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"

[WavyDavey]

Date                Actual  Trend

Sun, Feb 4	218.2	217.0
Sat, Feb 3	219.0	216.9
Fri, Feb 2	217.1	216.6
Thu, Feb 1	217.8	216.6
Wed, Jan 31	217.0	216.5
Tue, Jan 30	216.9	216.4
Mon, Jan 29	217.8	216.4
Sun, Jan 28	219.5	216.2
Sat, Jan 27	218.3	215.8
Fri, Jan 26	216.8	215.6
Thu, Jan 25	215.8	215.4
Wed, Jan 24	217.6	215.4
Tue, Jan 23	215.8	215.1
Mon, Jan 22	216.8	215.0
Sun, Jan 21	215.6	214.8

Goal Weight: 225 for bulk. 

[Autumnwinds]

(Starting weight for 2018/Last week's weight/Current weight/Goal weight)

Jan. total: -14 lbs

Feb.

Week 1:  280/266/266/148= no change

Week 2:

Week 3:

Week 4:

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Total for 2018: -14 lbs

Total for 2017: -28 lbs

Complete Total: -42 lbs

I was sick most of last week, still unwell today.  Hopefully I will get better over the next few days.  No change in my weight over the previous week.  I will count that as a good thing.

Congratulations to those that met their goals this week.  Good luck to those still going to weigh in.

[EmjayH]

USW (pre Fitbit) Nov 14 2016; 123kg
SW (Fitbit) March 2 2017; 97.7kg

PW Nov 06; 72.1kg
PW Nov 13; 72kg
PW Nov 20; 70.7kg
PW Nov 27; 70.3kg
PW Dec 04; 70.8kg.
PW Dec 11; 70.3kg
PW Dec 18; 69.8kg
PW Dec 25; 68.6kg
PW Jan 01; 68.3kg
PW Jan 08; 68.0kg
PW Jan 15; 67.5kg
PW Jan 22; 69.2kg
PW Jan 29; 68.4kg

CW Feb 5; 67.5kg

loss this week; 0.9kg

new goal weight; 65kg

back on track. Although I'm not really focused on weight loss so much as strength building now. Booked myself in for a DEXA scan next week to get an idea of where I'm at and where I wanna go. I wanna lose my belly but looks like the only way I'm gonna do that is by building more muscle 

[Dominique]

I plan to gain weight over the course of 16 weeks at an average pace of 0.25 kg per week (about 1 kg per month).

Here are my numbers for the past week (including average step count and energy expenditure):

Week 0, ending 18-Dec-17: 60.2 kg (13.0%), 11.2k steps, 2523 cal.

Week 1, ending 25-Dec-17: 60.5 kg (13.4%), 5.9k steps, 2390 cal. -> +0.23 kg

Week 2, ending 1-Jan-18: 60.6 kg (13.6%), 14.0k steps, 2629 cal. -> +0.17 kg

Week 3, ending 8-Jan-18: 61.1 kg (13.6%), 16.2k steps, 2887 cal. -> +0.49 kg

Week 4, ending 15-Jan-18: 61.7 kg (13.8%), 17.9k steps, 2932 cal. -> +0.54 kg

Week 5, ending 22-Jan-18: 62.3 kg (14.4%), 10.3k steps, 2731 cal. -> +0.64 kg

Week 6, ending 29-Jan-18: 62.1 kg (15.0%), 11.4k steps, 2536 cal. -> -0.27 kg

Week 7, ending 5-Feb-18: 62.4 kg (15.4%), 13.1k steps, 2742 cal. -> +0.34 kg

The past week has been going quite well on all accounts. My weight gain for the week was quite close to the goal (0.34 vs. 0.25). I’m not too happy about the increase in body fat, but OTOH, it’s just a number and I don’t feel fat yet. I’m doing the right things in terms of training and eating, so I want to trust the process.

