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Name: Luciicul
Age: 41
Height: 169 cm (5'7")
Total weight lost: 55.4 kg (122 lbs)
Time it took to lose: 11 months
How long in maintenance: 4.5 months (06/01/20)
Maintenance weight range: 65kg +- 1.5kgs (143.5lbs +- 3lbs lbs)
Monthly Averages:
Jan 2020 average = 64.9 kgs (143.1 lbs)
Feb 2020 average = 65.1 kgs (143.5 lbs)
Mar 2020 average = 66.5 kgs (146.6 lbs)
Apr 2020 average = 65.7 kgs (144.8 lbs)
Week of..
May 3: 64.7 kgs (142.6 lbs)
May 10: 64.6 kgs (142.4 lbs)
May 17: 65.5 kgs (144.4 lbs)
May 24: 64.0 kgs (141.1 lbs)
May 31:
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It's been a good week from a health, fitness and diet perspective. I tried qi gong for the first time, and have done it everyday for a week now. "Mindfulness" is one of those things I've struggled to get into a regular practice of, as my mind really wanders a lot, so I've now decided moving meditation might be a better approach. Like other traditional mind-body practices qi gong works on a number of different levels at the same time - exercise, relaxation, mindfulness, healing, etc. I can definitely feel a difference in how my body feels and stress levels. I don't know if it is a coincidence, but my resting heart rate has been lowest it's ever been for the whole week!
Biggest challenge remains personal - stress - challenges within the family, things outside of my control, that I don't have any ability to change, and just have to work on improving how I handle this. The good news is that I no longer feel the desire to stress eat, and I have been sticking to my way of life even when feeling upset, stressed, angry, etc.
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@kgirlhart - cut yourself some slack. You are maintaining BELOW your goal range. If gaining to go up to your goal range causes anguish, or even just stress, set your goal lower. Otherwise it seems you're doing great.
I get it though. We're close to the same age, and I'm only a wee bit taller. I've been "maintaining" out of my goal range, but on the OVER side. That's still a drag, but it's also still only temporary. We'll get where we need, and when we don't, we'll keep trying until we do. It will be fine if you ease back up to your goal range. That's what it's for!1 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »Name: Maddie
Age: 64
Height: 68.5”
Total weight lost: 78.1 lbs
Time it took to lose: 3-1/3 years
How long in maintenance: 13 months
Maintenance weight range: “In the 150’s”
Average weight recorded from 2018: 168
Average weight recorded for 2019: 155
Average wt recorded from January: 159.5
Average weight recorded from February: 159
Average weight recorded from March: 158.7
Average weight recorded from April: 157.5
Average weight recorded from May: 157.58 so far
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Week of..
May 3 157.83 💚
May 10 157.66 💚
May 17 157.66 💚
May 24 157.27 💚
May 31
Successes: I’m maintaining! After a lifetime...of obesity & losing/gaining. My
Mantra is: “What can you do (habits, controlling the foods that come into the house, etc.) to make maintenance easy?!
So far, so good.
Struggles: Had hubby hide our chocolate supply. I place my “order” in the AM. Won’t be forever, but right now this is helping with portion control.1 -
Thanks @mtaratoot I know you're right. I think part of my problem is that after I reached my original goal I was so much more active that I kept losing weight and kept lowering my range. I do have an irrational fear that if it starts going back up it will keep going up. Most of the time the fluctuations don't bother me since I usually know what has caused them. But I guess sometimes we all feel insecure. I was down a pound today so I can see that it is just typical fluctuations.0
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Sometime those fluctuations can be annoying. I had one today, but I'm going to do my best to ignore it for a few days. I have some food plans for today that will NOT help moderate this, but it's in the plans so I'm going to enjoy it and then see where I'm at around Wednesday or Thursday. And what my month looks like when it's done.1
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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: 10 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 (107 lb)
Average weight recorded for January: 49.8 kg (110 lb)
Average weight recorded for February: 51.2 kg (113 lb)
Average weight recorded for March: 50.6 kg (112 lb)
Average weight recorded for April: 50.1 kg (110.5 lb)
May 4th: 49.5 kg (trend 50 kg)
May 11th: 49.6 kg (trend 49.7)
May 18th: 48.9 kg (trend 49.5 kg)
May 25th: 48.8 kg (trend 49.3 kg)
Successes/struggles: Life gets tedious. The weather is beautiful and I’m out there cycling and walking, but so much is missing. I spoke with both my son and my daughter today, I miss them. I’m missing seeing the grandchildren. My son starts his next (5th?) round of chemo next week. He is very well but I want to be with them.
