Starting weight (7/15/08):    279.8    (1/8/08):    285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400  / 30.0
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:  1211 / 17.5
Yesterday’s exercise:  injured - none
Weight Yesterday:  253.8    Today:  253.4
Change today:  -0.4 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  26.4 lbs.  /  31.8 lbs.

Tonight was the Homecoming Dance.  Both my daughter and son were going and so the day was kind of dedicated to getting them ready.  We took Kevin out shopping for clothes because he had absolutely nothing to wear - and he doesn’t exactly fit into his older brother’s size 38 pants anymore.  He was not wanting to wear a suit and tie but finally agreed that he’d look good all in black - black shirt, black pants, black shoes. 

Paige was going to wear a dress she had already, but I surprised her with a new one - a sexy-black-lace-over-beige thing that amazingly fit her like a glove.  She didn’t even complain that she wasn’t there to pick it out.  I french-braided the back of her hair and curled little tendrils around her face and she looked, as usual, stunning.  I don’t have pictures yet because Paige has the camera with her and she’s spending the night with a friend.

During the dance, Hubby and I went out to dinner and enjoyed a leisurely game of “10,000″ (a dice game) while we sipped coffee and ate our desserts (he had pumpkin pie, I had a small bowl of fresh strawberries).  The restaurant wasn’t very busy so the server didn’t seem to mind us hogging one of her tables.  We stayed there almost two hours!

With all the shopping and other running around today, I did a bunch of walking.  My knee was better, but kept doing its ouchie thing, oh about every 20 steps or so.  It’s annoying as hell.  I found that if I walked a certain way with my knee slightly bent, it didn’t happen as often, so I walked like Igor the whole time.  That was lovely.  All I needed was a hump on my back.

By the end of the day my knee was feeling pretty sore so right now I have one of those icy-hot patches on it.  Cold would probably be more beneficial but hot just feels really good.  *Sigh*  I’ll take an ice pack to bed with me.

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