Weekly Weigh In

[Move.It.Move.It]

I am weighing myself every Monday morning and I am going to log my results each weigh for accountability and support. Please feel free to join in.

Start weigh                   125.5 kg 14/12/2015

Now                              124.2 kg 11/01/2015

Loss this week             200g

Loss to date                 1.3kg

"Slow and steady wins the race"

[A_Lurker]

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@A_Lurker wrote:

USW: 407.0
CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 276.2 (10/16/16)
CW: 274.4 (-1.8)
GW: who knows
LT: 2.25 lbs/week for 38 weeks

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So, welcome to maintenance week.  This is something a friend of mine tried talking to me in a while back.  He's very into weight lifting (used to compete on the bodybuilding side) and he's a big fan of a complete rest week.  I have a hard time embracing it.  Some do a cheat day, or a no count day, but I firmly believe in working in what you want instead of picking one day where nothing is off limits.  Also, depending on how much of a deficit you have I can easily see that one day side-tracking people for the week.  So, roughly every 16 weeks I decided that I would eat everything that the Fitbit says I burn.  Why 16 weeks?  Well, the recommendation was 3 or 4 times a year, so this ends up being almost exactly 3 times.  I did this back in July and actually ended up down 0.2 lbs during 10 days of doing this.   Why the maintenance week?  To convince my body that I'm not really trying to starve it to death.  I mean, really, think about it.  I live day in and day out on roughly 1000 calories less than it burns.  I'm giving it, and me, a little break.

I put it in my calendar for the next one and just continued on.  It came up on Friday night and I decided to try and do a better job this time.  I'm actually finding it a struggle.  The idea is to relax both the exercise and eating.  Friday and yesterday I did manage to relax on the eating, but didn't drop the exercise.  Today I'm going to try and do both.  Mainly because eating 3500 calories a day is rough (without simply adding junk food, which I try not to do).

I also made an investment in my health yesterday.  I spent way too much money in a semi-local fitness place to complete my home gym.  In a couple of weeks I have an elliptical, a rowing machine and an infrared sauna being delivered.  I actually loved the rower but I'm not sure it will raise my heart rate up high enough.  The guy showing me the equipment started me on the lowest and went up to the highest to show me the resistance.  I did pretty well for someone who had never even sat on one before.  As for the elliptical - I'm pretty sure my 4 mins in the peak zone was while I was trying two of them out.  Hindsight I should have probably started exercise mode before I went in so I would have a heart rate tracking.  The sauna... okay, I admit I'm just buying it for relaxation.  Except for one (unbiased) article from the Mayo Clinic that says perhaps it has some benefit most of the glowing articles are from people who sell them. 

So I'm calling that purchase an indulgence.  It means that I've depleted my FU account.  When I worked for myself, the first year I had to borrow money from my parents at the end of the year.  I had probably 5000 in billables outstanding, not realizing yet that too many large companies play games at the end of each quarter and year.  After that I put 25% into a separate account that I could use during those time frames.  When I went back to work full time I made a point to keep at least 6 months salary in some form of liquid asset that I could pull from if needed.  Until yesterday I had access to liquid assets that would have kept me going for maybe even a couple of years of unemployment.  So, it's not as large an amount now, but still enough to keep me going for a while if needed.

I won't have the equipment for a little over 2 weeks (my choice as I'm making some changes in the house that won't be done until Nov 12th).  I'm already thinking of what I'm going to do with my new toys.  Yes, I'm counting the rower and the elliptical in there too.

So my weight for this week is from Friday morning.  I haven't decided if I'm going to log my weights this week.  Yesterday I was up 1.4 pounds, but today I'm back down most of that.  If I trusted myself to eat enough I wouldn't log my food either.  Maybe that's the goal for the next time... and even (gasp) take off the fitbit for a week.  Hmmm... probably not.

