Jan 2020 Check In
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kristen8000 wrote: »<snip>
Struggles: Weird thing happened today. I got up at 5am, peed and weighed, scale read 146.2. I like 'huh, I barely averaged 1600 calories a day this week.'. Went back to sleep, got up at 8:32, peed and weighed, scale read 145.1. How in the heck could I lose almost a pound in 3.5hrs of sleep? Scales are strange. No wonder people trying to lose weight lose their minds about scale fluctuations. Oh well, life was pretty normal and boring this week.
Thinking a few little things:- Urine has dissolved salts, so is heavier than water. Water is a pound a pint. That can explain part.
- When you sleep, you exhale. That also has water vapor. Maybe not a huge mass, but that's where oxidized fat leaves your body. Counts for a little.
- Three and a half hours is about 15% of a 24-hour day. I don't know what your BMR is, but if it's 1400 calories per day, you burn 200 calories by sleeping for 3.5 hours. That should count for some, too.
Trust your instruments, but if you think they need a test or calibration, do it!
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kristen8000 wrote: »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
Age: 41
ex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 20 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: 145.5(Trend Weight:145.9)
January 19th: 145.1(Trend Weight:145.4)
January 26th:
Successes: Had 2 or 3 days this week where I reached maintenance calories.
Struggles: Weird thing happened today. I got up at 5am, peed and weighed, scale read 146.2. I like 'huh, I barely averaged 1600 calories a day this week.'. Went back to sleep, got up at 8:32, peed and weighed, scale read 145.1. How in the heck could I lose almost a pound in 3.5hrs of sleep? Scales are strange. No wonder people trying to lose weight lose their minds about scale fluctuations. Oh well, life was pretty normal and boring this week.
Hope everyone is doing great!
@kristen8000
“ A healthy bladder can hold one and a half to two cups (300-400mls) of urine during the day and about four cups (800mls) at night.”
350 ml = 0.75 lb
544 ml = 1.2 lbs (your loss)
800 ml = 1.8 lbs
Water is Heavy❣️❣️❣️
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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: 144.1
January 13 - 19: 142.6
January 20 - 26:
January 27 - February 2:
Success of the week: Wait... WHAT? Holy ocelot! My average weight is below my goal again for the first time since mid October. If I am supposed to fluctuate around my goal, I should be above it AND below it more frequently. But my actual goal is near the bottom of my range, so there ya go.
Struggle of the week: One reason for the big drop was a short bout with a norovirus; I lost nearly four pounds in one day. Only one came back the next day when I returned to eating pretty normal amount of food, so maybe I can stick to it.
The TrendWeight and Weight Grapher websites both say I still need a couple more days below goal scale weight to bring my trend down to or below my goal, but the simple seven-day average says I got here as does another weighted moving average spreadsheet I use on a group here called Lose 1 Pound a Week and Keep it Off.
Boring graphs below:
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »kristen8000 wrote: »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
Age: 41
ex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 20 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: 145.5(Trend Weight:145.9)
January 19th: 145.1(Trend Weight:145.4)
January 26th:
Successes: Had 2 or 3 days this week where I reached maintenance calories.
Struggles: Weird thing happened today. I got up at 5am, peed and weighed, scale read 146.2. I like 'huh, I barely averaged 1600 calories a day this week.'. Went back to sleep, got up at 8:32, peed and weighed, scale read 145.1. How in the heck could I lose almost a pound in 3.5hrs of sleep? Scales are strange. No wonder people trying to lose weight lose their minds about scale fluctuations. Oh well, life was pretty normal and boring this week.
Hope everyone is doing great!
@kristen8000
“ A healthy bladder can hold one and a half to two cups (300-400mls) of urine during the day and about four cups (800mls) at night.”
350 ml = 0.75 lb
544 ml = 1.2 lbs (your loss)
800 ml = 1.8 lbs
Water is Heavy❣️❣️❣️
Obviously, you are not a nurse! LOL j/k huggs2 -
@kristen8000
“ A healthy bladder can hold one and a half to two cups (300-400mls) of urine during the day and about four cups (800mls) at night.”
