Reporting Time

It’s the first of the month so it is time for my true confession time.  Last month I think I made you read all the way to the end of the blog before I told you how much weight I lost that month.  It was such a good month I wanted to build up the suspense.  This month was not quite as good, but still right on track for my predicted total weight loss.  I did hit a big plateau, which I was experienced in.  True to form, as soon as I wrote about it the plateau ended and I finished the month strong.

I won’t keep you reading a moment longer.  My total weight loss since the start of the campaign on May 8^th is 45 pounds.  I lost five pounds in September.  I was hoping to do more, but I realized that the program I have created is one I can actually live with.

I have one more month to try and reach the 50-pound and maybe a little more mark.  I think I can do it.  People have started asking me what I plan on eating on November first.  The answer is simple.  Exactly what I have been eating all along.

I certainly will not be at an ideal weight for my age and height on November 1.  It was just an arbitrary date I picked to try and raise money for the Food Bank.  I am still going to have to keep at the exact same program to get to my ultimate goal.  I am going to keep eating the same way and blogging all about it.

I just used you all as the jump-start I needed to create a new way of eating and stick to it long enough to change my habits.  So thank you for being my inspiration.  As I have said before, I am not good at doing this for myself, but doing it for other people seems to help motivate me.

The real trick is to maintain weight loss.  You see, losing weight is exciting, maintaining weight is dull.  As long as I have stories to tell and readers who laugh along the way with me I am going to keep writing about this journey because it makes it much less mundane for me.

So, happy October to you, thanks for enduring the summer with me. I hope I can slide into November with a big strong finish, laughing all the way.