275

Yup, 275. Now maybe today was just a good day to weigh in, who knows. Anyways, I am just glad to see that I am still making progress. Every week I wait for it to level out and to not lose anything. I have been thinking about what has helped me the most. Other than everyones encouragement (thank you all for that), I think it has been cutting out calories that I drink. I pretty much only drink 1% milk in the mornings, a diet Dr. Pepper somewhere during the day, and water from there. I used to drink a lot of fruit juices thinking they were good for me. Well, after I had looked at the labels and seeing the amount of sugar and calories in them, I decided to stop drinking them. I attribute the success to that and regular exercise, because the diet has only moderately improved. I just eat a little lighter for lunch/dinner. So as a word of advice to anyone else, watch what you drink and exercise and you will lose weight.

As far as personal/work things. Well, I have decided to be positive. I try to wake up every day and pray for positivity. With testing coming up everyone in the building is a little stressed, even the kids, and even me. To all of my fellow teachers (especially at Gaines!), you do amazing work and lets not forget we are there to impact kids in a positive way, not just for them to pass a test.