Jan 2020 Check In

meastman77 wrote: »

Maintenance is what I need!! I can lose, but cannot keep weight off! Help!

Sad to say, it's the same equation as losing weight, just with a few more calories in the daily allowance. You have to be just as vigilant. You have to change your brain to see success for NOT changing. You can do this if you can lose. So I look forward to reading about your success!

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
Maintenance weight range: 150-155 or maybe 155 – 160?
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 180
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 156
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
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
Average weight recorded from October 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from November: 158
Average weight recorded from December: 157

Week of...
1/1/2020: 155.5

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Weighed in the first day of the year, because I will be away from my scale my usual Saturday AM weigh in day. Plus it’s the first day of the year😊

I survived the holidays logging and doing what I need to do, while still enjoying some food related treats, meals out prime rib and a fudge fest!

I am pleased with an average for 2019 at 156 and December’s average of 157. Looking back 2019 has been a solid first calendar year of maintenance. I am considering upping my range 5 pounds as I lowered it at the beginning of 2019 and have never averaged below 155 in a single month.
On to a solid year of maintenance in 2020 and wishing all you all the same.

Happy New Year

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
Sep 179.6
Oct 180
Nov 180.4
Dec 180

Weigh In
2 Jan 178.4 (exact same as 1/3/19!)

Success/struggles of the week
Success: Lost 3# after a Christmas binge.

Struggle: Tracking my Points on WW program. Need to prepare healthy meals. Same struggles.

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: 108-112.5
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 109.8
Average weight recorded for 2019: 111.2

Average weight recorded for Oct: 112.2
Average weight recorded for Nov: 111.3
Average weight recorded for Dec: 111.3

Week of..
Jan 4: 111.7 (trend 111.5)
Jan 11:
Jan 18:
Jan 25:

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Reflecting on the past calendar year, I managed to stay within my maintenance range overall, though it was 1.4 pounds higher than the previous calendar year. I started January 2019 off at 111 lbs, then dropped a little to just below 110 pounds in May. In June, I jumped up to an average of 111.2 for the month and increased to a high of 112.6 in September (this was likely due to a couple of different vacations of 1.5-2 weeks long where I was eating out a lot). From there, I decided to bump up my steps/activity level a bit, as well as try to put a bit more effort into my workouts, and dropped down to 111.3 in December. I managed to keep at the same average weight for December as I did for November, despite eating at a significant surplus for basically the entire month of December due to celebrations, holiday parties, and a mini vacation thrown in.

After some thought, I've decided to increase my maintenance range by a bit to 112.5 lbs on the high end (previously 111.5). I've had some pretty significant weight fluctuations during maintenance especially this past year, and a 3.5 lb range was a pretty narrow range. Practically speaking, this won't affect much, as I'm still planning to work to get back down to 109-110.5 lb, the low-to-middle-ish part of my range, where I look and feel the best. It'll just better reflect the reality that my weight fluctuates quite a bit between all of the eating out and desserts that I enjoy plus the TOM/hormonal fluctuations that occur basically half of each month.

This past week was basically yet another week of going all out with food. I celebrated New Year's with my boyfriend by doing drinks, a fancy Italian dinner, and a champagne toast on NYE, as well as a filling brunch and a fancy homemade surf & turf dinner on New Year's Day. I also bought 8 doughnuts yesterday from this amazing doughnut shop near me and proceeded to eat about half of them between yesterday and today. I'm actually surprised that my average weight for this week was only 111.7 (only up .2 lbs from last week's average)!

Hi! My name is Kristen. And I struggle to maintain my weight. I have had great success losing/gaining, but I'm hoping this group helps me be more accountable. I weigh only 1x week on Sundays, so that's when I'll check in. My 2 goals in 2020 are to not let the scale go above 153 and weigh in EVERY Sunday for the WHOLE YEAR. This seems easy to most, but I get lazy and make excuses why I don't need to weigh in and then all of a sudden everything in my closet has shrunk. LOl

Disclaimer: I bought a new scale. It weighs 1.3lbs higher than my old. Weight recorded from now on is from new scale. Maintenance range stayed the same.

Age: 41
ex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 18 pounds
Time it took to lose: 2 months
How long in maintenance: 2 months
Starting Weight: 164.8 (September 3rd, 2019)
Goal Weight: 150 (Hit November 8th, 2019)
Maintenance weight range: 147 - 153

Average weight recorded for September: 160.1
Average weight recorded for October: 154.0
Average weight recorded for November: 149.2
Average weight recorded for December: 146.4

Week of...
January 5th: 146.4(Trend Weight:146.6)
January 12th:
January 19th:
January 26th:

Successes: Had a good week with food and logging. Still a tad below maintenance range...
Struggles: Need to work on eating a little more per day. Averaging 1550 calories per week and have been for a few weeks. Need to be closer to 1800 to maintain.

