Pound-A-Month-Club Update, July 2013

A timely update for July’s effort! I’m happy to report I lost two pounds last month, bringing me to a total of 17 lost year-to-date. It would have been much more, save for a weekend of indulgence as I made a trip back to Ohio to see family and friends.  In three days, I managed to consume the following:

• Egg White Delight McMuffin
• Hash Brown
• Orange juice
• Big Mac
• Large Fries
• Coke
• Chicken-bacon-cheese sandwich
• Fries
• Two beers
• Two hot dogs
• Two more beers
• Double hamburger (Swenson’s)
• Grape soda
• Orange juice
• Pancake
• 1/2 a Reuben
• 1/2 Chicken-pecan salad
• Cranberry juice
• Four pieces of pizza (Fiesta’s Pizza & Chicken)
• Two pieces of fried chicken
• Four jo-jo potatoes
• Another beer
• About 1/2 cup of icing from a cake that was being made
• Two more pieces of fried chicken
• Two more pieces of pizza
• Two more jo-jo potatoes
• Pulled pork (Old Carolina BBQ Co.)
• Pasta Salad
• Coke
• Piece of cake
• Big Mac
• Large Fries
• Coke

I know it reads like an incredible, gluttonous adventure, but in my defense it was a blueberry pancake.

If I would’ve had a normal weekend at home, I probably could’ve dropped another two pounds for the month. Still, no sense looking backward. It’s onto August! My prediction for this month is that I will lose three pounds. Lots of yardwork and housework to do this weekend, and I’m going to have a renewed focus on bringing my lunch to work. I do have one weekend out-of-town this month, but I don’t anticipate it getting quite as out-of-control as in July.