Starting weight (7/15/08):    279.8    (1/8/08):    285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400  / 30.0
Friday’s calories & net carbs:  1213 / 35.9
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs: 1359 / 30.9
Friday’s exercise:    45 min. elliptical 
Yesterday’s exercise:    none (knee pain)
Weight Friday: 247.2    Weight Yesterday:: 246.2    Today:  246.8
Change today::  +0.6 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  33.0 lbs.  /  38.4 lbs. 

Hubby and I have been busy going places all weekend.  Yesterday our son was in a high school band competition and we went to watch and cheer him (and the rest of the band) on.  We’ve been going every year for six years to this particular competion because our older son was in band also.  It’s pretty entertaining.

Then today my nephew (36 years old) was consecrated as a deacon at his church.  I don’t really know that much about how the Lutheran religion works but it seems like it was a fairly big deal for those involved.  We were happy to be there to support and congratulate him.

Last night after the band competition, we decided to drop by the movie theater and see what was playing.  We ended up leaving without seeing anything (there was seriously nothing playing that appealed to us at all) but anyway as I was making my way through the parking lot, suddenly my knee felt like someone had stabbed it with an ice pick.  Now I’m used to having occasional problems with my knee but here’s the thing: it was the WRONG KNEE.  I usually have pain and swelling in my left knee and this time it was my right.  I tried to walk on it normally but it kept hurting.  By the time I went to bed, it was swollen and sore.

When I woke up this morning, it was considerably worse.  The muscles on the back side of my knee felt like rubber bands stretched to their limit.  The knee itself kept “going out,” which is the only way I can think to describe the sensation.  It felt like the bones were not fitting together properly, like something was out of alignment, and it was very painful.  My right knee was visibly swollen in comparison to my left.

So it didn’t surprise me to see a 0.6 pound gain on the scale.

The sucky thing is, I don’t wanna aggravate the knee by doing anything strenuous with it - so no bike-riding and no elliptical.  I did some walking today at the grocery store and as long as I was supporting my weight on the cart I was fine but as soon as I tried to walk normally without support, I had major pain.  *Sigh*  That really sucks.

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