I have been on this lowering Cholesterol diet for a little while now. I have been pretty discouraged. It's a struggle for me and especially since you really don't know if you accomplishing anything or not....well, OK...not until you go back and have the blood tests done.

I haven't weighed myself since the doctor's office....which, I was pretty horrified at what their scale said. I noticed my pants were fitting better the other morning. I decided to go weigh myself. I have lost 13 lbs since starting this diet.

I am excited. It actually helps me to stick to the diet now. I guess it's being able to see that - at least it's working in one way. Kevin has been on the diet too. He's lost about 8 lbs so far. So we're both pretty excited.

Kevin had his wisdom tooth out on Thursday. He was pretty sore. The poor guy was miserable. He walked in the door and I said - oh, I figured they would pack it. Turns out it wasn't packed - he had A LOT of swelling. The roots of the tooth were wrapped around his jaw bone. So it was a challenge for the dentist. Six stitches and a pretty sore jaw later - the tooth is out !!