I'm still here!

How are you out there? I am struggling with my weight loss efforts. The wonderful ladies at Slim4life have been helping me to shatter the wall that has been in my way for almost 6 weeks.

The program is so simple but I seem to be the only one who is not doing well. I don't know this for certain but I suspect that I am just feeling a little like having a "small" pity-party. Janine has been mildly stern and very encouraging. She is 'tweaking' my food and eating habits and I actually lost 3 3/4 lbs. this past week. That is significant for me.

All of us who are not where we want to be with our weight know that any change that is moving us closer to our goal is significant. Those of you who have never had weight concerns may not understand the happiness I felt Saturday when I saw the scale flashing at me.

But those of us who are in transition will understand that any pounds lost are the best pounds ever. Slim 4 life is the perfect place for me. I have also gone back to my trainer..Brian Barkley...he is the one person who knows me best. He helped me when I had given up on myself. At least 5 years ago we were introduced and he and his family have been my loudest cheering squad and my best supporters.

I believe that I have bored my friends to death with my ranting, worrying and harping about my weight. I keep trying to stay silent...put my head down...and work harder to get where I want to be. OK...OK...maybe I'm not the silent type. I am trying to change!!!

Friends, ladies, guys; whoever you are out there, let's promise to be more kind to each other. Not just the pretty girls and the fine men; I mean everyone who happens into our realm of existence. It is too easy to be insensitive and arrogant and rude to people that are different or unfashionable. I know this because I have been a victim and a perpetrator. I will do better.