Here is where I currently stand during this muscle mass gaining phase: 

Week	Ending	weight goal	body fat historical	weight actual	body fat actual
Week 0	18.Dec.17	60.20
Week 1	25.Dec.17	60.45		60.5	13.4
Week 2	01.Jan.18	60.70		60.6	13.6
Week 3	08.Jan.18	60.95	14.7	61.1	13.6
Week 4	15.Jan.18	61.20		61.7	13.7
Week 5	22.Jan.18	61.45		62.3	14.4
Week 6	29.Jan.18	61.70		62.1	15.0
Week 7	05.Feb.18	61.95	15.0	62.4	15.4
Week 8	12.Feb.18	62.20
Week 9	19.Feb.18	62.45
Week 10	26.Feb.18	62.70
Week 11	05.Mar.18	62.95	15.6
Week 12	12.Mar.18	63.20
Week 13	19.Mar.18	63.45
Week 14	26.Mar.18	63.70
Week 15	02.Apr.18	63.95	16.3
Week 16	09.Apr.18	64.20

I’ll be sitting all day on Thursday and Friday, so I’ve been skipping resting days and piling in training days in advance. 

[almost_where]

CW - 315 +3    10 WEEK AVERAGE + 1.9 LBS (+19)  USW - 363 3/9/16
PW - 312 -2

PW - 314 -4

PW - 318 -2

PW - 320 +2
PW - 318 +7
PW - 311 +5

PW - 306 +2

PW - 304 +2

PW - 298 +6

[Newt123]

Hi

i thought I would join in to keep me motivated. I decided to lose weight a couple of years ago when I caught a glance of myself in the mirror and saw I no longer looked a bit plump but I looked fat. At only 5 foot tall and weighing 176Ib, I really did not need a mirror to tell me I was fat😀

I bought a Fitbit to motivate me and it worked I got my weight down to 130Ib. Unfortunately, I gained some weight back and was 145Ib after Christmas. Started my healthy eating again and now weigh

134.5Ib

My goal is 126Ib

[Jotex]

Saw some weight gain then loss this week, and Trend Weight has me down for -.2. The journey continues.

[EmjayH]

USW (pre Fitbit) Nov 14 2016; 123kg
SW (Fitbit) March 2 2017; 97.7kg

PW Nov 06; 72.1kg
PW Nov 13; 72kg
PW Nov 20; 70.7kg
PW Nov 27; 70.3kg
PW Dec 04; 70.8kg.
PW Dec 11; 70.3kg
PW Dec 18; 69.8kg
PW Dec 25; 68.6kg
PW Jan 01; 68.3kg
PW Jan 08; 68.0kg
PW Jan 15; 67.5kg
PW Jan 22; 69.2kg
PW Jan 29; 68.4kg
PW Feb 05; 67.5kg

CW Feb 12; 67.6kg

loss this week; +0.1kg
new goal weight; 65kg

i went to a nutritionist for a body scan on Saturday. ($36 on Groupon😍😍). The results were really good. In fact event the nutritionist was surprised lol. She said my cardio health score was athlete standard putting at the extremely fit grade for woman my age. I'm currently at 25.1% body fat. (Aria has me just over 30% so that's a bit off). Muscle mass is 17.2kg which is high. My bmi is a little high at 25.2 but she told me to ignore bmi because I will likely always be high on the scale cause of my higher muscle mass 🤗🤗. 

The scan can also put me on the same calories that I'm already consuming. 1900. S it's nice to know that my estimates have been correct and that I'm doing the right thing.

i wanna go back in 3 months for another scan so that I can see what's happening. Hopefully fat mass will be lower, muscle higher and maybe calories higher 😊

[Daves_Not_Here]

Hello all -- I had been tracking my "predicted" versus "actual" weight loss based on the hypothesis that I should lose 1 pound per 3,500 calorie deficit.  My findings are (1) Fitbit initially underestimated my calorie deficit, such that I lost slightly more weight than predicted, (2) Fitbit became increasingly more accurate as I lost weight and presumably my metabolism slowed, and (3) tracking and calculating these results is more time consuming than I can justify for an academic exercise, so I'm done with this chapter.

