As long as your clothes are getting looser and you feel good, you are doing well. How are your studies going?

I would love to be in Mexico, eating that good fresh food, walking everywhere, talking to friendly people. Instead, I'm going to exotic Detroit tomorrow to pick up a group of people, then Niagara Falls the next day. It ain't the same.

I had a very hard time getting started but finally did it. Went off track a couple of times and overdid it a few days later. But it's getting easier now.

I will always be a 'gordita' and have resigned myself that this is the way it will probably continue. Yes, I know it sounds like a self-fulfillling prophesy. I've tried so many times and am getting tired of the battle. It's hard to be at war with oneself.

Take care, Chiqui