Enough of feeling sorry for myself, this will pass, I have a lot to be thankful for.
Stay safe.4 -
Name: Lorrraine
Height: 5'4"
Total weight lost: 50 lb.
Time it took to lose: Over years with ups/downs
How long in maintenance: at current weight ~2 years - 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 for 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
Average weight recorded for January: 115
Average weight recorded for February: 115
Average weight recorded for March: 115.5
Average weight recorded for April:116.1
Week of..
May 4 116
May 11 115.5
May 18 114.5
May 25 115.0
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week:
When I come over here on my weigh-in day, I always read the posts since my last weigh-in day. It is such great support, both the good days and bad.
For me, my goal was to have two weeks at or under goal weight on weigh-in day and I did it. Was not sure the scale would behave today since I was over calorie goal yesterday and had two high sodium days but it squeaked by. Notice I was ready to blame the scale not me. 😊2 -
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 (12 months): 111.2
Average weight recorded for January: 111.9
Average weight recorded for February: 111.3
Average weight recorded from March: 110.3
Average weight recorded from April: 109.7
Week of..
May 2: 110.1 (trend 110)
May 9: 109.8 (trend 109.9)
May 16: 111.2 (trend 110.6)
May 23: 111.3 (trend 110.9)
May 30: 111.7 (trend 111.3)
Success(es)/struggle(s) of the week: Closing out the month with my weight creeping up on the higher side of my range. I've been slacking off on workouts this week, but it's just been hard to feel very motivated with workouts lately.4 -
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
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
Average weight recorded for February: 143.4
Average weight recorded for March:
142.5
Average weight recorded for April: 143.5
Week of...
May 3: 145.5 (Trend Weight: 144.8)
May 10: 144.8 (Trend Weigh: 144.8)
May 17: 145.9 (Trend Weight: 145.5)
May 24: 145.9 (Trend Weight: 145.7)
May 31: 146.6 (Trend Weight 146.3)
Successes/Struggles: I'm almost the bottom of my maintainace weight range. Those 5lbs came on rather quickly! Now time to regulate again. Might be time to cut back a bit...ugh.
Let's see what this week brings! Hope everyone is hanging in there.1 -
Name: Pam
Age:62
Height:5'5
Total weight lost:200
Time it took to lose: Started 1/2016
How long in maintenance: Started 9.2017
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Week of..
May 3 131.8
May 10133
May 17 132.45
May 24 133.6
May 31134.2
Success/Struggles: Weight up this week. Time to reign it in better to loose 4 pounds than 40.2 -
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 recorded from February 2020: 144.2
Average weight recorded from March 2020: 145.9
Average weight recorded from April 2020: 148.5
Average weight recorded from May 2020: 149.2
Average weight Week of...
April 27 - May 3 ....... 149.9
May 4 - 10 ....... 149.3
May 11 - 17 ....... 149.1
May 18 - 24 ....... 148.9
May 25 - 31 ....... 149.4
Success of the week: I seem to have hit the top and am coming slowly back down to the middle or bottom of my maintenance range. I am still outside my ideal range, but still within my +/- 5-pound allowance. The numbers don't quite show this; I had a big short-term increase early this week, but the trend is actually there. May is going to be my heaviest month in a while, but I won't get any heavier in June. The Trendweight web page says I'm losing a tiny bit each week, and that is about what these numbers here show.
Struggle of the week: I am surprised how I actually did NOT have a struggle when the scale went way up last week - six pounds in two days from Sunday to Tuesday. I had given myself permission to eat a lot of things I usually don't. Over the next few days, things moderated quite well, so the only struggle is the same one I've written for several weeks now, which is that I am way too close to the top of my allowable range for my comfort.
