End of month Weigh-in

193.0!!!!!!!!!!!!  Woot!  That means I ended September with a loss of 4.0lbs.  :D  I know for many people they probably think, big whoop, 4.0lbs.  But for me, it's a victory.  My weight is going down and I'm not killing, starving, or really depriving myself of anything.  I'm just making smarter choices, eating smaller portions, and trying to get into some sort of exercise routine.  The last hasn't happened, yet, but I'm trying.  And the fact that I'm trying has got to count for something!  LOL

My measurements weren't a big change, but I didn't really expect one.  If I were working out more I would, but since I have no routine, I didn't expect a huge change.  I hope to change that this month and start getting in more.  I only got one day of exercise in this week.  Well, one day of formal exercise.  I am relaxing today, but I hope to get more this coming week.  Not only in formal but also just staying busy.  Although, I would really like there to be more formal to help it become a habit.  The hubby will be off towards the end of the week so we plan on trying to get a few things done, maybe a family day, etc. and so on.  We will just have to see how it goes.  But I hope we can get a few projects done.  I'm tired of working on this house so I just want it finished.  The only way to do that is to finish them.  LOL  I want to do the outside and then we will work on other things.  Now that the gutters and things are almost done, I want to clean the yard really well, weed the flower beds, trim all the bushes and then put down a new THICK layer of pine needles to 'winterize' the beds.  I also want to extend one of the flower beds and I am trying to figure out how to do that without having to move all of the grass.  I may lay out some black plastic to kill it off.  I would rather do that than have to take all of it up.

Not much else going on.  I am just so ecstatic over the 193.  I'm actually sorta stunned.  I had thought that I wouldn't go down THAT much from bloat.  I had secretly hoped, but I wasn't sure it would happen, but I am SO glad!  I would've been happy with 194, but 193 was fantastic!  LOL  I haven't seen 193 (for real) in a while now so I'm not sure what to expect from here.  If I lose 1lb. per week for the next month then that would put me in the 180's by the end of Oct.  I don't really want to expect that though because well... lots of Halloweeny stuff going on and I'm just not sure how it will fall.  And then there's the fact that I get my cycle towards the end of each month.  Sorta hurts the monthy thing and sorta jacks up a week or two, but in the end it works out as it should.  According to the online calculator, week 40 of the year starts tomorrow.  That means 12 weeks left in the year.  That's a potential of 6 to 12lbs. I could lose (realistically) by the end of the year.  I'm ok with that!

Ok, well, I am going to tie this up and get off of here.  I want to check a few things, find a good book, get laundry going, and have a nice relaxing day before the craziness of the evening starts.  Hope all you chicks out there have had a great weekend!  Oh, and for those asking, youngest is doing fine.  His chin has healed really fast and his finger is looking better each day.  However, he fell at the birthday party yesterday and busted his lip.  If it isn't one thing, it's another!  LOL