Good day today
Thank you to everyone for all of the positive comments about my work situation. It’s almost as if your good vibes came though the air to me b/c I had to meet w/my boss about something and he paid me a compliment on my teaching. On top of that, today is the last day of the trimester so it was the last day w/this group of kiddos and all day I was hearing kids say that they’re sad that our class is ending and that they wished they could stay. Truly, the kids’ opinion matters more to me than my principal’s but I’ll take compliments from both any day.
For some reason, though, I was feeling a bit discouraged when I got home. Instead of focusing on how much I have accomplished I was looking at my thick legs and thinking of how far I have to go. Even though I’m still significantly overweight I have never had too many struggles w/body image so it was a strange feeling for me. But instead of letting the self-pity kicked in a did my weight workout and bumped up to 12 pound weights from 10. I’m going to be sore tomorrow but I feel so much better now. Yes, my legs are thick, but they are strong. Someday the fat will be gone and all you will see are muscles. I just need to remind myself to be patient. I’m not good at being patient 
For tonight my goal is going to be not to let The Biggest Loser get me angry. I’m sure Vicky will be nasty and I need to remember that it’s a tv show and that it doesn’t affect my life. A funny thing, though; during last week’s episode I got so upset that I logged onto the Biggest Loser website and started reading the postings about the current show. When I logged on there were 3 pages of comments and I couldn’t keep up with them, people were posting so quickly. When I checked late last week there were 85 pages!!!! I didn’t read them all but every single comment was about how this season has been so nasty, focusing on bad behavior instead of being inspirational. I’m curious to see how tonight goes.
Progress toward workout goal: 103/250
Hang in there on the patience thing! Its not one of my virtues either! Had to laugh about the Biggest Loser affecting you so much. That Vicky chick pisses me off too and you outta hear my BF over the whole thing. He wanted to go blog a piece of his mind too. He actually woked up the next morning and the first words of his mouth were I’d kill that B*. He’s actually a very gentle person. I was shocked! Guess we will see what tonight holds!!!
KP
I meant WOKE up not WOKED up. hello… and on a teachers blog… so sorry!
YAY for the positive feedback. I know that made you feel good.
Congrats on receiving a compliment at work - that’s always reason for celebration!
I watched bits and pieces of TBL tonight… OMG I can’t believe Amy … oops just in case you TIVO’d it or something, I won’t say it and possibly spoil it for ya. (I just can’t believe it though! LOL!)
Patience - that was and is the biggest thing I’ve had to cope with. So often in the past I would quit because I didn’t reach my goal after 2 days.
Focus on your good stuff, the ‘new’ clothes you’re getting out of your totes, your endurance on the treadclimber and your perfect days. It’s hard for us competitive girls to stay patient! Something in our nature.
I’ve never seen TBL so sadly I can’t comment on that
I’m glad the situation with your boss has improved…no one needs that extra stress. My sis and I have been following the BL this season also…I can’t get over how much more negativty there is this season! I tell you what though…if Vicky wins the show I’m boycotting it for good.