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Hi there!

My name is Melissa and I've been using MFP for a while now. I was doing very well for the first two and a half months of this year, but unfortunately, I was student teaching this past semester and around the middle of March, things took a backslide.

I was told that I needed to spend more time preparing for the classes I was teaching in order to receive an A in student teaching, which was difficult because I was already at the school from about 7:00 am until 4:00 pm each day. I also had to hold down a job in order to pay my bills, so 3 days out of the week, I also went to work after leaving the school. I was managing to attend Zumba classes on my days off, eat well, and do 30 day shred on my work days, but by the middle of the semester I was worn out, and something had to give. I was going to bed too late because I had to work out in the evening. That is when my healthy lifestyle started to suffer.

I had lost 20 lbs as of March 25th, but I have gained about half of it back, simply by becoming inactive and making more frequent poor choices, but I'm ready to get back on track. I have accepted a job at a school as a teaching assistant, which will mean I have my evenings free and clear of planning in order to maintain my healthy lifestyle long enough for it to become second nature.

I currently have about 2 months until the school year starts and I would very much like to get back down to at least 20 lbs lost(12 lbs to go) and hopefully as high as 30 lbs lost in those two months. I am going to devote my days to eating healthy, exercise and forming healthy habits that will carry me through the school year.

Also, I'm taking a trip this Christmas as a graduation present from my parents back to my hometown of Las Vegas, and I would like to be somewhere around 60-75 lbs lost. I love mfp, and I need to get back into using it daily because that will definitely help me reach these goals!

Good luck to all of you as well with each of your goals!