350 ml = 0.75 lb
544 ml = 1.2 lbs (your loss)
800 ml = 1.8 lbs
Water is Heavy❣️❣️❣️
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Obviously, you are not a nurse! LOL j/k huggs[/quote]
@psychod787 Correct! What was your first clue? 🤣3 -
Age: 41
Height: 169 cm (5'6")
Total weight lost: 55.4 kg (122 lbs)
Time it took to lose: 11 months
How long in maintenance: 2 weeks (06/01/20)
Maintenance weight range: 63.5-66.5 kg (140-147 lbs) [N.B. Will reevaluate this range based on DEXA scan results - will get scan in a couple weeks time.]
Jan 6: 65 kg (143.3 lbs)
Jan 13: 65.7 kg (144.8 lbs)
Jan 20: 62.9 kg (138.7 lbs)
Jan 27:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
It's been a good week, no big dramas to report one way or another. My weight can fluctuate quite a bit, and it will take me a while to work out how to stay in the "maintenance" range.
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Name: Janine
Age: 29
Height: 4'11''
Total weight lost: 3.8 kg (8.36 lbs)
Time it took to lose: Since September 2019 but off and on for 5 years
How long in maintenance: Since January 2020
Maintenance weight range: 48 - 50 kg (105.9 - 110.2 lbs)
Average weight recorded for August: 56.3 kg (124.1 lbs)
Average weight recorded for September: 55.9 kg (123.2 lbs)
Average weight recorded in October: 54.9 kg (121 lbs)
Average weight recorded in November: 54.2 kg (119.5 lbs)
Average weight recorded in December: 52.8 kg (116.4 lbs)
Week of..
Dec 29 - 53 kg (116.8 lbs)
Jan 5 - 52.7 kg (116.2 lbs)
Jan 12 - 52.0 kg (114.6 lbs)
Jan19 - 52.1 kg (114.9 lbs)
Jan 26 -
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: 100 grams increase this week which is fine considering I had a big drop the week before. Have gone out to eat quite a few times last week as it was mine and my partner's birthday week (our birthday's 3 days apart). Back to our normal eating routine this week and hoping for another drop. All is fine with my nutrition but have just got a bit of a set back with my training. I went to see a chiropractor last week for a niggling pain in my back (desk job), they did some xrays and turns out that my lower spine has a slight curve and twist. So taking it a bit easy at the gym, I have set up an appointment with a personal trainer to go back to basics and learn proper form and stretching and considering going to to a physio for a second opinion.3 -
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: 113.6 scale/ 114.5 trend
Jan 19: 112.6 scale/ 114.6 trend
Jan 26
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: It's been a crazy week. Last Sunday evening just after I posted on here my dad called and my mom was in the ER. She ended up having a stone in her bile duct (which was odd since she had her gallbladder out over 30 years ago). We ended up spending a couple of days in the hospital for testing and surgery. Since we are 60 miles from the hospital we were eating a lot of fast food. My weight was up most of the week and then it went down yesterday and was even lower today. But I expect it to be back up tomorrow.6 -
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)
January 12th: 160.7 (trend 162.2)
January 19th: 159.5 (trend 162.3)
Successes: No gnus is good gnus. A steady, consistent week. I've probably leaned a little too hard into banking calories for indulgences (which can be seen in daily weight vs. trend), but I've enjoyed the splurges.
Struggles: I lost my Fitbit, which was giving me reasonably accurate calories for steps/exercise and replaced it with a Garmin, which decidedly underestimates them. While it's not so hard to mentally readjust the number of calories that I ought to have based on prior results, it'd be easier to have it done for me. Plus, I hate seeing red numbers.
There's likely a fix, but I haven't yet found it.
@MadisonMolly2017 I actually find sodium harder to regulate than calories! My BP (and weight) seem a bit sensitive to it, so I try to stay around/under 2g. Most of what I eat is home-cooked/prepared, but it's still a challenge. You ought to be proud of keeping it under 1500 mg!
