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"

[Baltoscott]

No change in weight this week.  

<edit:  Hit 168 lbs TrendWeight on 4/30 and was able to update the fat % chart below.  Unfortunately my current fat % is slightly higher than it was at the same weight last year.  Not part of the plan. >

I've started to eat a little less.  My daily target during this weight gaining phase has been about 3200 cal/day.  Looking at last week, it was 2956.  I didn't drop intentionally, but I've decided that I will stop the bulk in 2 weeks when it is time for my next strength training deload, and I may already be taking unintentional steps to transition to cutting weight.  

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
• Sun, 2/25    163.8 lbs   -55
• Sun, 3/4      164.3 lbs   -285
• Sun, 3/11    164.5 lbs   -213
• Sun, 3/18     164.9 lbs  -346
• Sun, 3/25     165.1 lbs  -340
• Sun, 4/1       166.0 lbs  -452
• Sun, 4/15     167.2 lbs  -387
• Sun, 4/22     167.8 lbs  -561
• Sun, 2/29:    167.8 lbs  -693

+8.5 lbs since 12.17  

Goal Range: 160-170 lbs

	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	4/30/18	20.0
167	7/5/17	19.5	4/14/18	19.4
166	7/12/17	19.3	4/1/18	19.1
165	7/19/17	19	3/19/18	18.9
164	7/22/17	18.8	2/26/18	18.6
163	7/27/17	18.5	2/19/18	18.5
162	8/4/17	18.3	1/26/18	18.0

[Jotex]

@Baltoscott — Sounds like you have a plan!

My goal this month was to get down to 67 kg and it’s getting closer. Had a few ups and downs on the scale again this week, with guests, parties, etc. Fingers crossed I can lose the last @½ kg to reach my goal by Tuesday! 

[almost_where]

CW: 337-340-336-333-331-326-333
-3 lbs

[Katsong]

Having the Fitbit has been great. I’ve lost 35#’s since the beginning of the year, when I only intended to lose about 28! The interesting thing is that one would think by listning to folks, that one wouldn’t be able to lose that much weight in 3 1/2 months, especially since I am a 61 years old mother of four, grandmother of three. The fact of the matter is that if one increases their awareness about their activity, and calories consumed, like this site allows, one can do anything. I’m there!!

Yay!!

[Dominique]

Some damage control after gaining 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) in just 3 days during a trip to Brussels one week ago:

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

Week 10, ending 26-Feb-18: 63.8 kg (16.0%), 14.5k steps, 3028 cal. -> +0.26 kg

Week 11, ending 5-Mar-18: 63.9 kg (16.7%), 17.6k steps, 3026 cal. -> +0.11 kg

Week 12, ending 12-Mar-18: 63.5 kg (16.4%), 12.4k steps, 2622 cal. -> -0.47 kg

Week 13, ending 19-Mar-18: 63.8 kg (16.2%), 14.2k steps, 2868 cal. -> +0.33 kg

Week 14, ending 26-Mar-18: 63.6 kg (16.4%), 14.0k steps, 2851 cal. -> -0.20 kg

Week 15, ending 2-Apr-18: 63.8 kg (16.4%), 16.3k steps, 2870 cal. -> +0.20 kg

Week 16, ending 9-Apr-18: 63.7 kg (16.5%), 15.1k steps, 2977 cal. -> -0.09 kg

Week 17, ending 16-Apr-18: 63.8 kg (16.4%), 17.0k steps, 2864 cal. -> +0.10 kg

Week 18, ending 23-Apr-18: 65.1 kg (16.4%), 15.8k steps, 2960 cal. -> +1.33 kg

Week 19, ending 30-Apr-18: 64.8 kg (17.4%), 17.0k steps, 2921 cal. -> -0.36 kg

Here is where I stand compared to the plan:

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		63.8	16.0
Week 11	05.Mar.18			63.9	16.7
Week 12	12.Mar.18			63.5	16.4
Week 13	19.Mar.18			63.8	16.2
Week 14	26.Mar.18			63.6	16.4
Week 15	02.Apr.18	62.95	15.6	63.8	16.4
Week 16	09.Apr.18	63.20		63.7	16.5
Week 17	16.Apr.18	63.45		63.8	16.4
Week 18	23.Apr.18	63.70		65.1	16.5
Week 19	30.Apr.18	63.95	16.3	64.8	17.4
Week 20	07.May.18	64.20

One more weeks to go. I’ll try to stay at my current weight, which would end this 20-week massing phase very close to the initial plan (64.8 vs. 64.2 kg). 

