Fit Nation: Weight loss Week 1 — the hiccups

They will go away.

Well, Week one of the CNN Fit Nation Challenge has presented me with some hiccups.

My hiccups started just before Christmas; my right knee started aching.

Disclaimer: I am 67. Stuff happens!

The ache seemed to be no big deal. A little ibuprofen and I felt pretty good.

I was still going to the gym, doing a little (very little) on my treadmill, and started swimming this January 7.

I went to a sports medicine doctor on January 15 and was given naproxen, which worked very well. I was scheduled to return to the doctor February 5.

I emailed the Fit Nation team managers.

“Stay calm,” they told me, “we’ll get through this.”

We will.

The good news in all this: It’s Week 1 and, like all hiccups, this will go away.

I foresee doctor visits in my future and maybe a “procedure,” but these hiccups will go away.

Stay tuned.

CNN