3.5ish pounds down this week

I know that 3.5 pounds lost in a week is a really good thing but it's frustrating when you are on a diet like this and you obsessively step on the scale everyday and you know that the 3.5 was lost in the first two days and nothing was lost in the last five days.

She did measure my waist and I have lost about 1 1/2 inches there since last week.

The bad news is that I'm having an adverse reaction to the medicine. My blood pressure is up this week and was rising even while I was in the office. We have decided that I will stop taking the medicine and see what I can do with the diet alone. The alternative was to stay on the medicine and take blood pressure medicine on top of it. Since this weight lose is really to get healthy, it seems crazy to take two medicines when just getting rid of one will hopefully do the trick. We will have to see. I go in Monday for a quick check and then Wednesday for my next appt.

Last week I also had problems with the vitamin shot that I received. I had stabbing pains in my right bicep and although the stabbing pains are gone, an incredible soreness is in it's place. It's very unusually that this would happen. So much so that we can't prove that it's from the shot because they shot is only a vitamin shot. I had my weekly shot in my right arm this week to see if I have the same results of if it's from something different. My right arm is hurting. I am not experiencing the stabbing pain but I am in pain and it's radiating over my shoulder and down my back. I know that the pain in my back is not from it, it's always there at the end of the day, but it's made it so much worse.

So I'm glad that 3.5 is gone. We will have to see how I do without the medicine.

My meal plan changed as well and I am allowed to eat more food and a few foods that I was not allowed to eat. I was so excited. I was laughing at myself. It's silly to be excited about string cheese but I am.

I had a long day. School is still going well but I have a parent angry at me, a student that puked just inside my doorway and a bunch of crying kids. Even with all of that, it's still a light year better than last year. It's not even a comparison.