Finally October

I should at least get a post up for October. I haven't been writing daily (though I have been weighing daily), or even weekly. Mostly because I figure I don't have much to say that I haven't said before. Probably because I'm still travelling over ground I've travelled over before.

I had 2 weeks of nice losses and then this week appeared. I got within 3 pounds of the 100-pound mark. This week is THAT week - the one week per month, it seems, where I have the scale jump in the opposite direction, even if I'm doing everything right. And it takes a week to come back down. The good news is that this is usually followed by 2-3 weeks of really nice losses again.

Which means that in a couple of weeks I should be past the 100 pound mark, and moving on. Not like last time where I hit 100 pounds and (I guess) took a break. Or maybe it was a victory lap. I don't know; I just know it's not going to happen again.

The pounds go...but slower than I'd like and I suppose it's that way for everyone. Slow is good, don't get me wrong. But just a leetle faster couldn't hurt, could it?

Nah - it's fine. It's normal and healthy. I set out on Memorial Day with the plan to be back at 100 pounds lost by Labor Day...and then it was by the end of the Summer...and then it was by the end of September...and then it was by the time I went to visit my dad on October 15th. Today is October 14th. But the trip to see dad has been postponed until November...so I suppose I'll probably be there by the time I see him.

And at this pace (1.5ish pounds per week), I have about 16 pounds that can be lost by year end. That will put me in a nice place - close to being finally in the 200s - to start off 2012 with a bang.

Happy Weekend to Me!