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Well, as of this morning I am no longer teaching Kindergarten!

This former morbidly obese girl is my school's new PHYSICAL EDUCATION teacher!!! How awesome is that?! I can now exercise all day and not feel guilty if I can't make it to the gym after work!!!

Teaching PE is something I never thought I would do. A year and a half ago I would have dreaded it. This is a VSG success for sure!

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That is great news! Just think... you might be able to help some obese children to learn how to enjoy exercise and turn it around while they are young!

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WOW, what an awesome NSV as well as a fantastic lifestyle change. This will also help you in your goals of staying healthy, plus you get to pass on your knowledge to kids who really need it. I think it's wonderful!!

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Amanda that is fantastic. And you will bring such kindness and insight to that job too. (Most of the PE teachers I remember from school were sadists!! Well to the fat kid with glasses and asthma they were anyway.)

Jane x

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Awesome news! I agree with the other posters - you will definitely have a different insight to P.E. (I too was the fat kid that was picked last & had no coordination!)

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That is soooo great. I always thought I should be a postal worker so I got my walking in...although now they seem to drive more than walk. I mean, pay me to exercise and maybe I'll do it finally.

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Amanda -

That is the coolest news ever! What you've gone through will help you every day as a PE teacher. Those are some lucky kids:) Have fun!!!

VV2010

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Thanks all! I'm really excited. I start Monday and I found out today that I am able to order $1200 of new equipment. My school has just started participating in the SPARK pe program and it is AWESOME! It is kind of based on small groups, so everyone is always participating and never waiting or sitting around because they didn't get picked. Everyone always has a piece of equipment and it is fun, fun, fun! I hope it will turn around my school's previously BORING (no offense to the little old lady who just retired) PE classes and maybe I will get to come back again next year!!!

I will let y'all know how it goes!

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