Happy New Year Everyone!

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 2019 (12 months): 144.8


Average weight recorded from December 2019: 145.0

Average weight Week of...
December 23 - 29: 145.1
December 30 - January 5: 145.3
January 6 - 12:
January 13 - 19:
January 20 - 26:
January 27 - February 2:

Success of the week: Since my range is eight pounds, an since I was near the bottom, I'm still near the middle. OK - that's my success tiny.

Struggle of the week: I am finding it hard to come up with successes because my weight has been slowly coming up for three months - about five pounds. That is as big as many people's range,

Name: Ben
Age: 51
Height: 6'
Total weight lost: ~60 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: Since ~ December 2018
Maintenance weight range: 163-168

Average weight recorded for 2019: 162.8
Average weight recorded for December 2019: 162.6

Week of...
January 5th: 162 (trend 162.2)

It was a pretty successful holiday season, weight-wise. I suspect I'm still holding onto a pound or two of water weight.

It's interesting to see that my December average from this year was three pounds beneath last year. I've lowered my range by a couple of pounds to acknowledge the reality that I feel more comfortable, psychologically, at this lower weight. I'll reassess the range as the year goes forward, particularly if I'm able to get back into more strength training.

I hope everyone has a wonderful 2020!

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 2019: 115.2

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
Average weight recorded for Oct: 113.7
Average weight recorded for November: 113.6
Average weight recorded from December: 114.2

Week of..
Jan 5: 113.8 scale/ 114.6 trend
Jan 12
Jan 19
Jan 26

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: My weight has fluctuated a lot this week from the holidays, plus I have been sick with a cold, but all in all I am happy with my weight. I am still a little under my range, but the trend seems to be moving up some so I guess that is good. I just hope that when it gets to 115 it will stop going up.

Name: Spencerport
Age: 39
Height: 6'1"
Total weight lost: 105lbs
Time it took to lose: 18 months
How long in maintenance: 3 years
Maintenance weight range: 195-200lbs

Week of:
Jan 1: 204
Jan 4: 204.8
Jan 11:
Jan 18:
Jan 25:

Success:
Struggle: Not too surprised that I was up a bit after eating out much of last week, the breakfast I had on Friday was quite salty so I know most of the uptick in weight was water. This week I have no plans to eat out at all.

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
Maintenance weight range: 150-155 or maybe 155 – 160?
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 180
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 156
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
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
Average weight recorded from October 2019: 158
Average weight recorded from November: 158
Average weight recorded from December: 157

Week of...
1/1/2020: 155.5
1/11/2020: 161.8

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: I have been on the road family vacation since the first. Eating bad but not that bad. Hopefully water weight. We did a good amount of hiking but little other exercise.

Name: Amber
Age: 29
Height: 6;1
Total weight lost: n/a
Time it took to lose: n/a
How long in maintenance: not in maintenance yet
Maintenance weight range: n/a

I had lost a ton of weight about 10 years ago and maintained for about 4-6 years. I was about 250lbs and got down to 158ish-I lost weight very unhealthy and then changed my eating habits and kicked the smoking habit as well. Now my husband and I eat a mostly vegan diet just for health reasons and to stay in a healthier mindset. I had some personal issues at the end of 2018 and I gained about 50lbs-which felt like it was overnight! So I am back to my 249-250 range and I have a reasonable goal of losing about 70ish lbs in about 35 weeks. I am determined to stick to my goal and to look and feel better. I have used MFP for years but always left and came back. Please feel free to add me and we can continue our journeys together.

Week of..
Jan 5 since i'm just now starting I guess I'll update 1/12 as of 1/11 lol
Jan 12 148.6 down -1.6lbs
Jan19
Jan 26

Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Success-I feel like I have a reasonable plan, to whereas I did have plans in the past but I didn't stick to them because I felt so restricted and became unhappy and hopeless. I have a long term plan and it makes me feel more comfortable and I know I can do this since I have done do before.

Struggle: Nothing too much just yet, no bad temptations except for when work buddies order out and I really want to but I know it won't help me reach my goal.

I wish nothing but the best for all of you in 2020 and I look forward to hearing about your stories!
XOXO