During the holidays, I leveled out at about 190 pounds due to a lot of social eating and drinking.  Now I'm back to tracking my eating, and my weight this morning was 182.3 and 22% body fat.  I'd like to get to 160, which I think will be ideal as I age into my 60's.  At this point, my clothes fit well, I feel great, and my athletic performance is higher than it's ever been, so I don't feel a huge sense of urgency to get there in a hurry.  I'm hopeful I will continue to sustain my new habits.

Thanks all for your continued support and encouragement!

[Dominique]

I plan to gain weight over the course of 16 weeks at an average pace of 0.25 kg per week (about 1 kg per month).

Here are my numbers for the past week (including average step count and energy expenditure):

Week 0, ending 18-Dec-17: 60.2 kg (13.0%), 11.2k steps, 2523 cal.

Week 1, ending 25-Dec-17: 60.5 kg (13.4%), 5.9k steps, 2390 cal. -> +0.23 kg

Week 2, ending 1-Jan-18: 60.6 kg (13.6%), 14.0k steps, 2629 cal. -> +0.17 kg

Week 3, ending 8-Jan-18: 61.1 kg (13.6%), 16.2k steps, 2887 cal. -> +0.49 kg

Week 4, ending 15-Jan-18: 61.7 kg (13.8%), 17.9k steps, 2932 cal. -> +0.54 kg

Week 5, ending 22-Jan-18: 62.3 kg (14.4%), 10.3k steps, 2731 cal. -> +0.64 kg

Week 6, ending 29-Jan-18: 62.1 kg (15.0%), 11.4k steps, 2536 cal. -> -0.27 kg

Week 7, ending 5-Feb-18: 62.4 kg (15.4%), 13.1k steps, 2742 cal. -> +0.34 kg

Week 8, ending 12-Feb-18: 63.0 kg (15.5%), 13.9k steps, 2926 cal. -> +0.60 kg

I once again gained too much (compared to what I had planned to gain): +0.6 vs. +0.25 kg. I’m now half-way through the 16-week muscle mass gaining phase and I only have 1.2 kg leeway before I reach the cap I had set myself: 

Week	Ending	weight goal	body fat historical	weight actual	body fat actual
Week 0	18.Dec.17	60.20
Week 1	25.Dec.17	60.45		60.5	13.4
Week 2	01.Jan.18	60.70		60.6	13.6
Week 3	08.Jan.18	60.95	14.7	61.1	13.6
Week 4	15.Jan.18	61.20		61.7	13.7
Week 5	22.Jan.18	61.45		62.3	14.4
Week 6	29.Jan.18	61.70		62.1	15.0
Week 7	05.Feb.18	61.95	15.0	62.4	15.4
Week 8	12.Feb.18	62.20		63.0	15.5
Week 9	19.Feb.18	62.45
Week 10	26.Feb.18	62.70
Week 11	05.Mar.18	62.95	15.6
Week 12	12.Mar.18	63.20
Week 13	19.Mar.18	63.45
Week 14	26.Mar.18	63.70
Week 15	02.Apr.18	63.95	16.3
Week 16	09.Apr.18	64.20

I’m quite happy with my weight lifting, however. My sessions (5 / week) are getting longer (between 1.5 and 2 hours), so I guess the extra food is good for recovery.

