Now that October is over, I thought I’d post an update on my forty-by-forty challenge.  It’s good news:  I lost another 10 pounds during the month, bringing me down to 237.8.  This puts me 11 pounds away from my goal, and I have 41 days to get there.

Well, actually, that’s only part of the story.  I hit the 10 pound mark on the 28th, but when I weighed in this morning, November 1st, I weighed in at 242.0 pounds.  Part of the problem is that I went on a business trip this week, and I ate more than I have been recently (and exercised less).  But even including that, I still ate less than it would take to maintain my current weight.  So it seems to be just the normal fluctuation that occurs from day to day.  You can see in the chart below that this kind of fluctuation hasn’t been all that unusual during the last few months, so I’m not worried.

I guess I’ll just have to hope that I’m on one of the down fluctuations when we reach December 11th!  :)

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