#weightlossroadblock

It really sucks when you are pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone, ‘running’ full tilt towards your goals and suddenly you find yourself headfirst into a brick wall.  That brick wall for me is a Staph Infection of an (TMI special report) ingrown hair in my underarm area.  It showed up physically on Sunday but it does explain why on Saturday I was hot then cold then warm again.  I woke on Sunday and noticed it right away, figuring it was just an ingrown hair I dismissed it and went about my day.  I had a Doctors Appt already set for Tuesday night so I’d chat with her about how to get rid of it.  

Tuesday night came and my Dr. was all about my newly formed lump.  The actual hard lump is very painful and about the size of my thumb nail but the red circle of infection is about the size of a plum.  She was quick to prescribe Penicillin every 6 hours for 10 days and a topical cream.  And it came with a warning ‘ if it is still there by Saturday, go to emergency to have to cut out’.  O.M.G!!  

Fingers crossed it doesn’t come to that but the little bugger is seeping infection out slowly but not decreasing in size and I think the size of the red ring is about the size of an apricot now.  Come Saturday (after my hair appointment of course), if its still there, I’ll be heading to Emergency for a little slice & dice... 

So because of where it is located, I am unable to move my arm without a lot of pain so workouts are nixed for this week, I am keeping control of my food choices and amounts, I am walking for about 5000K steps a day... This morning I weighed in at only .4 ounces more than last week so as long as I’m maintaining not gaining when I’m not losing its all good.