...
    September 30 - October 6: 140.2
    October 7 -- 13: 141.1
    October 14 - 20:
    October 21 - 27:
    October 28 - November 3:

    Success of the week: I kept my average weight in my goal range all week even though the scale dipped below the first couple days. The scale is up three pounds from seven days ago, my ten-day average is up 0.8 pounds, and my weekly average went up 0.9. I'm ok with this since I'm still near the bottom of my goal range.


    Struggle of the week: It looks like I won't be revising my goal down, at least not this week. I'm glad I didn't do it prematurely. I was enjoying seeing the lower number, and it may be back. I had some less-than-idea food choices this week.
  • reversemigration
    reversemigration Posts: 168 Member
    Name: Ben
    Age: 51
    Height: 6'
    Total weight lost: ~55 lbs
    Time it took to lose: 8 months
    How long in maintenance: Since ~ December 2018
    Maintenance weight range: 165-170

    Average weight recorded for December:165.8
    Average weight recorded for January: 167.3
    Average weight recorded for February: 167.2
    Average weight recorded for March: 166.5
    Average weight recorded for April: 162.9
    Average weight recorded for May: 161.5
    Average weight recorded for June: 160.9
    Average weight recorded for July: 160.5
    Average weight recorded for August: 160.9
    Average weight recorded for September: 161.3

    Week of...
    October 6th: 161 (trend 161.5)
    October 13th: 161.5 (trend 161.2)

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Other than yesterday being a day of disastrous food choices that will likely show up next week (masked today by being a bit dehydrated), it was a pretty good week. I need to try to eat enough to reach my goals on most days so I don't end up having a greater than expected weekly deficit that leads to...well, disastrous food choices!

    @lesdarts180 I'm so sorry to hear of your son and will be keeping you in my thoughts. I hope for a good diagnosis and a speedy recovery.
  • missperfectpitch
    missperfectpitch Posts: 576 Member
    Name: missperfectpitch
    Height: 5'4"
    Total weight lost: About 43 pounds
    Time it took to lose: 1 year and 2 months
    How long in maintenance: I hit my goal weight in the beginning of January 2018, but officially started maintenance in mid-March 2018 after figuring out my calories for a couple of months.
    Maintenance weight range: 108-111.5
    Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8

    Average weight recorded from January: 111
    Average weight recorded from February: 110.8
    Average weight recorded from March: 110.6
    Average weight recorded from April: 110.0
    Average weight recorded from May: 109.9
    Average weight recorded for June: 111.2
    Average weight recorded for July: 111.9
    Average weight recorded for August: 111.9
    Average weight recorded for September: 112.6

    Week of..
    Oct 5: 112.4 (trend 112.6)
    Oct 12: 112 (trend 112.2)
    Oct 19:
    Oct 26:

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I'm slowly but surely getting back down into my range again, with my weigh-in over the past couple of days being 110.6 lbs and 111.2 lbs, at the upper end of my maintenance range. I was successful with increasing my activity this week and got 93k steps overall, with two days over 15k steps.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,950 Member
    Name: Kathryn
    Age: 51
    Height: 5'4"
    Total Weight lost: ~80 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 since December 2017
    Maintenance weight range: 115 - 120 lbs

    Average weight recorded from 2018: 118.8

    Average weight recorded from December: 116.9
    Average weight recorded from January: 115.9
    Average weight recorded from February: 115.4
    Average weight recorded from March: 117.2
    Average weight recorded from April: 116.8
    Average weight recorded from May: 116.2
    Average weight recorded for June: 116.2
    Average weight recorded for July: 115.5
    Average weight recorded for August: 114.0
    Average weight recorded for September: 114.0

    Week of..
    Oct 6: 113.4 scale/ 113.9 trend
    Oct 13: 113.4 scale/ 114.0 trend
    Oct 20
    Oct 27

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Weight is about the same this week as last week. High of 115 low of 113.4 average is 114.
  • amckholmes
    amckholmes Posts: 119 Member
    Name: Alexandria
    Age: 51
    Height: 5’3”
    Total weight lost: 50 lbs
    Time it took to lose: 8 months
    How long in maintenance: 2 months
    Maintenance weight range: 110-114 (I think this is right for me)

    Average weight recorded for August: 117.6
    Average weight recorded for September: 114.0

    Week of…
    Oct 6: 113.4
    Oct 13: 112.8
    Oct 20
    Oct 27

    Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Enjoyed a social gathering this week where I mainly ate the food that I brought and a couple other things that I was very sure of, but also had a bit of a couple other dishes that looked super yummy. When I got home I simply logged my best estimates. I have to master things like this if I am going to successfully maintain. :)