USW: 407.0
CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 274.4 (10/23/16)
CW: 272.0 (-2.2)  <-- 10/28
GW: who knows
LT: 2.26 lbs/week for 39 weeks

[wohlvo]

Starting Weight 10/17/16 - 166.0
Weight last week: 164
Current Weight 10/31/16 - 161.8
Goal Weight by Christmas - 155
Ultimate Goal Weight - 145
Total loss so far: 2.2

I am sooo into this....but I hope it sticks.

[tamado]

Start 265 lbs 09/27/2015
Last Week 161.2 lbs 10/24/2016

This week 162.2 lbs 10/31/2016

Maintenance mode week 14

Target Range: 165 +/-5 lbs

Loss Range 100 lbs +/- 5 lbs

I like seeing everyone's strategies for sustainable loss.  We have to know ourselves and what is realistic and work with the competing scientific opinions as to what is healthy, sustainable and what will help acheive and maintain the results.  With over three months in a weight range I'm comfortable with, I am gaining confidence in my ability to do this long term.  I am still happy and satisfied with my dietary balance.  I eat good food, I have the odd treat and if I keep quantities reasonable and make some concessions, I seem to do okay.  Yesterday, we were travelling home from a family viist (about 250 miles) and the family got hungry on the road.  I actually went through McDonald's drive through because it was fast but I abstained and waited the extra two hours to get home and make myself a salad.  That's a pretty big acheivment for me - to go through drive-thru and order for others and nothing for myself.  I am working to feeding less crap to the rest of my family too but I don't want to impose all of my changes on them at once.

[Dominique]

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@A_Lurker wrote:

.. he's a big fan of a complete rest week.  I have a hard time embracing it.

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I think the idea makes perfect sense. One week is actually rather short, compared to the full diet break prescribed by Lyle McDonald.

It’s not like the weight loss you’ve achieved so far (which is truly amazing, btw) is some kind of black magic that will be broken by a week of maintenance. What has worked very well for you so far will continue to work well once you resume your diet.

[A_Lurker]

@Dominique - I suspect it came from Lyle's thoughts originally.  Oddly enough for someone like myself he'd likely suggest 4 per year and 2 weeks each.  I still haven't fully embraced the concepts, so at the moment I'm 3 per year and likely 10 days at the moment.  We'll see how the next stretch goes.

[AuroraKat]

Hi, all! I'd like to join you for the weekly weigh-in. I I weigh in on Wednesdays - been doing so since the start, it just works best for me. 

A bit about me. I was a chubby child and teenager, but after leaving for college dropped to 125 lbs and was at this weight (+/- 5 lbs) until 6 years ago. At that time, I began to gain weight despite not doing anything differently - I ate the same, I was very active (running, strength training, yoga, many other activities). Gradually, however, my energy level plummeted and I got to about 160 lb. At this point I went to the doctor. After some tests, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I was prescribed medication, but struggled with it due to various side-effects. Specifically, my resting heart rate went up to 75 from my usual 50 or so. This was so uncomfortable that I decided to go without. Of course, without medication weight kept piling on. I also injured my knee which reduced my activity very significantly. 

I tried various methods of losing weight and nothing worked short of eating 600 Kcals/day. I got depressed and gave up. I gained a lot of weight. Two years ago, I weighed in at 255. I was terrified. I decided that I need to at least maintain that weight and not gain more, if I can't easily lose it. Eariler this year, I began to notice that I am a bit more energetic. I had some tests done and they showed that my thyroid level was improving. My May of this year, my thyroid levels were back to normal. My doctor is not quite sure why I got hypothyoridism and how it resolved itself. But, regardless, I am very happy that it did!

In May, I weighed in at 253lbs. That is my starting weight. My rate of weight loss is ~2 lbs per week. Once in a while I get losses that are significantly off average. I suspect its due to natural monthly hormonal fluctuations. This week's weigh-in is such an outlier. 

Starting weight: 253 lbs (May 18, 2016)

Current weight: 195.4 lbs 

Change from last week: -0.6 lbs

My goal weight is 125. It's the weight I have been before hypothyroidism and the weight at which I am very comfortable. 