[Baltoscott]

@Katsong - That's close to 3 lbs/week.  Well done.  I am always interested in how people cut their calories.  Were you eating the same things was when you got heavy, but just less of them?  Remove eating opportunities?  Remove a food group?

When I lost weight last year I think it was a combination recording what I ate, dropping my liquid calories by about 1/2, adding veggies and protein to every meal (which tended to crowd out other things), and eating meals my wife and I prepared from scratch at home a lot more often. 

@Jotex - Good week.

[Katsong]

To be frank I need a lot of structure when I’m in active weightless mode, so I did Jenny Craig. I worked in the weightless industry for many years, Nutri/System and Jenny Craig, so I know how to lose weight…I just need the accountability/kudos that one gets from meeting with someone each week. Keeping track of all my food on this site has helped me, and is helping me transition to “regular” food, calorically.

Thanks for asking!

[Baltoscott]

@Dominique — are you going to do maintenance for a while after your bulk ends next week, or go straight to a cutting phase?  

[Dominique]

@Baltoscott: my plan is to maintain at 64-65 kg for the next four weeks, cut for twelve weeks (= until early September) and start over again. How about you?

This is what my bulking phase (19 weeks out of 20) looks like, actual (red) vs. planned (blue):

I wish progress had been more linear, but I’m finishing quite close to the plan.

[Baltoscott]

@Dominique -- I've got a similar plan.  I'm still on my bulk through next week, and that may take me up to my initial 170 lb target.  I'll then drop about 500 calories of my daily diet and see if that = maintenance for a month, and then I'll start the cut back down to 160 lbs after that.  

I didn't really have my timeframe mapped out to the extent that you did, but my weight gain turned out to be fairly liner.  

Just wish I'd been able to get the LBM to move a little higher.

[RunningDown185]

I am still lurking and enjoying reading everyone’s posts and successes! My scale has broken and I am just waiting a while til I buy a new one. I have a pair of shorts that are my “measuring tool” right now and they fitting better but I will keep working on tracking my food and keeping to 1500 calories and fitbit steps at least 15,000 per day which is very doable. A nice day like today and I am at 20,000:) So no weight to post but being motivated by your posts. I will weigh myself at the gym on Friday!

[HisDudeness]

Little late with my update for the week. This week was a +0 daily deficit, I almost managed to do that on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But Monday - Thursday was about -500 on average. I lost exactly 1 pound this week. Last week of maintenance, then back for another 12 week cut of -750 calories per day.

Week 1 -750 daily deficit

Week 2 -500 daily deficit

Week 3 -250 daily deficit

Week 4-5 +0 daily deficit->Current

Week 6 start another 12 week cut at -750 daily deficit

Date/Starting Weight/New Weight/Net (updated with the new scale)

1-15-18/271/271/+0

1-22-18/271/269/-2

1-29-18/271/266/-5

2-02-18/271/265/-6 (pre-vaction)

2-11-18/271/271/+0 (post-vaction)

2-12-18/271/268/-3

2-13-18/271/267/-4

2-19-18/271/264/-7

2-26-18/271/263/-8

3-05-18/271/261/-10

3-12-18/271/259/-12

3-19-18/271/257/-14

3-26-18/271/255/-16

4-02-18/271/254/-17

4-09-18/271/252.6/-18.4

4-16-18/271/250.4/-20.6

4-23-18/271/249.7/-21.3

4-30-18/271/248.7/-22.3

Short Term Goal: 234

[Jotex]

Delighted with my continuing weight loss, though I’d love it to happen quicker. Seems the bump in the road a week or so ago has pushed the estimated goal back a little. New interim goal: 65 kilos.

[Baltoscott]

Up 0.2 lbs this week. 

This is the last week of my bulk experiment.  Next week I'll have a deload week in the gym (just to keep the habit strong, I think I'll go to the gym, but drop the weights by 1/2), and then I will try to maintain my weight for about a month or so.  

