September 25th

So with less than a week left in the month of September I am basically where I was at the end of the first week. I guess it's a good thing I had a good first week!
I guess I need a more focused plan for October, and perhaps more reasonable goals. I'll take a few days to figure out what the October plan will be and post it by the weeks end.

John 

September 18

Oops!
I missed a weekly update. Maybe because I didn't have anything to really report and made little progress from the last update. With a dozen days remaining in the month I still have 8 pounds to lose to make it to 240 by the end of the month.
My week kind of sucked diet-wise and it showed. 

My overall activity was okay, but I have yet to establish any kind of exercise routine. 
The step tracker app on my phone is set with a daily goal of 7000 steps. I managed to average over that for the week, but actually only hit it on three days. The majority of my activity comes in the way of yard work and gardening. There is as much to do in the fall as there is in the spring when it comes to garden maintenance. Plus I'm building a new flowerbed along the front of the yard -- 96' by 4'. It's good work and I feel good about it, but I really should get around to the regular exercise thing.

I am hoping for a much better week on the diet side. It is my main focal point for now.

John

September 8

Well, it is one week into the September goal of losing weight and I am on track to reach my goal of weighing 240 pounds by the end of the month. In fact, I'm a little ahead of schedule. That's actually good because I tend to stall from time to time along the way. I was 250 at this morning's weigh in, so -8 pounds for the week. 
To be fair, the 258 from September 1st was probably a heavy day -- we all have them. I hadn't weighed in a little while, but was surprised that it was that high. Of course, even heavy days are usually only a pound or so off, so it's still a good week.

The area that I am not doing well in is getting regular exercise.
I have been pretty active, but I really do need to get in the habit of some regular exercise. Time certainly isn't the problem -- I have plenty of that. I just need to do it.

It's week two. Looking for 245 by the 15th.
Maybe I'll do better on the exercise thing.
Oh! And my bp is down a few points, too. I need that to stay of the meds.

John 

September 1

So the morning weigh-in was a little higher than I was expecting. It shouldn't have surprised me since I haven't been doing anything for the past two months since we got home from Mexico.
268
Damn

I'm going to modify my -20 pounds to reaching 240 (-18). 

After my morning quiet time, I'll walk to the Dollar General for a couple things that we need for dinner tonight. The DG is just less than 1.5 miles, so I'll get my walk in while it's still cool.

Here goes!

John