Feb 2020 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 2019: 115.2

Average weight recorded for November: 113.6
Average weight recorded from December: 114.2
Average weight recorded from January: 114.2

Week of..
Feb 2: 111.8 scale/113.3 trend
Feb 9: 111.2 scale/ 113.2 trend
Feb 16:
Feb 23:


Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Another low weight this weekend. I'm a little frustrated by it since I like to be at least 113, but I do tend to have my lowest weights on Saturday and Sunday and my highest weights on Wednesday and Thursday. And Wednesday's weigh in was 114.6. Maybe I need to start having Wednesday as my check in day. Lol. I guess I just need to make sure I hit my calorie goal every day.  I did buy girl scout cookies yesterday so that should help. Lol.

@mtaratoot I do love avocado, and that looks really yummy!

Name:Matt
Age:45
Height:5’10
Total weight lost:55lbs
Time it took to lose:6 months
How long in maintenance: 2 week
Maintenance weight range: under 200

Feb 2 197
Feb 9 196.4

Buckling down this week on my intermittent fasting. I do the 14 hr fast 10 hr food window. Also upping my running/ workout routine. Got 3 miles in yesterday and a 15 min HIIT workout in. Yoga tonight for recovery

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:
Feb 1: 200.8
Feb 8: 201.4
Feb 15:
Feb 22:
Feb 29:

Success:
Struggle: Ate out once. But was so busy with stuff that I didn't get much gym time.

Age: 51
Height: 162cm
Total weight lost: 20kg
Time it took to lose: 6 months
How long in maintenance: 20 months
Maintenance weight range: 51-53kg
Average weight recorded from 2018: about 51kg once i'd finished dieting
Average weight recorded for 2019: about 52kg

I stacked on about 4kg over november-january when we had visitors and holidays and a lot of diversions from the normal routine, so in January and February i'm actually trying to lose it again

Average weight recorded from January: Went from approx 55kg to 53.6kg
Average weight recorded from February:

Week of..
Feb 2: 53.6kg to 53.1kg
Feb 9: 53.3kg to 52.8kg
Feb 16:
Feb 23:

Had a good disciplined week (apart from a party yesterday, but lets move on.......). Was 53.1 for quite a few days in a row but had the last two days of the week in the 52's so expecting to be there next week. I'm completely happy at this weight, but just want to continue a couple more weeks on losing mode to get a little wiggle room

MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »

Name: Maddie
Age: 63
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 (9.5 months)

Maintenance weight range: 153-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 168
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 155.06

Average wt recorded from January: 159.4
Average wt recorded from February:

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April 25 wt recorded 1 yr maintenance:
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Week ending
Feb 1 Avg: 158.2 Trend: 158 actual: 157.8!
Feb 8: Avg: 157.7 Trend: 157.4 actual: 157.4!
Feb 15: Avg: 158.6 Trend: 159. actual: 160
Feb 22: Avg: Trend: actual:
Feb 29!! Avg: Trend: actual:

Success(es:
Boosted exercise further✅
Stronger & more endurance ✅
Not giving up & keeping perspective. ✅
Logging everything ✅
Sleeping well ✅

Struggles:
Still too much salt. ❌
Not doing well when I eat out.❌

Need to get back to Protein pacing- some research on negative effects of meat, fish, eggs, and milk threw me into confusion.❌

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
Sex: 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
Average weight recorded for January: 145.4

Week of...
February 2nd: 143.7(Trend Weight 144.1)
February 9th: 144.0(Trend Weight 144.0)
February 16th: 142.9(Trend Weight 143.3)
February 23rd:

Successes: Definitely are more this week, yet saw a drop on the scale. I have 2 days off work this week to celebrate my BF turning 39, so maybe I'll have an off plan day or 2.

Struggles: Not really feeling like I'm struggling, yet the scale keeps dropping. Gonna have to eat more! Which normally would be exciting, right?

Here is to a great week!

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 recorded from January 2020: 143.7

Average weight Week of...
January 27 - February 2......145.4
February 3 - 9.....................144.1
February 10 - 16................. 144.8
February 17 - 23.................
February 23 - March 1........

Success of the week: I have been holding pretty steady. My trend weight has been fluctuating in a range less than two pounds for a few months. Today's scale weight is up from big ol' burrito (lots of salt), but I expect that to moderate and I can get that trend down about 1.2 pounds back to my goal.... again.


