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325.0 That's today's number, and I'm officially discouraged. I was hoping to see teen numbers by today. We went out for my birthday with our best friends, and I planned SO carefully. I took a 2,000 calorie meal down to about 900 by leaving off the chips and most of the cheese. I substituted lettuce for the chips. And, then, my husband and I went to the gym for an hour after eating lunch! And still...4 measly pounds?!?! That's not worth it. I've just got to try harder this week. It seems like I say that EVERY week. I'm trying to incorporate salads more often, but there are SO many calories in salad! You wouldn't believe...carrots, dressing, and croutons add up QUICKLY. And I didn't even mention cheese. I'm off to work up a sweat cleaning house before I change into my swimsuit and go exercise.

On a MUCH brighter note, the 2 men in my shallow water aerobics class had a whole birthday party planned for me Friday after class. It was a SHOCK! It was quite possibly the nicest and most unexpected thing that's happened to me in a very long time. It's GRAND when the world gives back. It makes all the unnoticed times I've given SO MUCH MORE worth it. God knows. He knows when to push us to give, and He knows when we could use a little giving our way. Just when I thought I was the most blessed girl on the planet, these 2 men make me feel even more blessed! I couldn't believe it. They had everyone in the class sign a card. I saved it. It's precious to me. I keep reading it over and over. And then, after we all got dressed again, we met upstairs at the Y and the guys had brought sodas and cupcakes. I did take bottled water, but that ended up not EVEN being the hit of the day! And that was perfectly ok. We got to sit together for a little while and just relax and chat. It was PERFECT! I was SO touched!!! Again, I AM ONE BLESSED GIRL!

Now, if I could just be a thinner blessed girl.