Does it count?

Well, I have one piece of good news followed by two pieces of bad news. The good news is that I hit 202 pounds last week, so I managed to hit my goal. After hitting 202, I essentially gave up my diet for a week. Which brings me to the first piece of bad news. That being that I weighed in at 204 today. So, does hitting my 203 goal still count? I'm thinking it does. In fact, I have already set a new goal of 195 pounds. Actually, my weight gain (according to the gym scale) was from 102.2 to 103.6. One and a half pounds isn't that horrible for a bad week and can just as quickly be reversed by a good week.

Now comes the second piece of bad news. While doing some back/shoulder strengthening exercises today, my left shoulder popper out of socket again. Most of you who bother reading this know my shoulder problems, and this is just the latest incident. Fortunately, it was easy to pop in, but will likey be sore for a while and effectively kill my weight lifting routine for a little while. Also, I'm planning to go white water rafting this weekend, which should now be even more exciting just based on what will happen to my shoulder. What this really has motivated me to do is go visit an orthopedic surgeon again. So, in addition to my continued weight loss, my goal is to schedule an appointment by the end of this week.