The Big Picture

A blog before work?  Me?  Holy wow.

August has been a busy month, with school back in session (and starting a new job) and various other challenges.  I was thrilled to meet more bandsters at our AZ group gathering.  I got to meet two other people that are coming to Chicago, so I'm even more excited than ever.  I have more blogging to catch up on, but that'll have to wait until the weekend.

Last month I was sick for 2 weeks, and I gained 2 pounds overall.  The challenge weigh in this past Wednesday showed a .7 gain.  I wasn't pleased.  It has been in the back of my mind since I saw the scale.  This morning, I stepped on for my end of month weigh in, and smiled.  200.8.  Almost back to the low of 200.0 that I saw earlier this month.  Closer to Onederland.

August 1st Weigh In:  209.0
August 31 Weigh In:   200.8
Monthly loss: 8.2 pounds

Monthly Weight Record Page (click here to see my progress month by month)

I haven't had a monthly loss this good since last January.  I may have had ups and downs, but when I look at the big picture, the entire month, I'm very pleased.  I think a big part of it has to be the fact that I'm (literally) running after kids on a daily basis now.  Pretty exhausting!

More this weekend!  TGIF!!