Struggle of the week: Same as last week - the tenacity of the last two or three pounds above goal. But this is why having a range is so helpful; a few days up are counterbalanced by a few days down, but it's still a challenge. Same as last week, overall, still happy with maintaining in my range even though I am still maintaining with a trend just a hair above where I'd like it.

It's really just a pound, and I have a new scale that I don't yet use that reads about a pound lower than the scale I've used six years. Two ways I could get to goal would be to either move my goal up one damn pound (I could even leave my range the same, just move the target a tiny bit) or I could just start using the new scale. Is that cheating? Maybe. For now I'm holding steady; maintaining the course so to speak.

mtaratoot wrote: »

HEAVIEST weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
But this is why having a range is so helpful; a few days up are counterbalanced by a few days down

Here's my plot - i'm same as you with trying to keep in a range (the orange box in my case). You can see things got a little out of hand at the end of last year, and i now have the last pesky couple of lbs to go to get back there - haven't mastered maintaining as well as you yet.....

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 for November: 113.6
Average weight recorded from December: 114.2
Average weight recorded from January: 114.2

Week of..
Feb 2: 111.8 scale/113.3 trend
Feb 9: 111.2 scale/ 113.2 trend
Feb 16: 112.8 scale/ 113.5 trend
Feb 23:


Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Scale weight and trend are both up a little this week, so I guess I am at least getting where I need to be. My weigh-ins this week were mostly in the 114's with just one or two weight-ins a little lower. Today's weight was the lowest and Wednesday and Thursday were the highest. I'm not going to worry about it unless the trend starts to drop. As long as the trend is 113-114 then I am ok with that. I am actually ok with my scale weight going up to 119 or 120, I just would like the trend to be around 115 and I don't want it below 113.

mtaratoot wrote: »

Wow! You've done way better than I have. You quickly lost 20 kilos in short order. I lost about 15 but over a longer period.

Ha! Well, there you're wrong, since losing slowly is better, by all accounts (i find it too hard to go slowly - i need positive vibes from my scales as frequently as possible!!)

Love to see people's graphs - thanks for posting the other pics.

I do believe that all these previous attempts at losing, and then somehow gaining again, have to happen for a lot of people too - you learn stuff along the way - it's called practising, and hopefully we get better with it!

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
Average weight recorded for January 2020: 162.2

Week of...
January 2nd: 159.4 (trend 161.3)
January 9th: 158.9 (trend 161.6)
January 17th: 158.8 (trend 161.4)

Successes: A fairly mundane week. I hope and expect the trend line to be a little higher over this week. I finally got back into lifting again, and hope to knuckle down and be consistent.

Have a great week, everyone!

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: 9 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

Average weight recorded in December 2019: 48.6 kg (107lb)
Average weight recorded for January: 49.8 kg (110 lb)

February 3rd: 50.9 kg
February 10th: 50.8 kg (trend 50.5)
February 17th: 51.8 kg (trend 50.8)
February 24th:

Successes/struggles: Nearly 5 weeks post-op, still making progress. I can’t do “proper” exercise but I’m walking quite a lot, up to 7,000 steps a day. I try to do seated exercises, lots of punching up to raise my heart rate and get my muscles moving. I’m on my own more now, cooking for myself, but housework is still difficult.
My weight has fluctuated a lot over the last week – not sure what to make of today’s weight, was only 50.7 on Saturday. Trend is still under 51 kg.

Name: Maddie
Age: 63
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 (10 months)

Maintenance weight range: 153-155
Average weight recorded from 2018 (12 months): 168
Average weight recorded from 2019 (12 months): 155
Avg wt 2020 as of 02/22/20: 159

Average wt recorded from January: 159.4
Average wt recorded from February:

Week ending
Feb 1 Avg: 158.2 Trend: 158 actual: 157.8!
Feb 8: Avg: 157.7 Trend: 157.4 actual: 157.4!
Feb 15: Avg: 158.6 Trend: 159. actual: 160
Feb 22: Avg: 159.6 Trend: 160.2 actual:160.8
Feb 29!! Avg: Trend: actual:

Successes: not giving up, exercising, healthy foods in house, keeping perspective...

Struggles: under the weather, some mild injuries, eating saltier foods, tired