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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)
January 12th: 160.7 (trend 162.2)
January 19th: 159.5 (trend 162.3)
Successes: No gnus is good gnus. A steady, consistent week. I've probably leaned a little too hard into banking calories for indulgences (which can be seen in daily weight vs. trend), but I've enjoyed the splurges.
Struggles: I lost my Fitbit, which was giving me reasonably accurate calories for steps/exercise and replaced it with a Garmin, which decidedly underestimates them. While it's not so hard to mentally readjust the number of calories that I ought to have based on prior results, it'd be easier to have it done for me. Plus, I hate seeing red numbers. There's likely a fix, but I haven't yet found it.
@MadisonMolly2017 I actually find sodium harder to regulate than calories! My BP (and weight) seem a bit sensitive to it, so I try to stay around/under 2g. Most of what I eat is home-cooked/prepared, but it's still a challenge. You ought to be proud of keeping it under 1500 mg!
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@reversemigration
Thank you Ben! That really means a lot to me.2 -
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: 8 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 2019 : 49.8 kg – reached goal weight in April, average since then 48.7 kg
January 6th: 49.1 kg (108 lb) trend 48.7 kg
January 13th: 49.3 kg
January 20th: 50.1 kg
Successes/struggles: Surgery last Tuesday (Jan 14th) went well; total abdominal hysterectomy + repairs. Came home on Friday, been making progress. I weighed myself this morning just to have a record and to see what's happening to my body. Obviously I have substantial fluid retention - swollen tummy etc - set against one day with no food, another day of very little food and a gradual build up to a reasonable appetite.
I am managing to potter around the house - got just over 3,000 steps in yesterday and so far today 2,800 (at 3.15 pm) including a short walk outside. I have some specific recovery exercises to do and various activities to avoid.
The physio suggested I build up the walking gradually, I have a follow-up appointment with her in 5 weeks time.
I'm not making any attempt to log my food intake yet but have enough knowledge now (thanks to MFP) to look for high protein and nutrient-rich food choices. My boyfriend is staying with me and doing all the cooking, which means we eat microwave ready meals most evenings. My daughter visited yesterday and cooked a splendid proper roast Sunday lunch which hit the spot!8 -
Height: 5'4"
Total weight lost: 50lb.
Time it took to lose: Over years with ups/downs
How long in maintenance: at current weight 20 months - Was on maintenance for 7 years at 125 lbs.
Maintenance weight range: 115 +/- 2 lbs.
Average weight recorded from 2018: Don't have the recorded number but stayed at goal.
Average weight recorded from 2019: 114.5
Average weight recorded from January: 115
Average weight recorded from February:115.5
Average weight recorded from March:113.5
Average weight recorded from April:114.5
Average weight recorded from May:113.5
Average weight recorded for June:114.5
Average weight recorded for July:113.5
Average weight recorded for August:114.5
Average weight recorded for September:114.5
Average weight recorded for Oct:114.5
Average weight recorded for Nov:114.5
Average weight recorded for Dec: 115
Week of..
Jan 6 113.5
Jan 13 115
Jan 20 114.5
Jan 27
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
Struggle: No exercise classes again this week. This time because of snow. The classes were cancelled. I realize that I want to eat when stick inside and snow outside. I remembered that from past experiences also.
Success: I used some old DVDs for exercise and didn't gain.6 -
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: 202.4
Jan 18: 200.0
Jan 25:
Success: Boom, dropped another 2.4lbs in a week!
Struggle: None this past week.9 -
Had been slowly gaining weight since my mid forties. have always been active but it no longer seemed enough. Joined MFP in November last year
Starting weight 73.2kilos
Today 66.7
Initial goal 68
new goal 65 ( ideal weight)
Age 55
Height 1m76
Active
Biggest fear putting on the weight again. I’d love to meet people on a similar journey
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Name: Alexandria
Age: 51
Height: 5’3”
Total weight lost: 58 lbs
Time it took to lose: 8 months
How long in maintenance: 5 months
Maintenance weight range: 107-111
Avg weight recorded for Aug: 117.6
Avg weight recorded for Sept: 114.0
Avg weight recorded for Oct: 112.0
Avg weight recorded for Nov: 109.0
Avg weight recorded for Dec: 108.5
Week of..