[tamado]

Start 265 lbs 09/27/2015
Last Week 160.2 02/05/2018

This week 161.2 02/12/2018

Maintenance mode
Loss Range 105 lbs +/- 5 lbs (target 155-165)

Still hovering in this "new normal" and trying to figure out if it's a good normal.  What bothers me is that the extra few lbs came on suddenly which does not tend to be muscle gain.  What is good is that my strength and muscle definition are good.  All of my bf measurements seem on track, I am vascular and have a visible 6 pack and obliques.  I had quit drinking for november but have been back to my nightly drink and I am wondering if dropping that would make a difference.  I am up to an average of 3-4 yoga practices per week, I walk to work often and average about 140-150k steps/week.  So, I am healthy but I don't want to use that as an excuse to eat too much and watch the weight creep up.  
At 5'9", 170lbs is my "overweight" mark but as my wife keeps pointing out, I am more muscular than average and the BMI is probably not a good metric for me.  
I have been trying to eat really clean and reasonable portions this last three or four weeks to see if the weight will drop a bit but nothing so far.  I think my portions are pretty big but I am high output and I have been eating the way I ate to loose so I am wanting to see if I get a weight correction or if this is the new me.

So **ahem**ed confusing.  1,000 different opinions on what is healthy, what causes weight gain, what metrics matter.  I am trying my **ahem** off to live a healthy life and find a balance but I get frustrated with the conflicting information and the unexplainable changes.  

[Autumnwinds]

(Starting weight for 2018/Last week's weight/Current weight/Goal weight)

Jan. total: -14 lbs

Feb.

Week 1:  280/266/266/148= no change

Week 2:  280/266/266/148= no change

Week 3:

Week 4:

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Total for 2018: -14 lbs

Total for 2017: -28 lbs

Complete Total: -42 lbs

Still sick, but I feel like I turned the corner yesterday & that I am now getting better. 

Congratulations to those that have made improvements on their weight goals this week.  I hope to post more once I am feeling better.  I hope everyone has a nice week.

[Autumnwinds]

(Starting weight for 2018/Last week's weight/Current weight/Goal weight)

Jan. total: -14 lbs

Feb.

Week 1:  280/266/266/148= no change

Week 2:  280/266/266/148= no change

Week 3:

Week 4:

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Total for 2018: -14 lbs

Total for 2017: -28 lbs

Complete Total: -42 lbs

Still sick, but I feel like I turned the corner yesterday & that I am now getting better. 

Congratulations to those that have made improvements on their weight goals this week.  I hope to post more once I am feeling better.  I hope everyone has a nice week.

[HisDudeness]

Well I survived my trip to an all inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. Tried to mostly eat protein, drink water and walk as much as possible. Fortunately my room was about far back as you can get from the beach...almost a 1/4 mile so lots of trips back and forth everyday. Ended up with 5 to 7 miles a day in walking. The downside was drinking a bit to much...hard to turn down free drinks!

Date/Starting Weight/New Weight/Net

1-15-18/260/260/+0

1-22-18/260/258/-2

1-29-18/260/255/-5

2-02-18/260/254/-6 (The day before I left)

2-11-18/260/260/+0 (The next morning of my return)

2-12-18/260/257/-3

2-13-18/260/256/-4

Short Term Goal: 234 (about 10% of bw)

Overall I'm not really sure I gained any real weight. I probably had a high sodium intake during the week and with drinks it may have been more water weight than anything. I am going to weigh in tomorrow morning and check, then check again on Monday morning. Then return to a once a week weigh in. The good news is by the end of the week I was so sick of bad for you foods, I couldn't wait to start eating better when I got home.

[Baltoscott]

My goal since mid-December is to lift weights and "bulk up" at the rate of about .5 to 1 lbs/week until I get to around 170 lbs.  After that I will probably "cut" back to 160 lbs.

Jan. 6, 2017:        202.3 lbs (starting weight)

                                              fitbit's daily net calorie calculation during the week preceding weigh-in.

