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"

[Dominique]

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@trishe wrote:

When I got Aria, I got serious about tracking.

Addendum: just checked lean muscle weight on the fitbit stats. My lean muscle weight is up 0.3 lbs. So I added muscle without burning more fat. That's good!  

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@trishe: congrats for getting an Aria (even if it may be old news already), and also for having been able to set it up successfully (many people are having problems with that)! Just in case you’re not aware of it: since you have an Aria, you may want to link your Fitbit account to TrendWeight. See this thread for more info about it.

Regarding changes in lean mass within a shorter period (a few days): you can’t really draw conclusions using the info obtained from the Aria (or any similar device). Gaining (or losing) lean mass (muscle) is a very slow process: you just can’t gain even half a pound of muscle in a week or so, especially if you are a female and eating at a deficit. For BF% (and changes in fat mass vs. lean mass), you should look at it over a longer period of time (e.g. several months).

[Dominique]

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@RachelShrinks wrote:

All in all, not bad. I'm trying to stay motivated by that weight loss, even though I haven't worked out in days. Feeling a little better today, but still not up to exercise.

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@RachelShrinks: it’s still possible to lose even if you’re not able to exercise, as you saw. In a weight loss, exercise is mostly a license to eat more food while still being in a deficit. Of course, it’s also a way to become fitter and improve your health, but temporary interruption due to illness won’t destroy what you’ve already achieved. Just get back on track once you’ve fully recovered from your flu.  

[Dominique]

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@IdahoSandy wrote:

CSW 177.7 (1/8/17)
CW 170.2 (2/12/17)

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@IdahoSandy: almost 2 lb/week since beginning of the year, that’s impressive! At this pace, you will have reached your goal well before May. However, it can be wise to slow down a bit as you’re getting closer to your goal.

[Dominique]

@A_Lurker: I agree with your doc 3 years is tough from a motivational point of view, but I also agree with you another 100 lb in a year would be far too demanding. 200 lb before year end would still be slightly more than 1 lb/week, so it’s definitely challenging. I understand the psychological aspect of that milestone, just like the 100 lb in a year. Maybe you should go metric for a while, and use 100 kg as an intermediate motivational goal: I know going from 3-digit to 2-digit weight is something major for metrically inclined people.

[trishe]

@A_Lurker, so hard to wait, no pun intended. Keep up the great progress. I battle fatigue often. Lucky to get in my 8k steps. Started doing Leslie Sansone Walk at Home workouts more regularly, and I feel like I'm getting a much more complete low impact workout. 

[whitesox]

Avg This Week: 176.3

Avg Last Week: 177.1

Weight loss is slowing down. Very busy week and was unable to get in the gym as much as I wanted. I attended a crossfit type workout on Saturday and found it's very demanding. There were 3 rounds which we were given 25 minutes to complete. I made it to the 3rd round but did not have time to complete the last routine. Had I not had someone pushing me, I probably would have quit somewhere in the 2nd round. I am going to try to commit to it twice a week as it's extremely intense and I think adding something intense to my regimen would be good.

[FrogMystic]

I really like this for accountability, so count me in. I purchased my Fitbit Charge 2 at the end of January. After figuring out a few things about over-reporting calories burned during exercise and adjusting my calories accordingly, I'm well on track now.

SW back in the second week of January: 220.7 lbs.

Weight Monday of last week was 209.7. It stayed there, fluctuating up and down by about .2-.5 lbs for the week. That was when I figured out Fitbit was reporting too high of a calorie burn, so I adjusted my intake a little lower all last week. It worked!

CW: 205

Mini-goal: Under 200

UGW: 130-145, which will put me right in the middle of a healthy BMI for my height and age.

I'm currently zigzagging between 1200-1450 calories during the week, eating mostly clean and healthy with occasional processed foods, alcohol (no more than twice per week and sometimes not at all), and sweets. No food is forbidden as long as it's not one of my trigger foods and as long as it's in my calorie allotment. So far so good. Exercise is primarily power walking in some steep, hilly terrain, with some light calisthenics and exercises I'm doing to strengthen my back in PT. The best thing my Fitbit has done for me so far is to make me aware of when I'm being too sedentary and encouraging me to get up and move around. I work a desk job from home, so taking those breaks to get up and get moving are incredibly helpful.

[philchenevert]

WEEKLY WEIGH IN for me the old short guy with a beard (Phil Chenevert)

WEEK FIVE OF MY WEEKLY WEIGH-IN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. 

highest weight 212 lbs. 

goal weight  144  (I am a short old guy, 5'4" 76 years old now)

WEEK 1  JAN 16, 2017    BEGINNING WEIGHT   161.6 pounds

WEEK 2  JAN 23, 2017   CURRENT WEIGHT       162.2 pounds   + 0.6 pounds  whoops!  

WEEK 3  JAN 30, 2017  CURRENT WEIGH         160.4    -down 1.8 pounds !!!!   yaaaa.  feelin' good 

WEEK 4  FEB 6, 2017    CURENT WEIGHT          160.0  - another tiny loss and in the right direction 

WEEK 5  FEB 13, 2017   CURRENT WEIGHT       158.4 -  a big loss for me.  great!!!!

I am still following two goals since the new year: lose weight AND build muscle at the same time using very simple approaches: eating less than 1200 calories a day AND exercising moderately: walk 10K steps a day and pump iron 3x a week using machines.  I am definitely getting stronger, even through I do 15 reps, the weight has increased.  So .... thanks to everyone for the motivation and the comradship in this forum.  We can get healthier together!

[HeartBiller]

Well my twin grand daughters had their 10th birthday party this weekend, so I had cake and ice cream that I shouldn't have. We went out to dinner Friday night and I didn't do horrible, but sure wasn't the best. I did however meet my step goal each day, so I guess that is a small victory in it all.lol.