[Cubeyz]

Half a pound off... which is just what I gained last week... sign.

[RubyH]

Greetings all,

I have been away on holidays to attend my grand daughters wedding and catch up with other family members and friends I haven't seen in ages and I had a blast of a time but with less exercise than I had planned for so my diet was closly monitored and I am still maintaining my goal weight reasonably well.

USW June 2013 84kg or 185.2 lbs

CW    Nov 5       54.8kg or 120.8 lbs

GW is 55kg + or - 1kg, lowest I've recoreded on holidays was 54.1kg (119.3 lbs) on Sep 30th.

I am constantly being reminded that weight loss and maintenance is 80% what you eat and 20% what you physically do, so no, you cannot out exercise bad food choices ie packaged foods, sugars and starches. I agree with @tamado,60-70% non starchy veg, abt 20% protein and abt 20%healthy fats ie olive oil, coconut oil, nuts, avocados, butter, olives etc.

Keep up the good work all of you. PS I'm 64, f, 5'1". so around the 120lb mark is ideal for me, a weight I can never ever remember being, and another first in my life is being able to buy clothes in 1 size range, I always had to buy separates before as I used to be 2 different sizes from a 13 year old onwards, now I can buy a dress in one size and know it fits, that is for me an awesome feeling as I used to have to make my own due to my shape. Now I have more even body distribution and am even more athletic looking than I never was before. Ultimately I attribute this to LCHF or the keto diet I have been on since February which also saw me lose 15kg in 6months whereas when I was on Weight Watchers I struggled to lose 15kg over 3 years, but my autoimmune problems which kept me ill and hampered my weight loss are still in remission since I started my keto diet, so for me keto is for life.

[A_Lurker]

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@A_Lurker wrote:

USW: 407.0

CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 274.4 (10/23/16)
CW: 272.0 (-2.2)  <-- 10/28
GW: who knows
LT: 2.26 lbs/week for 39 weeks

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A quick post today.  I'm running on way too little sleep and I couldn't sleep in.  I'm going to go do the shopping, do some food prep, clean the pool, finish the laundry and maybe fit in a nap somewhere along the way.  I did 8 days of maintenance eating.  I was going to do 10, but didn't eat enough yesterday during the day for my activity level so decided to call it a day.

USW: 407.0

CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 272.0 (10/28/16)
CW: 271.8 (-0.2)
GW: who knows
LT: 2.22 lbs/week for 40 weeks

[Move.It.Move.It]

Start weight 125.5kg (16/12/2015)
Now 115.5kg (7/11/2016)
Goal 70kg
Gain this week 1.7kg
Total Loss 8.3kg
Mini goal 110kg

Hello - Nice to be back - I have been away on holidays and as my weight gain shows I indulged a tad too much.

[tamado]

Start 265 lbs 09/27/2015
Last Week 162.2 lbs 10/31/2016

This week 163.2 11/07/2016

Maintenance mode week 15

Target Range: 165 +/-5 lbs

Loss Range 100 lbs +/- 5 lbs

Great to see people back on the boards.  I have gained about three lbs in the last 4 or 5 weeks and even though I am within Range, I am feeling the momentum.  I think I'll work a clean and lean week and see what happens next week.  I want to know I can reverse the trend when I want to.  I just had a nice big taco salad and I am ready for my nap.  Have a good one, everyone.

[AuroraKat]

Well, it's Wednesday, so here are my weigh-in results:

Start:           253 lbs

Last Week: 195.4 lbs

This Week: 191.8 lbs

Change:      -3.6 lbs 

Goal:           125 lbs

As expected, I made up this week for last week's very small loss due to water retention. 

[A_Lurker]

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A_Lurker wrote

USW: 407.0

CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 272.0 (10/28/16)
CW: 271.8 (-0.2)
GW: who knows
LT: 2.22 lbs/week for 40 weeks

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It's been a weird week with my weight.  It has seriously been all over the map.  Although that's not highly unusual I can usually figure out a high jump (salt, water, etc.).  The last 4 days I've gone up and up and up, then dropped almost 4 pounds today.  Odd.

