Hit my goal weight this week after fourteen months

Night shifter here. Monday mornings were trash for me. I weigh after my last sleep, same time, before coffee. Otherwise a bad shift shows up as 2-3 lbs of water and I spiral. Yor weekly average trick is the only thing that works.

Do you keep the Monday spreadsheet in maintenance, or switch to a 3-5 lb range and only act when you’re out of it? Congrats on 138. That’s real work.

Congrats — 103 lbs is huge, and especially impressive that those quarter-pound weeks didn’t derail you. I’m a daily weigher too, but I log the 7-day average and only really act on the monthly trend; Monday-only would’ve made me overreact to every salty Sunday.

One thing I wish I’d done sooner was add a second tab for non-scale wins: waist measurement, how stairs feel, sleep. Are you planning to keep the Monday spreadsheet into maintenance, or switch to a range like 136–141 so the goal line doesn’t become a cliff? Genuinely curious what your trend-line zen looks like now.

Congratulations! That is so awesome. I’m a Monday-weigher too, but I use a paper calendar stuck inside the bathroom cabinet.

When my losses slowed, what kept me sane was measuring my waist once a month — the scale would stall but my jeans told a different story. Now that you’re at goal, are you switching your spreadsheet to a maintenance tab? I’ve been wondering about that.

Our local pharmacy tech mentioned some insurance plans cover a nutrition visit, but I haven’t called yet. Also, small-town tip: thrift-store jeans until your size settles. What’s the first non-scale victory you’re chasing now?

Congrats! Question: did you track anything besides the scale? My weight stalled for almost two months while my waist dropped ~1.5 inches and my resting heart rate improved.

I added monthly waist/hip measurements plus a clothes-fit note to my spreadsheet, and it stopped those quarter-pound weeks from feeling like failure. Also curious how you landed on 138 — a scale number from your early twenties, waist-to-height, body fat, or just where you felt best?

Not nitpicking the milestone; I’m trying to figure out how people decide when maintenance actually starts.

Congrats on crossing the line — those quarter-pound weeks really test your patience. One thing I wish I’d done before hitting goal: decide what maintenance looks like ahead of time.

I set a 3-pound range and now track monthly averages instead of chasing a single number. The scale still wobbles, but it’s way less emotional.

Are you planning to stay at 138 exactly, or give yourself a small maintenance window? And will you keep your spreadsheet as-is, or shift it to monthly trends now?

Curious how you’re thinking about the next phase.

Something I wish someone had told me at goal: the quiet part isn’t the last quarter pound, it’s redefining success once the scale stops dropping. I added a monthly waist measurement and a silly but useful “stairs test”—can I chat while climbing my usual hill?

It gives me a win on weeks the number barely moves. What’s one non-scale thing that changed for you over the fourteen months?

And have you picked a maintenance intention yet, like a rage or a habit you’ll protect? I’m nosy because that transition felt way less discussed than the losing phase.

Huge congrats! The 5pm witchng hour is my downfall with two kids.

One thing that helped me through the last stretch: I made a “free-for-all” snack drawer at kid height with yogurt tubes, mini peppers, cheese sticks, and seaweed packs. Sounds dumb, but it stopped me grazing on their mac and cheese while cooking.

Did you have a specific chaos-night meal you leaned on? I’m trying to build a maintenance rotation before fall sports start.

Congratulations — that’s a whole new chapter, not just a number. I’m an empty-nester too, and when I crossed my line last spring the strangest shit was in the kitchen: I stopped cooking “diet” food and just cooked smaller amounts of the good stuff.

My walks became less about burn and more about seeing the neighborhood. One concrete thing: I kept one pair of old jeans as a touchstone and donated the rest; it made the change feel real without needing the scale.

What did you do with your bigger clothes?

Huge congrats. The part I didn’t expect near goal was the identity shift: for so long I was “someone losing,” and maintenance felt like standing still.

Concrete thing that helped me: I kept my Monday check-in but added two monthly columns — waist measurement and whether I did my 20-minute after-dinner walk most days. When the scale barely moved, those showed me the new habits were still real.

Sharp question: what are you going to use as your scoreboard now that the goal number is crossed? I’m trying monthly averages and one new vegetable recipe a week.