Starting weight (7/15/08):  279.8
Yesterday:  268.8   Today:  268.0  
Change today:  -0.8   Loss-so-far: 11.8 lbs.

The landlord at my office came by the other day to comment on our new dumpster enclosure - the one that my hubby and I built.  He admired the construction (that would be the good news) and then dropped a little bomb (that would be, of course, the bad news).  Seems there is a pesky inspector from some local land-use agency that took exception with the placement of the enclosure.  Ummm… it’s around the dumpster, where else would we put it?  Unfortunately the guy doesn’t care where it is as long as it isn’t where we put it.

Okay, so we had to move it.  Easier said than done, since we sunk two of the four poles into the ground and poured concrete in the holes to hold those suckers in place.  But hey, it’ll be a great workout (again) and gee, we have nothing better to do with our Sunday (not true!  I would much rather have been out bike-riding!). 

Anyway, we did it today.  We moved the dumpster enclosure (and the dumpster) over about four feet.  (Yes Mr-Agency-Man was freakin over four lousy feet.)  Both our sons helped (they complained a bit but they did help) and so it only took us a couple hours from start to finish - okay, more like four.  In the heat of the day.  In the broiling sun.  We all got burned.  We all drank gallons of water.  We all look with pride on our work - it’s a lovely dumpster enclosure, LOL.

My older son, Eric asked me a bunch of questions today about this diet that his brother and I are on, and he decided to give it a try.  Yay!  Eric’s put on weight since he got his car (he used to ride his bicycle everywhere and that kept him trim) so I’m happy he’s gonna give it a shot.  He’s a carb addict just like his mom, so I hope he can get through the first few days!

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