Congrats to you. That is wonderful news. You sure do have a second chance.

 

I'm so happy your daughter believes in you. I know by experience that it takes a long time for them to trust us again. We also have to learn how to handle their outbursts or what I call cocky attitudes. I just think well if my mom had done that to me I guess I'd have an attitude too. It can be hard though, but in time they trust in us.

 

As for the wieght. This may sound totally nuts. Well, heck I'm an addict so yeah I'm nuts. I'm a Weight Watchers dropout.  LOL  Plus when I was going I was on dope and all the "normal" women were mad I kept getting skinnier, and skinnier. I shock myself that I tried to walk around like the rest of the world.

 

So, WW does really work. You gotta work it though. You know that. Recently I started drinking apple cider vinegar, and eating garlic with it. I did this years ago. Not for weight loss, but for optimal health. Well, I was just at a Doctor visit the other day. I get on the scale, and I'm freaking 20 pounds lighter than I thought. It sounds too good to be true, but I swear by it. People kept saying "You lost weight". I'm like yeah right. My jeans were kind of big, and baggy but in no way did I think I was 20 pounds lighter than about two months ago.

 

So it's worth a try. It can't hurt. It's all natural. Being addicts I know we want it to work right now. I want 50 pounds off me NOW.  LOL  I take a clove of garlic, and cut it in half. Chop it up. Get a glass of water, and add one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Mix it up. Tastes like crap. Take the garlic, and wash it down with the water. You can also just swallow the vinegar right off the tablespoon. I have a friend who does it that way. That's the only thing I can attribute it to. I know my matabolism was screwed up. Plus I'm late 40's. YIKES. I had a hysterectomy complete one when I was 31, and that messed up my weight too. So this is freaky, but it worked for me. If you can too walk, walk, walk. If the baby has a coach that is awesome. I used to walk my baby every single day for miles. That was before I used, but I dropped that baby weight by walking.

 

I'm truly happy for you. You are blessed. Much admiration, and I'm most happy your daughter is getting close to you again. Nothing could be better.

 Elles,  Congradulations on the birth of your new daughter.