Dec Check In

Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Total weight lost: 70 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 months
How long in maintenance: 6 months
Maintenance weight range: 145 - 149
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
Average weight recorded for October: 148.3
Average weight recorded for November: 146.8

Week of
Dec 1: 150.3 (Trend 147.3)
Dec 8
Dec 15
Dec 22
Dec 29

Successes: I kept weighing in through the holidays. I knew I was going to eat whatever I wanted in whatever amount, and I knew the scale would reflect it. Most of the weight gain is food, and not important.

Struggles: I didnt log most of my food. This in itself is not a struggle necessarily. I am struggling a bit to get back into the swing of things. Over the next few days I'll get back into my routine. Holiday fun and new work schedule made it impossible to get all my runs in. We'll move forward in that arena too. 1 month from marathon sunday!

Name: Lisa
Age: 56
Height: 5.7 1/2
Total weight lost: 18 (mfp says 23 because it's looking at my weight in Jan as starting point)
Time it took to lose: 115 days
How long in maintenance: n/a
Maintenance weight range: current goal is 220 lbs. plan to 'rest' there a month and then aim for 200 lbs. I'm setting achievable stepwise goals like this so I can declare intermediate successes instead of obsessing on my end goal as the only way to 'win'. My end goal is 22% fat or less (but >17% as I'm female), whatever weight that turns out to be--it's hard to project the goal weight when I'm still so far from it. At present I'm guessing it to be somewhere around 150 lbs. My best weight when I was doing sprint triathlons in college was 135 lbs. So it's hard to say at this age, with less muscle mass, what my weight should be because even when young and at appropriate body composition I ran on the heavy side for a woman.

Average weights here are estimated by eyeballing charted data provided by withings/nokia scale records

Average weight recorded from 2018: 254 lbs

Average weight recorded from January: 258 lbs
(begin casual, unlogged avoidance of obvious dietary stupidity like high-calorie desserts)
Average weight recorded from February:
Average weight recorded from March:
Average weight recorded from April: 254 lbs (delta = 4 lbs)
Average weight recorded from May:
Average weight recorded for June:
Average weight recorded for July: 254 lbs (delta = 0 lbs)
Average weight recorded for August 250 lbs (start of mfp logging was Aug 8)
Average weight recorded for September 243 lbs (delta =7)
Average weight recorded for Oct 238 lbs (delta = 5)
Average weight recorded for Nov 236 lbs (delta = 2)

Loss rate was reduced in Oct/Nov due to exceeding calorie targets from birthdays and other family festivities, not a 'plateau', which I define as the frustrating situation of doing everything right and not getting results. In this case the reason for the slower loss rate is perfectly logical--voluntary over-eating.

Week of..
Dec 1--today's weight is 234.6, a small (2 lb) uptick from pre-US-thanksgiving excesses.
Dec 8
Dec 15
Dec 22
Dec 29

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
last week--thanksgiving food and leftovers to consume. This is both a success (enjoyed a big feast) and a struggle in that it puts a small but expected uptick in weight.
long-term--chronic orthopedic issues that limit ability to exercise.

Name Lesley
Age: 69
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: 7 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 for January: 54.7 kg
Average weight recorded for February: 53.3 kg
Average weight recorded for March: 51.7 kg
Average weight recorded for April: 50.2 kg (110.7 lb)
Average weight recorded for May: 49.9 kg (110 lb)
Average weight recorded for June: 48.7 kg (107 lb)
Average weight recorded for July: 48.5 kg (107 lb)
Average weight recorded for August: 48.1 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded for September: 47.8 kg (105 lb)
Average weight recorded in October: 48 kg (106 lb)
Average weight recorded in November: 48.4 kg (107 lb)

December 2nd: 48.2 kg
December 9th:
December 16th:
December 23rd:

Successes/struggles: I’m still struggling to keep my weight above 48 kg.

We've had another rollercoaster week. On Monday my son finally had an appointment with the neurology team to discuss his diagnosis and it was fairly hopeful. Apparently the tumour is low level, not aggressive, so that's good, but it is very complex and spread through several parts of his brain. He was referred to a hospital closer to where they live and an appointment was set up for Friday morning to discuss treatment options. However, on Wednesday he developed a very severe headache, went to A&E at Cheltenham hospital, where they discovered very high inter-cranial pressure, was whisked off for live-saving intervention, stabilised and sent to Bristol ICU in the middle of the night. By Thursday evening he was back in the neurology ward and on Friday evening he was home again. I've been up and down the motorway, looking after the children on Wednesday evening, hospital visiting etc. We're all exhausted again, just when we thought the news was relatively hopeful.
I’m home now and hope to have a few days peace and quiet, to recharge.
Thankyou @reversemigration for your kind thoughts.

Name: Dalon
6'3", trending 191.7 as old this am.
Have been maintaining weight fairly well the last 3 months. Slightly up trend.. then a nose dive.🤷‍♂️

Sucess: Quit fearing fat.
Struggles: Learning to trust my body. A great man once told me to trust it. It's harder than it seems. Just learning to listen to it now...

Name: Alexandria
Age: 51
Height: 5’3”
Total weight lost: 55 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: 5 months
Maintenance weight range: 108 - 112 lbs

Average weight recorded for Aug: 117.6
Average weight recorded for Sept: 114.0
Average weight recorded for Oct: 112.0
Average weight recorded for Nov: 109.0

Dec 4: 108.6
Dec 11:
Dec 18:
Dec 25:

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: eating out, being away from home for a week around US Thanksgiving, no food scale, no people scale. Getting better at logging food close to its value.

Happy December everyone!

Name: Shirley
Age: 63
Height: 5'1"
Total weight lost: 36
Time it took to lose: not sure
How long in maintenance: over 3 years
Maintenance weight range: 110-114
Average weight recorded from 2018: 109.7

Average weight recorded from January: 111.3
Average weight recorded from February: 111
Average weight recorded from March: 110
Average weight recorded from April: 111
Average weight recorded from May: 112
Average weight recorded for June: 111.5
Average weight recorded for July: 111
Average weight recorded for August: 113
Average weight recorded for September: 114
Average weight recorded for Oct: 112.8
Average weight recorded for Nov: 111.4

Week of..
Dec 1: 110
Dec 8
Dec 15
Dec 22
Dec 29

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: dh's birthday was this week so I had a piece of cake but stayed on track. This accountability thread has really helped.