10th Week!

Week ten already! Hard to believe it has been that long ago! So weigh in this morning was a little disappointing, but an eye opener too...244. Only one pound lost this last week. However, it was a pound lost and not a pound gained. They did say with the lapband surgery it would take a year to 18 months to reach my goal. I am down 41 pounds and feeling much better already! I would like to be down another 50 by Sara's wedding in October. I think that is a reasonable goal, with the summer (hopefully) coming soon and being out of the house more, it will be easier.

So here is my plan - Get back on track with my eating! I need to make sure I am getting my protein and stay way from the fat! I need to get my protein shake in once a day! I will stop eating oatmeal for breakfast and have a hard boiled egg or a poached egg. I will start this workout program that I am putting off. When stressed from work I am going to release that energy in a more productive manner like working out, or taking a walk.

This past week I found that bread is totally off my diet, even when toasted! I can not eat the fat free tortillas, but I can eat crackers like wheat thins no fat or triscuit no fat. When I eat bread or some foods I get a pain in my chest that makes me feel like I am dying! Then I vomit a small amount of food. It hurts like you wouldn't believe! I don't want to feel that pain ever again! No eating too fast, no eating too much, and no eating bread! Lesson learned!

I have a bad feeling about work in the bottom of my stomach...not sure why...I just don't even want to be there and I hope this feeling goes away before Tuesday morning! I am just really tired of people getting away with not doing their job because there are no consequences for them! Or some teachers thinking they are better than the rest of us and they try to take over everything! It is very sad!

I am very glad I had many other work/life experiences before I became a teacher. It taught me many things that I think these people who start teaching straight out college don't have...patience, pick your battles, and there is no I in team! I also think that bringing up three children in school systems and not being a teacher helped me see the reality in being a parent/student and I don't set goals for my students that aren't attainable...and I know as a parent I DON'T want to be called unless it is really, really important or something that can't be worked out in school. I had children on all spectrum's of the learning curve from ADHD to learning disables, to really smart and wouldn't turn in work and the average student that tries hard and gets good grades!

I think that the teachers I work with need to realize...this is just 7th grade! My children had their problems in school, but when they got to High School and college, they turned on all those things that we preached for those 8 years! It was amazing to see them working hard to get good grades. I think that if we just continue to help students be organized, teach them to prioritize, and how study, someday it will click, whether it is in 8th grade, High School, or College, or even their first real job! They won't always get it by the end of 7th grade!!! Get over it and stop treating them like babies! Calling parents is NOT going to help either! Making the student responsible is the only way to teach them responsibility, not through punishment or rewards! Remember, you may never see the benefits of your hard work for that one year, but the knowledge that I have given my students the skills they will need to succeed in life is enough for me!