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Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Starting Weight: 220+
Total weight lost: 70 pounds
Time it took to lose: 4 months (February - June 2019)
How long in maintenance: 11
months
Maintenance weight range: 145 - 149
Average weight recorded from 2018: NA
Average weight recorded for 2019: 168.3
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
Average weight recorded for January 146.2
Average weight recorded for February: 145.6
Average weight recorded for March: 147.4
Average weight recorded for April: 144.9
Week of
May 3: 147.1 (Trend Weight 148.0 +1.9lb)
May 10: 144.3 (Trend Weight 145.8 -2.2lb)
May 17: 143.5 (Trend Weight 144.6 -1.2lb)
May 24: 142.8 (Trend Weight 143.8 -.8lb)
May 31: 142.8 (Trend Weight 144.1 +.3lb)
Successes: just finished doing a virtual dopey challenge. 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon
Struggles: still need to eat slightly more.
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Name: Kathryn
Age: 52
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
Average weight recorded from February: 113.6
Average weight recorded from March 113.3
Average weight recorded from April: 113.7
Average weight recorded from May: 113.8
Week of..
May 3: 113.0 scale/ 113.7 trend
May 10: 112.6 scale/ 113.8 trend
May 17: 112.8 scale/ 113.6 trend
May 24: 115.2 scale/ 114.1 trend
May 31: 113.4 scale/ 114.0 trend
Success/Struggles: My weight was up last week, but it started coming back down this week as I knew it would. I try not to let the normal fluctuations bother me, but sometimes they do. But I stuck to my calorie goal this week and things evened back out.3 -
Name: Maddie
Age: 64
Height: 68.5”
Total weight lost: 78.1 lbs
Time it took to lose: 3-1/3 years
How long in maintenance: 13 months
Maintenance weight range: “In the 150’s”
Average wt. recorded from 2018: 168
Average weight recorded for 2019: 155
Avg. wt recorded for 2020 (so far):! 158.46
Average wt recorded from January: 159.5
Average weight recorded from February: 159
Average weight recorded from March: 158.7
Average weight recorded from April: 157.5
Average weight recorded from May: 157.58
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Week of..
May 3 157.83 💚
May 10 157.66 💚
May 17 157.66 💚
May 24 157.27 💚
May 31 157.57 💚
Successes: I’m maintaining!
Struggles: None currently.3 -
@lesdarts180 I'm sorry to hear your son needs chemo - I can imagine how hard is must be to not be able to with him and the rest of the family at this time. Best wishes.0
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Name: Luciicul
Age: 41
Height: 169 cm (5'7")
Total weight lost: 55.4 kg (122 lbs)
Time it took to lose: 11 months
How long in maintenance: 4.5 months (06/01/20)
Maintenance weight range: 65kg +- 1.5kgs (143.5lbs +- 3lbs lbs)
Monthly Averages:
Jan 2020 average = 64.9 kgs (143.1 lbs)
Feb 2020 average = 65.1 kgs (143.5 lbs)
Mar 2020 average = 66.5 kgs (146.6 lbs)
Apr 2020 average = 65.7 kgs (144.8 lbs)
May 2020 average = 64.9 kgs (143.0 lbs)
Week of..
May 3: 64.7 kgs (142.6 lbs)
May 10: 64.6 kgs (142.4 lbs)
May 17: 65.5 kgs (144.4 lbs)
May 24: 64.0 kgs (141.1 lbs)
May 31: 65.5 kgs (144.4 lbs)
May average: 64.9 kgs (143.0 lbs)
Challenges/ Successes: This week/month I feel I've done a good job of maintaining (five months now!). I've brought my average down a bit from where it was in March and April (when it trended up for a little bit there) and right now it suggests my trend is a bit lower than goal.
I'm trying to decide whether to lower my goal weight a little - wondering if weight dropping down means I have some extra fat to lose. A few months ago when I got a dexa scan my body fat percentage was 27%, which is within the healthy/acceptable range, but not necessarily optimal. My thought at the time was to work on body composition - not try to lose "weight" but to build up a bit more muscle and lose a bit more fat without there being a net difference in weight. However, then covid happened, and I haven't been feeling that motivated to build muscle, so it's more like I'm sitting at about the same weight with presumably about the same amount of fat.
My main challenge (health wise) at the moment is indecision. Whether to lose a bit more fat, how to improve my exercise plan, whether to try to build more muscle (knowing that requires more work!), and so on.2
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