the evil thing about doctors

Okay so I first went to the doctors about 3 weeks ago. Our scale's batteries have been dead for about 6 months... can you see where I'm going. So I had noticed I was getting a little heavier, but I got a reality check when I got on that scale 3 weeks ago and found I weighed the same as when I gave birth to the little guy. I wasn't so happy. So I told a co-worker who recently had started dieting with some friends. They are all in this pool... whoever loses the most weight by percentage each month gets the prize of every one's weekly dollar. So I joined in. So far I've lost 7 lbs. I'm fairly happy! Not happy with my weight, but hey 7lbs while sick and unable to exercise is good. The first week I cut out snack foods like potato chips and substituted healthy snacks I like - rice cakes with sunflower seed butter, The next week I cut out fatty candy, like chocolate, and the last week I added veggies and yogurt, and switched to sweet-n-low instead of sugar. I've also been kinda counting calories just to see what I'm eating. I had planned to start exercising this week, but yet another trip to the doctors is putting that off. I'm still really sick, yesterday I got two really big shots, one in the butt... I couldn't sit straight for a long while. If I'm not doing better by Wednesday I get to go to a pulmonary specialist or possibly a hospitalization.