Jan 1: holiday, did not weigh
Jan 8: 108.8
Jan 15: 108.2
Jan 22: 108.4
Jan 29:
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: back to the cottage with lots of snow and cold weather. Working hard to not just snuggle under a blanket and read a book until spring comes! Have been planning my food every morning and sticking to the plan. Drinking lots of hot tea and not giving in to the urges to eat extra snacks. Having a clean pantry and freezer (clean of junk) makes that much easier!
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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
1/18/2020: 153.8
1/26/2020: 155.6
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Up a little but deliberately ate a bunch yesterday. Sort of a refeed, I guess. Been in a funk and trying to snap out of it. Exercise been ok this week.
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@Jimb376mfp , hope your surgery went well, and you are recovering now.0
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@erjones11
Looks like you're doing GREAT. You dropped back down from your one excursion into the sixties, and you're really stable over time. Nice job! Just don't count on food to get you out of a funk. Eat it and enjoy it for sure (I sure did last night), and give yourself some credit for a job well done.
I do hope you shake the funk. This time of year is TOUGH.1 -
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 2019: 111.5
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Jan 5: 109
Jan 12: 107
Jan19: 107
Jan 26
Incorporating hills in my daily walk.3 -
Name: Maddie
Age: 63.5
Height: 5’8.5”
Total weight lost: 75.3
Time it took to lose: 3.33 years
How long in maintenance: Since April 25 2019 (9 months today!!)
Maintenance weight range: 153-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 168
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 155.06
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Week ending
Jan 4 Avg: 159.9 Trend: 159.9 actual: 160.2
Jan 11 Avg: 159.8 Trend: 160.2 actual: 159.8
Jan18 Avg: 159.2 Trend: 159.1 actual: 159.2
Jan 25.Avg: 158.4 Trend: 158.3 actual: 159.2
Success(es: Losing 1/2 lb per week on 2,000 calories per day!protein pacing is working for me - as is eating at home.
Got Sodium down...
Nov avg 2,103 mg
Dec avg 2,330
Jan avg 1585 as of Jan 11
1,411 as of Jan 18
1,496 as of Jan 25
Jan 4: 120/74 p68
Jan 5-11 avg 1,382. Jan 11: 134/86 p64
Jan 12-18 avg 1,194. Jan 18: 110/73 p58♥️
Jan 19-25 avg 1,496
Struggles(s): fiber is too high 42.6h avg5 -
lesdarts180 wrote: »@Jimb376mfp , hope your surgery went well, and you are recovering now.
Thanks in Rehabilitation hospital now for a week.7 -
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
Age: 41
ex: Female
Height: 5'11"
Total weight lost: 20 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: 145.5(Trend Weight:145.9)
January 19th: 145.1(Trend Weight:145.4)
January 26th: 144.4(Trend Weight:144.8)
Successes: Went a couple hundred calories over maintenance Tuesday + plus chose to eat a work provided meal for lunch on Thursday and still ended up losing. But at least the losing is slow.
Struggles: I'd like to stop freaking out that the scale will go up so much that it goes down instead. My goal for this week is to hit at least 1750 everyday this week. My average this past week was 1635.
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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)
January 12th: 160.7 (trend 162.2)
January 19th: 159.5 (trend 162.3)
January 26th: 158.4 (trend 161.6)
Successes: Continuing to average over 20K steps a day (though my new Garmin is still shorting me on calories, boo.) Neither snow nor sleet nor dead of night has kept me from the gym.
Struggles: Nothing major. A bit lower trend on the scale than I'd prefer, and still not back to doing as much strength training as last year.2 -
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: 1 years
Maintenance weight range: 125-130
Average weight recorded for 2019: 130
Week of..
Jan 5 136.2
Jan 12 134.6
Jan19 134.4
Jan 26. 133.8
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Had a dinner party last night and cooked great Indian food. It felt so good to enjoy the food and my friends and feel so good physically at the end of the evening, not too stuffed as I might have felt a couple of years ago. Feeling stronger and healthier as I continue to do yoga every day. Still not back in my maintenance zone, but headed in the right direction and I fully expect to be there by the end of Feb., if not sooner.5 -
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....................144.1
January 13 - 19..................142.6
January 20 - 26..................143.2
January 27 - February 2......
