Total Disclosure-Lookin' Fine by 2009

When Dr. N and I got married nine years ago, I weighed 100 pounds. My diet consisted solely of water and celery.

This is when you start to hate me...sentence one is true and sentence two is false. I ate what I wanted to eat. A vegetable rarely passed my teeth unless it was in the form of tomato sauce and usually on pizza.

Now, nearly one decade, two children, and one slowed metabolism later...I no longer weigh 102 pounds. Now I'm too vain to disclose my current weight (yep, I'm aware that makes my title a lie...sorry about that) but I'll tell you that the zero is still printed on the tag inside my clothing, but it no longer stands alone.

While I am neither obese nor determined to slip into any size 2's ever again...I'm not happy about my current body shape. Yes, I know that bodies change. I get that. But I'm not as healthy as I should be. I have learned to eat more fresh veggies and actually forced myself to enjoy salads. But man can I devour bacon, cheese and chocolate. And if I had a choice over a piece of fish, boneless skinless chicken breast or juicy steak...the red meat would win hands down.

In short, I'm not a very good example to my daughter...but berating myself and dieting continuously would also be a terrible example, so here's what I'm gonna do...
I'm going to join this hopefully harmless little bloggy challenge at the Daily Mish Mash called "Lookin' Fine by 2009"

I'm starting out simple with four life style changes --

• Drink Water only with the exception of one decaf beverage each day
• Play more with my kids each day--either at a park or having dance parties or long exploration walks...just some type of fun physical activity at least 4 days a week
• Portion control
• Less sugar and sweets

If you are interested in joining me, check out the Daily Mish Mash and sign up on Mr. Linky.