Can I just say how much I love our support team! They really do their job well and make us all feel like they are truly in our corner for success.

Maggie sent out an email that really hit home for me. In it she pointed out the need to love yourself. This is actually something I have been struggling with and striving for for years. I have been making necessary changes in my life towards that end, but I can't tell you how nice it was to have that affirmation.

And Toni... I met with her today. I needed some guidance on how to actually fit in all that I need to eat during the day. Funny thing about me is is that I can't seem to lose weight easily and I hardly eat at all. That's my problem. I don't eat enough. She gave me a bunch of great tips for myself and my kids to get healthy snacks and food in. Tomorrow will be a day of cleaning out my cupboards and making the local food pantry happy. I have such a stockpile of food that I will never fix. I need to make room for what I will. That's my first project this week. One thing she said really put me at ease. She said that my goal for the summers when all of my kids are home is just to sustain my weight. I have been doing the BetterU program for 4 weeks now and I really thought I would have done much better losing weight. My kids go back to school Thursday so it will just be me and my (almost) 3 year old at home. I am so looking forward to getting us all on some sort of schedule. I can't wait to update you all once there is some sort of organization to my life.

Find your support system and use them. It really does make a difference.