To Paula Hep

Girl, You are such a great motivator. Thanks for reminding us all to keep up with each other as we are now at such a difficult time: Almost a year. I am so thankful for this wonderful board and people and information. I have been so blessed to get to come to ya'll for advice and help. I must say: NO ONE UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN YA'LL what it is like. So thanks for all the support this year. I live so far from the US that ya'll have become another link home. I am blessed with a support group here in Germany but we get into having guest speakers alot and don't get a lot of time to share or grip or cry or whine!! Thanks to all for your support in May when I needed ya'll the most: After I had to put my 17 year old cat to sleep. And for your support with my new sugar free cookie addiction(giggle). Shortbread cookies might be the end for me, but ya'll never laugh at me or put me down nearly as much as I do to myself and for that I am thankfu. Paula, I am so thankful for your reminder. I am really doing OK, better than OK. I bought a size 8 jeans and can wear them!! First time in my life. I am running 4 miles 5 days a week, lap swimming twice a week and working with a personel trainer two days a week. I rarely eat bad stuff except for those addictive sugar free shortbread cookies and I want to say that without the support here, who knows were I would be. I am about 5 pounds from my goal depending on how many cookies I had that day and truely I am mostly joking about the cookies but need something that I do bad!! I FOLLOW THE RULES! I want this so badly and this tool has been such a blessing forme. Take care Ya'll and have a great week. Thanks again Paula for reminding us not to disappear. Jacqueline: An American living in Germany.

Jacqueline, THanks for the thank you's. I know that if I didn't have this bbs, that I would be lost in this journey. I cannot get to support groups often because of schedules and distance, so, this is where I come. And, whenever I've been down, in a rut, had a WOW moment, or just whatever, I get the support I need here. That's why I don't want us all to just disappear because we've made our goals and have done our journey. It will be a lifelong commitment for us all and we will, at times, need a shoulder to lean on. enough of my blabbing...gotta go pack...we're going to SF tomorrow! paula