Day 71: 288 lbs

I lost five pounds yesterday. I could tell the past few days that (trying to be delicate here) my intestines had been acting a little wonky, and yesterday the dam burst, so to speak.

I also stayed on my diet, following all the commandments. I did have to estimate the portion size of the pizza we had at my niece's 2nd birthday party (at least it comes sliced, and my diet software includes various brands of pizza by the slice).

But I was also able to use my cat allergies as an excuse to step out of the party a few minutes early, before I would have been obligated to eat cake and ice cream. That's sort of a silver-lining kind of thing, since my brother's family has several cats, and by the time we were done opening presents I was quite miserable.

The calorie count for yesterday was 1,484. I did not have the chance to do any meaningful exercise (unless you count coughing and wheezing at my brother's house).