Day Three Hundred and Two - Weigh in #43 - Cannonball!

I'm sitting here tonight watching my kids jumping off a tiny little stool while yelling, "CANNONBALL!"  Well, in B's case it came out more like, "BAA-BAN-BALL!"   It's really hilarious watching them jump onto a pile of pillows and blankets from a terrifying height of eight inches.  There is very little that, as a father, makes me smile more than hearing my children laughing.  B has a contagious laugh that is only rivaled by the sparkle in his eyes when he knows he's being silly or mischievous.  E's energy to play, and her imagination is amazing.  I know I've said this many times before, but my children are one of the biggest reasons that I started my weight loss journey.  What I was doing to my body was unfair to them.  Not only was I risking not being here in the future, I was severely limiting the quality of our time together in the present.  I'm so grateful that this is no longer the case.

Let's get into today's weigh in.  I really wasn't sure how my weigh in would go this morning.  After being sick and not working out for a few days, I really didn't know how that would affect my weight. Not only that, but I know I had some inflammation and I've been drinking tons of water this week, so I thought there may be some weight hanging on.  I was pretty sure I hadn't gained weight, but I was a little worried on whether or not I had lost anything.  I'm happy to say that I did lose weight this week.  As of this morning, I have lost another 2.8 lbs!  This brings my total weight loss to 134.8 lbs., with a current weight of 231.4 lbs.  I'm so excited to have lost over two pounds again!  I have now lost 11.2 lbs. in the month of June! This leaves me with only 11.4 lbs. left for my September 1st goal, and 31.4 lbs. left to hit my goal weight.  If I lose at the same rate I lost for June, then I will be at my goal weight by the end of September!  I feel like I'm beginning my final lap.  It won't be long before I've lost my butter half.

My calorie intake today was great!  We had a birthday party today at work, and for the first time in a while I was tempted to eat a slice of cake.  But I didn't.  Bekah made her buffalo chicken dip, so I put it on my salad.  It's one of the best salads ever!  My workout this morning was great (I'm doing ten push-ups from my toes consistently now), and my run tonight was exactly what I needed.  It was my fastest time yet!