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Bug has been having swimming lessons. She rocks at it. She has no fear of the water and yet understands that it is not to cool to have it up your nose. So Bug respects it. The teacher for the first few days has them in the kiddie pool and then takes them over to the lap pool and has them stand at the edge of the pool and jump in, she catches them of course. The other kids in her class will stand up on their own but to that leaning over as far as they can trying to reach the teacher before they just sorta plop in. Not BUG, as soon as the kid in front of her has jumped in she is on her feet waiting for the teacher to give the go ahead. The teacher takes a few steps back and Bug just leaps all wild like into the pool. I think she knows that there is someone to help her out but the look of pure joy on her face while she is in the water is just wonderful to watch.

While getting ready for Bug's swimming lessons an advertisement caught my eye. The Y was having a local Biggest Loser Contest. Now, I know of people who have signed up for previous tries and didn't get in cause they had so many contestants, so I thought I will give it a try. Mostly since Bug likes to play the BIG FAT BELLY DRUM. Plus, they post your picture, weight, and body measurements in the local paper, so I figure public humiliation might, just might, get me motivated to finally lose these 50 lbs I have put on in the last 10 years. Just this week I got a phone call that I am on a biggest loser team. It starts on September 1st. Then on September 9th I go to my first meeting. I will tell you this, I weigh 195. My bmi and body fat percentage are basically the same number...39 or something like that. I will post the actually amounts on the 9th when I get more information. So join me in my public humiliation!