Hi Jennifer welcome to the May board. No you are not alone - we are all dealing with struggles here. First thing - look at what you are eating. Are you eating right, making wise choices? Second thing - walking is great, well done for doing that much. Now I want you to start walking further, either by increasing the time you walk, OR increasing the speed you walk. Whatever exercise you do, whether it's at home, out walking or at the gym, you have to increase your efforts every so often once your body becomes used to the level you work at. You've already given yourself the answer - get your butt into gear. It's so easy to become complacent this far out - it's a daily struggle as when have we ever stuck to right living/eating for over two years? If you hang around this board we are pretty good at giving and receiving encouragement and inspiration - give and get is what goes on here. We all need it so we stick together, helping each other each step of our journey. It's been a little quiet just in teh last few days, but it'll pick up soon. Glad you stopped by, and hope you stay

We get so obsessed with numbers and get upset when we don't see what we want to see (ie the 'magic' number on the scale), that we forget to look at the numbers in other ways. In my job it's called 'creative accounting' hehe... so lets be creative with our numbers and remember we are all successes - we just have to find the right way to look at it!

I just figured mine out and it is 97%....WOW I still feel fat some days.....but when I look at that number .....no way! We are all a success!! Kel

So I am officially retired from fostering now. My last kid moved yesterday. I had crap for dinner because I did not have to cook or have anyone to role model eating for. I figure this last month has been a write off so one last weird meal was in order. One of my kids moved out on the first of May, he moved into a recieving home (where kids go when they are in crisis, a home with not too many rules or expectation, full of kids in crisis) my second kid moved out into a good placement on the 11 of May and he is doing well. My third kid was unlucky and they couldn't find him a home, except for the recieving home and with his FASD I figured that he would not be able to manage, so I took him for a holiday to Whitehorse Yukon (3000KM and a ferry ride from Victoria) We left on May 11 and came home on May 30. My knees didn't care for the drive, but I was able to do it and that made me happy. When we got back, I found out that the government had not found him a new home so I kept him for a while longer in my new place (a shared place with another woman) and he finally got a new home yesterday. Now I have to find a job, arrange for my practicum for school and get on with my life. It feels strange to not have a bunch of little bodies to be responsible for... I am sure that I will get used to it, but it sure feels strange. I have to get back to physio tomorrow, I think that I did too much driving that far and camping and walking and and and... It was sure nice to go back home, I didn't do as much as I would have liked to do, but I managed enough, we even went to two different hotsprings pools. So hopefully things will settle down to a dull roar for a little while, Holly

I never knew that about cold drinks. I'm going to be adding a ton of ice to my drinks from now on. Maybe that's what's been stopping my weight loss - hehe, just kidding, but I'm willing to try anything!