Hello, darling Chelle! I'm fine. I'm between two classes in grad school and loving this break!!! lol (Psst...I'm too old for grad school, but I'm pretending like I'm not.) I have been meaning to tell you that Nathan is dating one of the Pflugers. He is dating one of the granddaughters. She is graduating this spring too and is thinking of returning to help with the ranches...she's some kind of biologist/chemist! Brilliant gal! How is Miss Chelle doing these days?

So... 1. Follow checklist 2. Watch those carbs and sugars 3. Move every day 3. Sleep more Shop for clothes in May!

I found out yesterday that we have a high school reunion at the end of May. If I could lose 15 lbs by then I would be on top of the world. It's funny, a male best friend of mine told me last week that my goal of losing 40 more pounds is ridiculous - that I can't lose more than 10 more. Woohoo for blindly loyal friends!

Uh, it was hell week at work last week - and I expect the next two weeks to be the same. So I utterly failed at the checklist - did it for two days. I really need to come here for that daily support because my life is so crazy busy I just don't think sometimes. Tomorrow starts checklist day - I just found out that I have a high school reunion at the end of May!!!!

Thanks! You know ... Now that I realize that I was really too tight for the better part of a year I can't imagine how I didn't realize what the problem was. I guess I thought that if I was maintaining my weight that I must be eating "too much" so I couldn't possibly be too tight. Really, I was just not eating the right foods to lose because I was afraid of those foods. I think there will be a bit of an adjustment as I relearn how to eat (distancing myself from those fall back foods). Right after my unfill I reveled in being able to eat and I gained about 2 pounds. This week I lost those two pounds. I feel much better and I'm looking forward to going back to "Dr. 600 - 800 Calories" and showing him a loss in spite of not eating 600 calories of meat a day.