Amy, I actually have a sheet I printed out from Dotties site in my car. Problem is that Chipotle has clearly changed their portions or something, the points are much higher now. I came home and decided to just double check since things seemed bigger the last couple of times and yes indeed its higher since Dottie has posted her "update" for that restaurant. So I guess the moral of the story is that in keeping with Americans and their love of food and pigging out they decided to up their sizes. And you can keep your three pounds, I have plenty of pounds of my own! I think your three pounds will go down the potty when you shed the TOM water gain!
Tracey: Thanks, I am always happy to blame anything on TOM!
Today was pretty good. I ate okay but did use another 2 flex points. I was just really hungry all day. Got my walk in today, I have walked every day this week so that is good.
Breakfast: Slim Fast: (4)
Snack: ff/sf pudding (1) cereal (1)
Lunch: 2 slices of turkey (1), TCL crackers (2), chicken strips (7)
Snack: Popcorn (2), vanilla wafers (3)
Dinner: Chicken, rice and veggie casserole (8), large salad (1)
Total: 30
Pretty good week, managed to not totally lose it with dd's school stress. Good news is that ds got a great report card, he is really focused right now. He is off to a church retreat this weekend, his first trip without mom and dad! I will miss him but am really excited for him to go.
Tomorow will have some major challenges. I am going out to eat with my mom in the morning before I take her to the doctor. I suggested we eat breakfast before her appt., instead of lunch after. My plan is to get cereal and avoid the whole eggs/bacon/pancakes thing. This is the same place we went last time and their lunch menu has nothing healthy which is why I suggested breakfast. Secondhallenge is that dh and I are going out just the two of us tomorrow night with friends. Our friends are like us, they love to eat and drink! And they suggested mexican food so thats going to be tough and I know I will have at least two Coors Lights. But I want to have fun so I am going to just do the best I can. I have 22 flex points and if I eat very light during the day I should be fine. But then I will have to be very disciplined over the weekend. That .4 loss was good because it might make me behave a bit since I don't want a gain two weeks in a row. I am really hoping for a five pound per month loss and since this next week is the last weigh in for January its my last time to accomplish that. So we'll see. I need to learn to deal with eating out and social gatherings and surving them both without going hog wild!
Amy,
Maybe the teacher in question won't even be there next year. 
I know how heavily this is weighing on your mind.... 
What does DD think of all this?
). I know the deadline is Feb. 1, but if needed, can't you make your request afterward for a "waitlist?" It may also be that DD needs to be tested again now that she is older. When we had DD11 tested (in third grade, I think), we had some surprising results. Turns out she has a processing disorder. But since she is also incredibly bright, she had been compensating for it wherever she could, and it wasn't showing up in bad grades overall. She would get either A's or F's on assignments, rarely anything in between, averaging out to B's. It was very frustrating. She felt like she was "dumb" even though the exact opposite is true. We have learned some coping skills that have really helped all of us. It is actually how she got started in swimming. With swimming she has to coordinate her arm movement, leg movement and breathing all in the right sequence. It pushes the "processing" part of her brain in a non-academic way. That was longwinded, sorry. It is just something to think about.
Sending some 