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
• Sun, 2/25    163.8 lbs   -55
• Sun, 3/4      164.3 lbs   -285
• Sun, 3/11    164.5 lbs   -213
• Sun, 3/18     164.9 lbs  -346
• Sun, 3/25     165.1 lbs  -340
• Sun, 4/1       166.0 lbs  -452
• Sun, 4/15     167.2 lbs  -387
• Sun, 4/22     167.8 lbs  -561
• Sun, 4/29:    167.8 lbs  -693
• Sun, 5/6:      168.0 lbs  -445

+8.5 lbs since 12.17  

Goal Range: 160-170 lbs

	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	4/30/18	20.0
167	7/5/17	19.5	4/14/18	19.4
166	7/12/17	19.3	4/1/18	19.1
165	7/19/17	19	3/19/18	18.9
164	7/22/17	18.8	2/26/18	18.6
163	7/27/17	18.5	2/19/18	18.5
162	8/4/17	18.3	1/26/18	18.0

[Baltoscott]

That is nice steady progress @Jotex.  Keep it up.

[Jotex]

Thanks @Baltoscott! Good luck with your plan, too!

[almost_where]

CW: 337-337-340-336-333-331-326-333
n/c

[SunsetRunner]

My weigh ins are on Wednesday morning even though I am checking the scale most days. I had a plan at the beginning of the year (started at 295) and was heading in the right direction but not at the pace I had planned. I had actually gained some weight back in March.

Now I utilize the food tracking feature on FitBit which provides me with much needed structure around eating and activity and have been more focused over the past few weeks! I want to catch up to my weight goals set at the beginning of the year with the ultimate goal to get to and stay at about 210 lbs. 

Second column = Actual weight

Third column = Goal set at beginning of the year

4/18/18	274	285
4/25/18	273	281
5/2/18	272	278

[SunsetRunner]

^^^^

Reverse that. Second column is goal, third column is actual

[Dominique]

More damage control after gaining 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) in just 3 days during a trip to Brussels two week ago:

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

Week 10, ending 26-Feb-18: 63.8 kg (16.0%), 14.5k steps, 3028 cal. -> +0.26 kg

Week 11, ending 5-Mar-18: 63.9 kg (16.7%), 17.6k steps, 3026 cal. -> +0.11 kg

Week 12, ending 12-Mar-18: 63.5 kg (16.4%), 12.4k steps, 2622 cal. -> -0.47 kg

Week 13, ending 19-Mar-18: 63.8 kg (16.2%), 14.2k steps, 2868 cal. -> +0.33 kg

Week 14, ending 26-Mar-18: 63.6 kg (16.4%), 14.0k steps, 2851 cal. -> -0.20 kg

Week 15, ending 2-Apr-18: 63.8 kg (16.4%), 16.3k steps, 2870 cal. -> +0.20 kg

Week 16, ending 9-Apr-18: 63.7 kg (16.5%), 15.1k steps, 2977 cal. -> -0.09 kg

Week 17, ending 16-Apr-18: 63.8 kg (16.4%), 17.0k steps, 2864 cal. -> +0.10 kg

Week 18, ending 23-Apr-18: 65.1 kg (16.4%), 15.8k steps, 2960 cal. -> +1.33 kg

Week 19, ending 30-Apr-18: 64.8 kg (17.4%), 17.0k steps, 2921 cal. -> -0.36 kg

Week 20, ending 7-May-18: 64.4 kg (17.2%), 16.9k steps, 2947 cal. -> -0.40 kg

Here is where I stand compared to the plan:

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		63.8	16.0
Week 11	05.Mar.18			63.9	16.7
Week 12	12.Mar.18			63.5	16.4
Week 13	19.Mar.18			63.8	16.2
Week 14	26.Mar.18			63.6	16.4
Week 15	02.Apr.18	62.95	15.6	63.8	16.4
Week 16	09.Apr.18	63.20		63.7	16.5
Week 17	16.Apr.18	63.45		63.8	16.4
Week 18	23.Apr.18	63.70		65.1	16.5
Week 19	30.Apr.18	63.95	16.3	64.8	17.4
Week 20	07.May.18	64.20		64.4	17.2

Thanks to the weight dropped during the last two weeks, I end up very close to the original weight goal (only 0.2 kg above it). I’m a bit disappointed by the body fat % number, as the scale puts me slightly higher than when at the same body weight last time around. Not too worried about that as my upper body is still visibly lean, same with legs. Most of the fat gained is stored in my midsection and I should be able to reduce it during the course of the summer.

It was enjoyable to spend five months without having to think too much about calories. I’ll actually have an extra month of not restricting calories, as I plan to stay at maintenance (between 64 and 65 kg) during the next four weeks. After that, I’ll have a twelve weeks fat loss phase (June, July, August). Although I’ve been at a healthy weight for five years now, I like having clear weight goals (whether it’s gaining, losing or maintaining) for the next few months ahead.