Success is not a race, be patient.

So, another fill this morning...I have officially lost 4 pounds since May 11. I have gone from a size 24 (very tight) to a size 16 ( a little tight still). I went from a 3X shirt to a Large...I am feeling good about all my success. I need to learn to be more patient...it took me 30 years to put on all this weight, I have to remember it won't go away over night. However, it is coming off and I feel GREAT! I feel more positive about everything in my life, I have more energy, my knees don't hurt, I can walk up stairs without pain, and I am one happy lady! I have my bad moments and I feel really bad for those around me when that happens, but it is much easier to control! I have NO regrets, I just need more patients:)

I guess I can say that I am the luckiest person in the world. I have gone from almost no friends to a lot of friends. Not because of the weight loss, but because I finally found my place in this world. I made the best move in my life when I left Pleviak and moved to Palombi. In seven years at Pleviak I made four friends...all of which I still talk to...it is such a cliquey place! You are either in or out.

When I first started teaching there I was over my head with my family, no mentor, a very difficult class, and learning how to plan lessons, grade papers, and teach. I didn't have time to make friends that year...not to mention my class was off in the middle of nowhere land! When I was ready to make friends, I was shunned...When I joined Palombi it was like going home.

The staff there is so amazing. They are more mature than the elementary staff, there is one small clique, but we ignore them. We have fun! We don't have to go out drinking to have fun either...we can just hang out and eat dinner, go to a movie, go shopping, just about anything. I know that if I need anything I can pick up my phone and call anyone of them and they would be there for me. It is a wonderful feeling to know you are loved be more than just family! They say if you have one good friend in your life, you are lucky...I am the luckiest person in the world because I have a whole school of friends! Thanks to all of my Palombi friends for making me feel a part of a community, I really needed all of you!