October Check In

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: 113.4 scale/ 113.9 trend
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. No real changes from last week. Trendweight says I am losing 0.0 pounds/week and burning 0 calories/day more than I eat. I guess that is maintenance.

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 15:151.8 (7 day 148.9)
Oct 22: 148.2 (7 day 148.2)
Oct 29:

Success(es): Back to back half marathon runs, the second of which was under my goal marathon pace for January!
Struggle(s): Keeping a solid sleep schedule from overnights. Always tough.

Name: Shirley
Age: 63
Height: 5'1"
Total Weight lost: 36 lb
Time it took to lose: not sure
How long in maintenance: about 3 years
Maintenance weight range: 110-114

Week of..
Oct 6: 111
Oct 13: 114
Oct 20: 114
Oct 27

I started my journey with Spark People but switched to mfp three years ago because it worked better with my fitness tracker. The reason I chose the goal weight that I did was because the Red Cross won't let you donate blood if you weigh less than 110.

Name: Eric
Age: 50
Height: 6’
Total weight lost: 85 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 years
How long in maintenance: Since September 2018 (1 Year)
Maintenance weight range: 150-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 180

Average weight recorded from September 2018: 160
Average weight recorded from October 2018: 159
Average weight recorded from November 2018: 159
Average weight recorded from December 2018: 159
Average weight recorded from January 2019: 155
Average weight recorded from February 2019: 155
Average weight recorded from March 2019: 154
Average weight recorded from April 2019: 155.04
Average weight recorded from May 2019: 156
Average weight recorded from June 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from July 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from August 2019: 156
Average weight recorded from September 2019: 157

Week of...
10/8/2019: 157.8
10/11/2019: 161.2
10/19/2019: 157.8
10/26/2019: 156.7

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Travel week, but solid on the exercise. Traveling can be tougher to track and log accurately. I know for sure the Thursday night BBQ I went to while tracked was probably way more calories then I logged. That said weight is almost back in range as of this morning’s weigh in, so I am pleased with that. I will say this week more so then usual I had strong cravings to eat something like an apple fritter or cake first thing in the morning, this passed and I did not cave. I am not sure if that’s because I am trying to stick to the 1990 calories and not eating back exercise or just a mentally tough week. Consistency is the key to this thing.

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: 130.4
Oct 27: 131.9

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I’m onto w2d2 of c25k. I’m having a difficult time finding time to run this week since I’m responsible for 2 small children every day. I’m feeling frustrated by my weight and itching to get out of the house. As a result of being stuck at home more than usual I’m bored and eating more and getting crankier and just feeling stuck in the cycle. I ran out of my thyroid medicine, but my doctor doesn’t think I need it anyway so I guess we’ll see.

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: 112.3 (trend 112.3)
Oct 26: 112.1 (trend 112.2)

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I was very successful in getting in a ton of steps this week. I managed over 104k steps overall for the week, with yesterday being 23.5k steps, and two other days over 15k steps. Not too much effort involved other than going for long walks, though the two other days were days that I took off from work. It's quite a bit easier to get in a lot of steps when you're not stuck in front of a computer for most of the day!

My weight is still slightly above my maintenance range, though it's slowly decreasing, so this likely means that I did gain a couple of pounds at the end of August/beginning of September when I was on a 2-week vacation, which I'm slowly getting rid of now.

Name: Shirley
Age: 63
Height: 5'1"
Total Weight lost: 36 lb
Time it took to lose: not sure
How long in maintenance: about 3 years
Maintenance weight range: 110-114

Week of..
Oct 6: 111
Oct 13: 114
Oct 20: 114
Oct 27: 113

I started my journey with Spark People but switched to mfp three years ago because it worked better with my fitness tracker. The reason I chose the goal weight that I did was because the Red Cross won't let you donate blood if you weigh less than 110.

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)
October 20th: 162.3 (trend 162)
October 27th: 162.1 (trend 161.7)

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Steady week-to-week, but masking some large day-to-day fluctuations. For some reason, I've had significantly more cravings lately even when I'm not particularly hungry. I do want to move back up into range, but not by means of Halloween candy.

Name Lesley
Age: 68 69 (birthday last month!)
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: 6 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)
Average weight recorded from September: 47.8 kg (105 lb)

October 7th: 47.5 kg
October 14th: 47.9 kg
October 21st: 48 kg
October 28th: 48.5 kg (107 lb)

Success(es)/struggles of the week: We went away in the motorhome for a few nights, it was good to have a break, try to relax for a few days. So, I couldn’t weigh in for three mornings and then on Sunday the scale read 49.4 kg! But this morning it was down to an expected 48.5, a small gain overall on the week. I’m happy with my weight but I’ve not been able to track my food and my exercise routines are all over the place.
We still don’t have the test results for my son so we don’t know what treatment regime might be, this waiting is so difficult. My son is quite well but he gets anxious, and he needs people with him to distract him. He obviously isn't working, and he can't drive, so my daughter in law is feeling the strain. I do my best but we are all getting tired and stressed.

Jan 1, 2016 228.3
Jan 1, 2019. 155.0

2019
April 25 153
April Monthly average: 153
April Yearly average: 153
Maintenance Range: 153-155

Oct 7: 157 Trend: 157.5
Oct 12: 156.4 Trend: 156.8
Oct 19: 157.8 Trend: 157.7
Oct 24: 157.2 Trend: 157.4
Oct 25 157.6 6-month maintenance anniversary
Oct 26 158
Oct 31: 155.2 Trend: 156.3

Monthly avg: 157.13, 157.18, 157.21, 157.13
Yearly avg: 154.72, 154.73, 154.89, 154.72

Successes:
Oct 24: Not giving up.
Looking at past data...
Increasing lean meat & veg. Reducing calorie deficit.
Exercising 6-7 days per week

Oct 26: High wt. pants wouldn’t close. Faced facts. Decided to diet back to 155 by Jan 1. ***cut back net carbs to 135-142 spread throughout day.*** This finally allowed me to eliminate hunger & hit lower calorie goal...

Struggles: Oct 24: It seems it should be easy to lose 2.2 lbs after losing 72-78lbs... Such a curious thing: maintenance.

Oct 31: I did it. Now I know what to do when wt goes up.
Current struggles: none. A blissful state after months of stress & despair over wt creep.


Oct 24:,I keep reminding myself my maintenance is 6 months today & I WILL figure this out, I’ve done better than ever before. And I’m HEALTHY & eating healthy foods & active!

Oct 31: How things can change in a week... and yes, either way. I remain vigilant...

I’m finding the Half Size Me & Phot & Phat podcasts very helpful & fun to listen to on my walks. Really great. Thank you @nowine4me!

Wishing you all well, as we continue to figure this out!