• Sun, 12.17  159.3 lbs    
• Sun, 12.24  159.5 lbs    -455
• Sun, 12.31  160.8 lbs    +43
• Sun, 1.7      160.5 lbs    -568
• Sun, 1.14    161.3 lbs    -560
• Sun, 1.21    161.9 lbs    -410
• Fri, 1.26      162 lbs       -535
• Sun, 2.4      161.6 lbs    -818
• Sun, 2/18    162.8 lbs   -51

+2.9 lbs since 12.17  

Goal Range: 160-170 lbs

I thought I reported that I gained 1/2 pound last week, but I can't find the post.  So I'll just note that I'm up 1.1 lbs over the past two weeks, which is right on target for my bulk.  My intake last week was nearly 3500 cal/day, which is really high for me and hard to achieve without eating junk food.  I won't give up the eating-veggies-at-every-meal habit I developed while losing weight last year, but it does make bulking up more challenging.

No change to the table below until my TrendWeigh hits 163 lbs. (edit - updated 2.19)

	Cut		Bulk
Weight (lbs)	Date	Body Fat %	Date	Body Fat %
170	6/12/17	20.5
169	6/16/17	20.3
168	6/25/17	19.9
167	7/5/17	19.5
166	7/12/17	19.3
165	7/19/17	19
164	7/22/17	18.8
163	7/27/17	18.5	2/19/18	18.5
162	8/4/17	18.3	1/26/18	18.0

[Jotex]

Well, though we are at different stages in our ... ahem ... progress, and we have (sometimes radically!) different goals, I see we struggle with some similar constraints. For example, I can relate to @Baltoscott - wanting to keep veggies on the menu and avoid junk food, and @HisDudeness battling with the irresistible temptation of free liquor (I drink at home, where it’s paid for = free, right?). 

My weight is s.l.o.w.l.y going down {i.e. .1 kg per week — please note the point = 1/10th kilo per week 😳!}. But I console myself with the fact that at least it is creeping down and not up. Hanging in there....

[Dominique]

My initial plan was to gain weight over the course of 16 weeks at an average pace of 0.25 kg per week (about 1 kg per month). However, it looks like I’m consistently gaining more than that and I’ve therefore decided to insert a 4-week "mini-cut" after week 10 (in red in table below), and extend the total gaining phase to 20 weeks.

Even though my BF% has increased by almost 3% since I started bulking, I’m not totally freaking out. I’m still quite thin and see veins on my arms:

Here are my numbers for the past week (including average step count and energy expenditure):

Week 0, ending 18-Dec-17: 60.2 kg (13.0%), 11.2k steps, 2523 cal.

Week 1, ending 25-Dec-17: 60.5 kg (13.4%), 5.9k steps, 2390 cal. -> +0.23 kg

Week 2, ending 1-Jan-18: 60.6 kg (13.6%), 14.0k steps, 2629 cal. -> +0.17 kg

Week 3, ending 8-Jan-18: 61.1 kg (13.6%), 16.2k steps, 2887 cal. -> +0.49 kg

Week 4, ending 15-Jan-18: 61.7 kg (13.8%), 17.9k steps, 2932 cal. -> +0.54 kg

Week 5, ending 22-Jan-18: 62.3 kg (14.4%), 10.3k steps, 2731 cal. -> +0.64 kg

Week 6, ending 29-Jan-18: 62.1 kg (15.0%), 11.4k steps, 2536 cal. -> -0.27 kg

Week 7, ending 5-Feb-18: 62.4 kg (15.4%), 13.1k steps, 2742 cal. -> +0.34 kg

Week 8, ending 12-Feb-18: 63.0 kg (15.5%), 13.9k steps, 2926 cal. -> +0.60 kg

Week 9, ending 19-Feb-18: 63.5 kg (15.8%), 11.7k steps, 2714 cal. -> +0.56 kg

I once again gained too much (compared to what I had planned to gain): +0.56 vs. +0.25 kg. I’m now half-way through the 16-week muscle mass gaining phase and I only have 0.6 kg leeway before I reach the cap I had set myself: 

