Or maybe I should title this "The Lost Summer." As I type, I have the spreadsheet on which I track our progress. On May 15, 2012, I reset the "Original weight" to my current weight of that day, the one year anniversary of the start of this little odyssey. . . Now, 82 days later, the "Total Weight Lost" is a mocking "-0.5"
Since May 15, my peak of weight loss (reached twice - June 4 and again June 25) has been 4.5 pounds. On July 1, I was actually down 1.6 pounds.
I'm consoled, however, by two facts: 1. my worst day this summer was July 25, when I was actually UP 3 pounds from May 15 and 2. Looking back last summer, I actually gained 9 pounds in July, so this summer's been a breeze comparatively.
Now, we're into August, and dealing with Vacation Bible School for the boys the next three evenings, and the Illinois State Fair starting Thursday. We're going to try to behave (I bought groceries through Thursday yesterday afternoon, and the only really bad behavior I anticipate is the pizza-and-chocolate-chip-cookies combo my younger son chose for Wednesday night. It's a product I've never seen, DiGiorno pizza with 12 chocolate chip cookies. Apparently you throw the cookies in the oven as you take the pizza out. Doesn't look promising for the scale on Thursday morning).
We're looking forward to the start of school for the boys in 3 weeks as a chance to get back onto a more regular schedule and get started back down the dial.
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