Success of the week: After putting on four pounds by mid-week (recovering from the gut bug and losing four pounds in a day), I've moderated back to my goal. Today is bagel day!
Struggle of the week: I was really tempted to eat certain foods this week, but except for Friday night, I was able to moderate my intake.
The TrendWeight website says I have exactly the same trending weight as my simple weekly average. The algorithm that Weight Grapher uses says I'm about a quarter pound heavier.The True Weight spreadsheet I keep that's part of the Lose 1 Pound a Week and Keep it Off discussion group here has me spot on my goal weight! I guess that all goes in the success column, too.
Speaking of TrendWeight, I went back and looked at my data going back to when I started my journey in 2017. It tells an interesting story. There's about a year of just dinking around and not making a whole lot of progress. Then a good six months of steady loss down near my goal and entering maintenance in July 2018. After that, there's a clear maybe eight months of struggling with those last few pounds to get my scale weight to my ultimate goal. Still some fluctuations, and then a relatively good year in 2019. The fluctuations continued, but as I get better dialed in to maintenance, they ~SEEM~ to be getting smaller. So this is all good.
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Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Total weight lost: 70 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 months (February - June 2019)
How long in maintenance: 7 months
Maintenance weight range: 145 - 149
Average weight recorded from 2018: NA
Average weight recorded for 2019: 168.3
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
Average weight recorded for December: 147.9
Week of
January 5th: 148.4 (147.7 Trend)
January 10th: 145.4 (147.1 Trend)
January 12th: Marathon Sunday 🎉🎉 taking a few days off from the scale
January 19th: 146.2 (147.0 Trend)
January 26th: 143.3 (146.3 Trend)
Successes: Skipped a run day when I felt my legs needed the extra day “off”. It wasn’t off it was spent trekking around Universal Studios
Struggles: Learning to treat myself without needing EVERYTHING! Also having “free” carbs from people on keto ditching their bread/fries.
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reversemigration wrote: »Successes: Continuing to average over 20K steps a day (though my new Garmin is still shorting me on calories, boo.) Neither snow nor sleet nor dead of night has kept me from the gym.
Struggles: Nothing major. A bit lower trend on the scale than I'd prefer, and still not back to doing as much strength training as last year.
Try changing the activity class on your garmin account. I don’t know whether setting it up or down would give you the desired effect. But it says it goes into calorie burn.
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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....................144.1
January 13 - 19..................142.6
January 20 - 26..................143.2
January 27 - February 2......
Success of the week: After putting on four pounds by mid-week (recovering from the gut bug and losing four pounds in a day), I've moderated back to my goal. Today is bagel day!
Struggle of the week: I was really tempted to eat certain foods this week, but except for Friday night, I was able to moderate my intake.
The TrendWeight website says I have exactly the same trending weight as my simple weekly average. The algorithm that Weight Grapher uses says I'm about a quarter pound heavier.The True Weight spreadsheet I keep that's part of the Lose 1 Pound a Week and Keep it Off discussion group here has me spot on my goal weight! I guess that all goes in the success column, too.
Speaking of TrendWeight, I went back and looked at my data going back to when I started my journey in 2017. It tells an interesting story. There's about a year of just dinking around and not making a whole lot of progress. Then a good six months of steady loss down near my goal and entering maintenance in July 2018. After that, there's a clear maybe eight months of struggling with those last few pounds to get my scale weight to my ultimate goal. Still some fluctuations, and then a relatively good year in 2019. The fluctuations continued, but as I get better dialed in to maintenance, they ~SEEM~ to be getting smaller. So this is all good.
@mtaratoot
Fascinating graph with some similarities to mine!
I see a lot of folks maintaining well the first 6 months after hitting maintenance & then gaining (as I did) & then we kind of “get it” & it seems to go well for awhile.
The folks in this group are on the cutting edge of figuring out successful maintenance. I thank each & every one of you for teaching me so much.
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