Week	Ending	weight goal	body fat historical	weight actual	body fat actual
Week 0	18.Dec.17	60.20
Week 1	25.Dec.17	60.45		60.5	13.4
Week 2	01.Jan.18	60.70		60.6	13.6
Week 3	08.Jan.18	60.95	14.7	61.1	13.6
Week 4	15.Jan.18	61.20		61.7	13.7
Week 5	22.Jan.18	61.45		62.3	14.4
Week 6	29.Jan.18	61.70		62.1	15.0
Week 7	05.Feb.18	61.95	15.0	62.4	15.4
Week 8	12.Feb.18	62.20		63.0	15.5
Week 9	19.Feb.18	62.45		63.6	15.7
Week 10	26.Feb.18	62.70
Week 11	05.Mar.18
Week 12	12.Mar.18
Week 13	19.Mar.18
Week 14	26.Mar.18
Week 15	02.Apr.18	62.95	15.6
Week 16	09.Apr.18	63.20
Week 17	16.Apr.18	63.45
Week 18	23.Apr.18	63.70
Week 19	30.Apr.18	63.95	16.3
Week 20	07.May.18	64.20

This coming week (ending Feb-26) will be the last I’ll be spending in a surplus. Good timing: it’s the fourth and last (hardest) week on my ongoing weight training mesocycle. My mini-cut will coincide with a deload week, followed by the first three weeks of the next mesocycle. I’ll have reverted to surplus for last (hardest) week of the next mesocyle. My goal during the 4-week mini-cut will be to drop between 1.5 and 2.0 kg, so I can start week 15 at 63 kg or below.

[Private_Syntax]

I just joined, and I ordered a Fitbit Charge a few hours ago. I really need to get back in shape, and I know the organization and numbers of a Fitbit will motivate me a lot. I've already worked out a viable diet yesterday calculating my BMR and then adjusting calories accordingly so we'll see how it goes. This is week one, and today is my official starting date, so not a lot for me to share at this point.

Feb. 18th - 142 lbs

[EmjayH]

USW (pre Fitbit) Nov 14 2016; 123kg
SW (Fitbit) March 2 2017; 97.7kg
PW Nov 06; 72.1kg
PW Nov 13; 72kg
PW Nov 20; 70.7kg
PW Nov 27; 70.3kg
PW Dec 04; 70.8kg.
PW Dec 11; 70.3kg
PW Dec 18; 69.8kg
PW Dec 25; 68.6kg
PW Jan 01; 68.3kg
PW Jan 08; 68.0kg
PW Jan 15; 67.5kg
PW Jan 22; 69.2kg
PW Jan 29; 68.4kg

PW Feb 05; 67.5kg
PW Feb 12; 67.6kg. 

CW Feb 19; 68.5kg

loss this week; +0.9kg
new goal weight; 65kg

[HisDudeness]

@Jotex, yeah those darn "free" drinks, get ya every time I tell you!

Well back on track for me...even survived a birthday party on Saturday, managed to stayed in a -500 deficit, though I normally do -1000. Instead of hitting the sweets on the table, I hit the veggie tray. And let me tell you it is hard passing a bowl of M&Ms for a carrot stick.

Date/Starting Weight/New Weight/Net

1-15-18/260/260/+0

1-22-18/260/258/-2

1-29-18/260/255/-5

2-02-18/260/254/-6 (pre-vaction)

2-11-18/260/260/+0 (post-vaction)

2-12-18/260/257/-3

2-13-18/260/256/-4

2-19-18/260/253/-7

[Jotex]

@HisDudeness- yep, you're SO right about the 'persuasive power' of the free drink. But I suppose, abstinance has its own -- though different -- rewards. I am proud of you for bypassing the M&Ms for carrots. Not sure I could have completely avoided that bowl of goodies. But I am able to limit my consumption to excess. Each one (well, for me there are only M&Ms with Peanuts!) has about 10 calories. As long as I stay within my daily goal ...