I hope all is having a blessed day!

[MHKBB17]

Actually looking forward to my weigh-in on Wednesday.  Yesterday was our full day of prep cycle, which  ended up being over 18k steps and a little over 8 miles total.  Things hurt today (hill sprints and 50 24 inch step-ups will do that) but nothing that I can't handle.  Can't wait for our day off on Thursday!

[trishe]

@Dominique: Thanks for the heads up about TrendWeight. I'm a technical writer so I usually read the instructions. No problems setting Aria up - I love it.

The ONLY fitbit issue I've had was when I had the charge HR. It didn't work well on me, so I gave it to a friend and got the Alta, which I love!

Have a great week!
Trish

[RachelShrinks]

@Dominique: Thanks—I got back in the gym today and felt fabulous, even just jogging an easy 2 miles. I am one of those individuals who actually loves to go to the gym (when I'm not self-sabotaging 🙂 ), so almost a week without was making me twitchy. Luckily, now that I've cut out most junk food (had it for "comfort" twice last week, though), and especially all soda, I find I just don't eat as much, which did indeed come in handy for keeping the deficit going.

[Pamala]

Good morning! Thank you for the continued inspiration found here!

SW January 31--79.8 kilos

CW February 14--79 kilos !!!

[Kimbur96]

Had a horrible week last week. I started a new job which meant all week sitting for 8 hours a day in oreintation doing nothing but snacking. By friday I had thrown in the towel and ate take out all weekend. Trying to get back on track this week. I ate clean yesterday. 

Weekly weigh in:
SW: 158.8#
Last week: 153.4#
CW: 155.6#
IGW: 145#
GW: 135#
Lost this week: +2.2
total loss: 3.2#

I plan to go to the gym tonight after work. It's going to take afew weeks to see where i can fit the gym in with my new job, new hours and a farther commute. But I'm not giving up. 

[Move.It.Move.It]

Start weight: 128kg

Last week: 120.4kg

Current weight: 120.2kg

Loss: 0.2kg

Total loss: 7.8kg

Mini Goal: 115kg

Couldn't seem to fit in enough exercise this week. We had lots of rain and it was difficult to get outside. I would like to get under 120kg this week.

[dgwheeler]

Weighed in today...

Starting Weight: 194.6 lbs (Dec 1, 2016)

PW: 182.2 lbs (Dec 29)

PW: 179.6 lbs (Jan 5)

PW: 180.2 lbs (Jan 12)

PW: 176.8 lbs (Jan 19)

PW: 175.6 lbs (Jan 26)

PW: 173.6 lbs (Feb 2)

PW:  172.6 (Feb 9)

CW:  170.2 (Feb 14)
Total Weight Lost: 24.4 lbs

Valentine Goal: 170 lbs - ALMOST Make It!
Goal Weight: 135 lbs (by July it might change as I start losing and seeing how it actually looks)

[tamado]

Start 265 lbs 09/27/2015
This Week 158.2 02/14/2017

Last week 158.4 02/06/2017

Maintenance mode

Loss Range 105 lbs +/- 5 lbs

School ski trip yesterday so a day late.  I thought when I hit this weight last week it was a blip but here I am again.  Time to eat a little more.  I've been working out more than ever in my life and maybe it's trimming a little more.

[MHKBB17]

Start:      231.5

9/26/16:  224.25

10/4/16:  219.0 (-5.25)

10/26/16:  221

2/8/17:  222.75

2/15/17:  220.25 (-2.50)

Mini-goal:  210 (4/29/17)

About what I figured-I don't think that there is a significant water weight component here, but I'm planning on trying to hydrate well today and we'll see if there is a big change tomorrow morning.  Solid workout last night-about 4 miles/8k steps.  I feel like my running pace is picking up, which is good (we're outside, so I don't have a good sense of pace quite yet).  Still not enough to keep up with the kids and the fit adult, but I'm not so far behind that I lose sight of them, so I'll take that.  I do have 150 pushups to do today, so....yay.  I know that I've got to get better about the quality of my calories, since I've just been eating whatever I can manage to choke down.  This level of intensity, at least for me, seems to be shutting down appetite, and nothing seems good.  I did manage a peanut butter sandwich last night before class, and that seemed to help a ton, especially towards the end when I usually get super hungry.

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

[Linda17]

I was supposed to post Monday, but there was no weight loss.

Start weight (last week) 132.6

CW 131.8

goal is 120 by June 3 for a dress I want to wear

I'm turning 64 in 10 days, and I'm 5'0".

[AuroraKat]

Checking in with my Wednesday weigh-in!

Start:           253 lbs

Last Week: 167.4 lbs

This Week: 165.6 lbs

Change:      - 1.8 lbs

Total Loss:  - 87.4 lbs

Goal :          125

Nothing unusual this week. Still plugging away.

Next month I will be visiting family for 2.5 weeks and I am seriously considering taking that time to eat at maintenance. I will not have access to my own scale, so I won't know my true weight change until I come home. In general, it may be beneficial to step away from the scale for a few weeks. I am finding that I now get more anxious on Tuesdays (because I have to weigh myself the next day) and Wednesdays (because I have to weigh myself today). That's something I want to **ahem** in the bud. Also, I have a 5K coming up during my visit, so having more energy will only help me with my speed and endurance. 

I am not fully set on this idea, but I'm seriously considering it. On the one hand, I know that I will benefit both mentally and physically from a short break from such a large caloric deficit. On the other hand, it's very difficult to give up a few weeks of progress.  I still have two weeks to figure out if I want to do this. I have a feeling that a lot will depend on how my next two weigh-ins go, which I know is not the best way to make this decision. Lots to think about.