I can use my hand

Unfortunately, i cant yet rotate my arm to type on the keyboard

So close...such a tease.

last time I weighed in was oct 7 ... I was 175.2 ... at the 100 lb loss mark ... after a few weeks of anxiety eating, then post-surgery puffiness, i knew i had gained a significant amount. Decided thursday would be my weigh in day....but tried a unofficial pre-weigh-in today...to prepare myself.

184.6

(after a couple glasses of water)

not the nightmare 195 i half expected...nor the planned 175 maintenance/deficit break weight i planned. i guess I can live with it. still hoping as the surgery/painkiller puffiness dissipates ill find myself at 180. Maintenance over the holidays oughtta keep me on my toes. Hope to get back to a deficit in January?????

@lauriekallis the impressive part is that you can use SOME paw, even if not freely ❣️

Yeah 👍

Puffiness = water retention

So take it easy with the hamsters 🐹, be reasonable and somewhat deliberate and thoughtful with your eating and you will find yourself both recovered and at or below 175 before you know it! 😘

I am not going to ever be a fluffy old lady!…I am going to be a hot momma!…

You're all three going to be hot mommas!

Someone's turning into a real hottie, isn't she! Plus your hair is already short... in your profile picture! :lol:

SW (17/3/21): 96.0kg (BMI 40 - category 3 obese)
LW: 71.6 kg (BMI 29.8)
CW: 71.0 (BMI 29.6)

25.0 kg gone in total

11.0kg to go

I'm thinking I'll lose 5kg more (66kg) and then transition to a dead-dead slow approach thereafter.

By which I mean that when I reach 66kg I'll raise my calorie budget to the calories required to maintain my ultimate goal weight (57kg) - which will give me around 1870 calories/day. Maintenance calories for 66kg are around 2020, so my maximum deficit will be 150 cals/day, tapering to zero as I inch towards my ultimate goal.

A 150cals/day deficit equates to a maximum weight loss of 0.3lbs a week, which will reduce infinitesimally each week until I'm eventually maintaining at or around 57kg. I figure it'll take 2-3 years, but hopefully the process will be as painless as possible.

Yeah, the numbers are a guess and will never be more than an approximation - monitor and tweak are my two watchwords!

Sounds like a good plan @Yoolypr - I wouldn't want to limit myself long term to 1200/1300 cals a day - it's doable for a while but it would soon feel really restrictive. 1550 calories is a decent amount, and will mean you achieve your goal over the long term.

I expect to take at least a couple of years to inch from 66kg (which is 10% above a 'normal' BMI) to my ultimate goal of 57kg, but as long as I'm moving (albeit very slowly) in the right direction I don't mind how long it takes me.

Like you I've already made the huge health gains that came with losing a significant percentage of my starting weight (26% in my case); most of the other benefits are more cosmetic than health related. I'm sure there are solid medical reasons why I'd be healthier at 57kg than I am at 71kg (not least the reduced pressure on my knees), but the added health gains achieved by reducing from 71kg-->57kg pale to insignificance in comparison to the health gains I've already achieved by reducing from 96kg-->71kg.

I also know what you mean about needing to make concessions in order to retain other benefits. In my case, I usually have a completely different lunch from my husband, but dinner is our main meal and I prefer for us to eat the same at that meal because there's a shared pleasure in enjoying it together. My husband is only 1kg from goal so he'll be moving to maintenance soon, and will have loads more calories than me, and will expect to 'spend' some of those additional calories at dinner. Sharing that meal without constantly exceeding my own calorie budget will be an interesting challenge.

Our meals are usually good but it’s portion control for me. Hubby has no weight issues. Ice cream, candy, chips, cookies, beef jerky - he eats between all meals. He’s eating a large bowl of ice cream right now! Lunch was only an hour ago.
Mercifully I have no problem with those things. I am not drawn to most junk food except maybe those evil orange cheese puffs. It’s mainly eating too much at mealtime and late nite hunger.

.....orange cheese puffs......

Congrats on the typing progress!
I sympathize with your weight fluctuating. You’ve held on over some difficult medical problems so that’s a victory. And you know how to go forward when you’re ready.
I’ve got 6 lbs. that keeps finding me and disappearing over the last year. Progress and regress. But I’ll take that as a maintenance success. Previously when I lost weight I would have regained + in a years time. Not where I want to be but sooooo much better than it was.
We’re going to lose that last 25 lbs. this year.

You seem to be steadily decreasing and pulling consistent deficits in the 550 a day range so that's pretty good❣️

Some more progress this week.

Age: 41
Height: 166cm - 5'5''
SW: 177.8 kg - 392 lb - 64.5 ΒΜΙ (May 2020)
GW: 68.7 kg - 151.5 lb - 24.9 ΒΜΙ

LW: 91.0 kg - 200.6 lb - 33.0 ΒΜΙ
CW: 90.3 kg - 199.1 lb - 32.8 ΒΜΙ
Variance: -0.7 kg / -1.5 lb / -0.77% TBW

OL: 87.5 kg - 192.9 lb - 31.8 BMI - 49.2% TBW in 589 days

Weight class projections:
Obese class II: Reached - 21.05.2021 - 401 days.
Obese class I: Reached - 25.09.2021 - 526 days.
Overweight: 7.8 kg - 17.2 lb - 52 days.
Normal: 21.6 kg - 47.6 lb - 145 days.

Close to 50% Total Body Weight loss. Close, but no cigar. Not complaining though. Also, got to the 1XX pound mark..we don't use pounds here but still it feels good.