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To be completely honest, I do not want to write this blog, but feel I must in order to get out of this rut.  My teammates have no doubt noticed I have not lost anything the last 2 weeks.  And honestly, I’m not expecting to show a loss this week.  Not because I’m not going to try, but I think when I get off the wagon for a week or two it also takes that long for my body to readjust, so I actually spend about 4 weeks at the same weight.  And what do I have to blame it on?  My friend coming to visit and bringing cookies?  Being too tired to get up and exercise?  Work/money issues making me stressed out?  Nope- it’s just me!  I know the right things to do and sometimes I do them, and sometimes I don’t.  I get stuck in a place where I feel really guilty about what I’m doing wrong, but then it takes me a while to get back to doing things right.  It’s frustrating and I don’t understand why I do it, but I do.  I am happy to say that I feel like today I’m out of that rut and want to do the right things again.  I got up a little late, but I still worked out.  I ate too many points for breakfast, unknowingly, but still, & chose not to have a morning snack to make up for it.  I decided to have a salad for lunch and instead of dreading it I have made myself look foward to it.  I am almost 1/2 way to having all  my water intake for the day, and I keep on sipping!  Whether the scale shows a loss this week or not, I will feel good knowing I am getting back on track.   So to my team and all of my other buddies, I am back with you!  Thanks for your continued support and encouragement; even when it seems like I’m not responding to it, it still means so much for me to get on here and read them!  Love you!

Happy Spring!  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the cherry trees are blossoming…ok at least here they are!  My friend in upstate NY said to me, and I quote, “You suck”. LOL Well, it is an advantage to living in the South!  And also a great motivator to get busy and get healthy!  I don’t know what exactly it is about nice weather that motivates me to lose weight, but I guess maybe it has something to do with the fact that I know summer is coming and I’d like to be able to  go places and do things and not be totally embarrassed about the way I look in capris, shorts, or even, dare I say it…a SWIMSUIT AAAAHHH!  Yesterday I did so well, even though the weather was rainy and gloomy, right up until I didn’t get any dinner before I had to go somewhere for the evening.  Which meant by the time I got home at 9:30, I was starving, which resulted in the eating of not 1, but 2 pieces of ham, black olive, and mushroom pizza.  Now for a normal day this would not have thrown me much off course, however I had Long John Silvers for lunch yesterday, for a grand total of 20 points- and with my range being between 24 and 31, I thought, no problem- by that time I had 7 points left for the day.  Well…1 piece would have put me right at my limit, but no I had to go and have the 2nd piece, which put me 7 over!  So today, I have to pull back and not eat as many points, but hey, it’s Spring, and I’m motivated!!