Good morning all!

Hi GardenerJoy and thanks for the thread!

August goal 4 pounds

8/1-179.5
8/2-178.0
8/3-176.7 (WW 179.8)
8/4-177.1
8/5-176.1
8/6-175.1
8/7-176.0
8/8-175.1
8/9-175.9 (WW 177.0)
8/10-174.4
8/11-176.3 after dinner with the in-laws
8/12-175.1 back on track
8/13-174.4 dinner out for my brother's birthday
8/14-175.2
8/15-174.7
8/16-175.7 holy moly August is half over already!
8/17-174.4
8/18-175.3 looking good to hold this to the end of the month!
8/19-173.4 this made me excited for next month's goal
8/20-174.0
8/21-173.7
8/22-173.4
8/23-173.1
8/24-172.1
8/25-171.9
8/26-171.4
8/27-171.6
8/28-172.0
8/29-171.3 hanging out it the overweight bmi 29.87
8/30-171.8 sore, sore legs, I think I can say I ran last night, not just jogged
8/31-172.0 yippee!!!

Wishing you all the best

Sw:221.2
cw:212.2 (-9)
gw: 211.2

8/4 221 (-.2)
8/7 220.4 (-.6)
8/10 220 (-.4)
8/13 219.8 (-.2)
8/15 219 (-.8)
8/17 217.6 (-1.4)
8/19 216.2 (-1.4)
8/20 215.8 (-.4)
8/21 215 (-.8)
8/23 214.6 (-.4)
8/24 214.2 (-.4)
8/26 214.2
8/28 214.2
8/30 213.8 (-.4)
8/31 212.2 (-1.6)

Well ended better than I thought - 160 lbs! (- 1 lb)

Up and downs were irritating this month. Hopefully next month will go better.

Good luck to everyone

Cw: 195.6
gw: 184

8/1: 195.6
8/2: 195.8
8/3: 194.8
8/4: 194.4
8/5: 193.2
8/6: 193.4
8/7: 194.4

Total week 1: -1.2

8/8: 193
8/9: 192
8/10: 190.6
8/11: 189.6
8/12: 189.2
8/13: 188.6
8/14: 189.8

Total week 2: -4.6!!

8/15: 189.8
8/16: 190.4
8/17: 190.4
8/18: 190.8
8/19: 190.2
8/20: 190.2
8/21: 191

Week 3 total: (+1.2)

8/22: 190.2
8/23: 188.8
8/24: 187.6
8/25: 189.4
8/26: DNW
8/27: 191.8
8/28: 191

Total week 4: 0

8/29: 188.6
8/30: 187.2
8/31: 186.8

Total loss: -8.8 very happy with that!!

Today I'm slightly above my low for the month, from 142.6 to an even 143. Using today's weight, I lost 2.2 pounds this month. Not my 5+ lbs goal, but I'll take it. I'm pretty sure my more intense workouts are slowing down my loss (I've always been prone to retaining water for the first month or two), but they're more than worth it to me. The exercise is a phenomenal stress buster and is helping me slim down. I had to finally ditch a pair of jeans that I bought about 2.5 months ago because they're comically loose on me now.

Congrats, kfunk, I knew you could kill it this month!

to everyone who made goal and everyone who kept trying!