Day 47 - down 19.8lbs

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Starting weight: 276.8lbs
Today’s Scale Reading: 257.0lbs
Gain/loss: -19.8lbs

Attitude:
As you will be able to tell, I'm posting this a day late. Went to bed too late last night to post.

Well, the pain worsened, called the doc's office and was able to get in to see the PA. The happy point of the whole visit was the weigh in. It's been a year since I was at the doctor and when the MA took my stats, she commented that I'd lost quite a bit of weight since my last visit. 22lbs! And that's really been all since starting 1/28/08. Imagine what I could have done had I been serious about this for the last year...but we won't dwell on that. :o) Now to the not so nice part...the PA was able to remove the really (at this point) infected cyst. She didn't close it as, because of the infection, wants to let it heal from the inside out. While my arm is less painful due to less pressure, it is definitely still sore. I'm just taking it easy. I did have a slight fever so think that the infection was starting to affect me more than just pain. And the bummer is that it was so infected, she said it basically disinegrated and she was only able to get half of the cyst wall. So it may come back...I'm praying it doesn't! I was so much in shock (I wasn't mentally prepared for its removal LOL) that I was pretty much an emotional wreck by the time I got home (HHT would say it's because it's close to TOM...and he'd be right LOL). My mood improved by the end of the evening. I did eat some Baja Fresh taquitos(2) and a taco. At that point, I really didn't care. I've noticed the trend lately since I've been indulging a little each day is a continued weight loss. So, I may need to count calories and carbs...I may not be getting enough calories. And I learned it's important to research the food you eat first as I would probably have chosen differently knowing how many carbs were in the taquitos!

5 things I’m grateful for:
1. HHT - such a good caretaker

2. great conversations with great friends

3. friends willing to let ET spend the night

4. having the cyst removed

5. being able to sleep

5 things I did right:
1. drank 10 glasses of water

2. went to the doctor's office

3. did 35 jumps for my challenge

4. wore my shoes

5. cleaned up the house as best I could

Food Intake:
Breakfast:
1 slice bread - 11 carb

1oz cheddar cheese

Morning Snack:
1oz planters bbq peanuts - 3 carb

Lunch:
2 low carb tortillas - 8 carb

tuna fish

mayo

mustard

2 cups lettuce

Afternoon snack:

Dinner:
2 taquitos from Baja Fresh - 56 carb (this is as close a guess as I can make (based on the nutritional info listed at the site)as they don't have nutritional info for their party pack items.)

1 chicken taco from Baja Fresh - 18 carb

1 serving low carb chili - 8 carb

2 tbsp sour cream - 2 carb

fajita veggies - FREE

Evening snack:

Total:
106 carb

Movement:
Did I move any today?
all I managed to get in was 35 jumps with the jump rope