A milestone reached (though maybe not the way I'd like)
 

Everything seemed fine on June 29: I planned my lunchtime walk route to get at least a mile and a half in, then stopped at a little coffee house for lunch. What I got though, was way more fat and grease than I really needed (tuna melt with a LOT of fries). The diet gods punished me: I woke up the following morning, shivered uncontrollably for 2 hours and called in sick. The shivering eventually subsided with a hot bath, but in the afternoon I noticed my right leg (the site of an old injury, making me vulnerable to edema) was red, swollen and tingly. I got into an urgent care clinic and a doctor there looked at it and prescribed antibiotics, but said the infection would get worse for a couple of days before it improved. He was right. It sure killed my appetite for about a week, and I lost a few pounds accordingly. Another doctor at my regular clinic looked at it and recommended ACE bandages and elevation. At a follow-up visit to the second doctor on day 8, the combination of antibiotics, compression and elevation seemed to be achieving the desired result. I weighed in that week, and when I saw an "8" before the dot my heart sank: then I looked again and, after months of being on a plateau in the 260# range, it said "258.6". YEAH!

Since then, another week has gone by, I feel a whole lot better (but still haven't been quite up to resuming all-out exercise because the ankle remains a bit sore), Appetite and Willpower are once again in their never-ending cagematch ... but when I stepped on the scale today I'd lost 4 more #!!!! :carrot: That means I've lost 52 pounds since the start of the diet (but I don't recommend getting a damn infection as part of YOUR diet plan)!

Congrats and...I'm sorry? ;)

Seriously, I hope you get better soon. :)

Much better now, thank you

Sorry to hear about the infection, it sounds like it was painful.
Glad you hear you are doing better now - hopefully you will be back to your old self in no time.

So glad it's better now :)

It's a silver lining! :)

Congrats on the loss and I hope your leg is doing better!

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Congratulations! What do they say, always look at the bright side of life! ;)

Well done, you! I hope your leg continues to improve so you can get back to your walking program!

Kudos
 

Losing those 52 pounds must feel great! Congrats!

Congrats to you on your tremendous loss!!! Even though it wasn't how you planned it...it's great to know you handled things so well. On some many occasions when I'm sick, I tend to overeat because somewhere in my warped mind, I think that eating will help me feel better, but it never does. I'm glad you're feeling better and that you're doing so awsome!