USW: 407.0

CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 271.8 (11/06/16)
CW: 270.8 (-1.0)
GW: who knows
LT: 2.15 lbs/week for 41 weeks

[Move.It.Move.It]

Start weight 125.5kg (16/12/2015)
Now 116.7kg (14/11/2016)
Goal 70kg
Loss this week 0.5kg
Total Loss 8.8kg
Mini goal 110kg

Lost 500g this week. I have concentrated on moving more incidentally. This week I am going to do a session on the wii fit Monday to Friday as well as upping the incidental.

[SunsetRunner]

Hi just posting to this the first time so let me know if I am using the wrong format please!

Starting date Nov 14, 2016

CW = 204.6

W1(G202) = ?

Will be checking in each Monday morning. Great to see all the information, ideas and discussions.

[tamado]

Start 265 lbs 09/27/2015
Last Week 163.2 11/07/2016

This week 162.8 11/14/2016

Maintenance mode week 16

Target Range: 165 +/-5 lbs

Loss Range 100 lbs +/- 5 lbs

Well, I determined to tighted up a bit this week to make sure I can still control what direction the scale goes and I did that (not by much, but I did it).  
I had a great NSV week.  It's mule deer hunting season up here in Canada and my wife and I spent a ton of time hunting this weekend.  I have only been into hunting for about five years and always had an excuse to stay fairly close to the hunt.  This year we walked a ton and pushed bush looking for an animal and it was a wonderful time with her and so nice to not be slowed by my body.

[AuroraKat]

Another Wednesday, another weigh-in.

Start:           253 lbs

Last Week: 191.8 lbs

This Week: 191.0 lbs

Change:      - 0.8 lbs

Goal :          125

The water retention monster strikes again. Almost every other week I have this issue. It probably would be best to weigh in every 2 weeks, but I'll keep going at once a week for now. Of course, every time I get a loss significantly below average, I start worrying that hypothyroidism is coming back. But, so far, it always averaged out over the upcoming week or two. 

[SunsetRunner]

Keeping to the weekly weigh in:

CW = 204.6

W1(G 202) =201.6 (-3) 11/20

W2 (G200) =

W3 (G198) =

W4 (G198) =

Trying to drink lots of water and avoid snacking plus get in the steps! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

[A_Lurker]

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@A_Lurker wrote:

USW: 407.0

CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 271.8 (11/06/16)
CW: 270.8 (-1.0)
GW: who knows
LT: 2.15 lbs/week for 41 weeks

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Again, an odd week.  I've eaten more purchased food than I usually do (visitors at the plant) but I'm usually pretty good at estimating my intake.  I also took my mother for a drive and lunch yesterday.  So, I haven't decided if I need to adjust my calories or not.  Oddly I might adjust them up slightly.  I bought some new equipment and I don't want to overdo it too much.  My calories burned are trending upwards a little at the moment.  If I coast a little for the next few weeks I'm okay with that.  For those that may not read other discussion areas here's a link to my new stuff:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Get-Moving/New-Toys/m-p/1654378#U1654378

USW: 407.0

CSW: 360.0 (Feb 2016)
PW: 270.8 (11/13/16)
CW: 269.8 (-1.0)
GW: who knows
LT: 2.15 lbs/week for 42 weeks

[Move.It.Move.It]

Start weight 125.5kg (16/12/2015)
Now 116.5kg (21/11/2016)
Goal 70kg
Loss this week 0.2kg
Total Loss 9kg
Mini goal 110kg

My aim last week was to keep upping the incidental exercise and get busy with the wii fit. This didn't happen as I managed to strain my back and no idea how I did it.

So last weeks plan is on for this week. I tried boxing on the wii this morning. It told me I was useless. I will beat the crap out of it eventually!