When I was a teenager I was fitted for a dancing costume and had the same waist size as one of the first grader's in my dance school. WHERE DID THAT GIRL GO? Nowadays if I look twice at a burger I gain a pound. I'm trying to combat weight with exercise but all that does is keep me at my current level. Maybe time to find a trainer. More realistically, may be time to quit eating all the same foods I keep in the house for the kids. Or to quit joining in on the dinners requested by all the males in my house. Prescott loves it when I bake an entire chicken. It's his favorite meal here. I love it too, only I love stuffing the bird with breadcrumbs and eating all of it I can get my hands on. Way to turn something healthy into something ugly on the scale. I want to lose 20 lbs and a few dress sizes. Seems like I can always start strong then fizzle out or talk my way into unhealthy choices.
My mother completed boot camp...a class she went to at 5 am every day for 6 weeks. She told me about how she and her group pushed an SUV uphill. (yeah, I thought it sounded dangerous too) But if my mother can do it...surely I can get off my growing butt too.
As much as I want to, I can't bring myself to take any "diet aids" My friend has had great success with them but I've always been one of those people who would rather skip medication all together.
So basically, I know what I want (to be happier with my own body), I know how to get there (hard work, good choices, no short cuts) and I know where I fall down along the way (yesterday I was headed to the gym and somehow found myself in the Chick fila drive thru lane instead. ???) Now will I do it?
Anyone else out there have the same kind of issues?

It's been a while since I've posted anything. My sister commented that there's nothing new on the "Girl" page. Just in case all 5 of you who read this are missing me...:) Let me catch you up.

A few months ago the idea of my going back to work was discussed. I realized through several interviews and possibilities that with a husband who works long hours, a teenage boy and a preschooler at home and still welcoming the idea of one more baby, I was not going to be able to commit to much that required long hours or commutes. I really think the Lord was preparing me for all of the changes in our lives that came soon after that short season of uncertainty. Funny, it was followed by even more uncertainty, but seemed easier to handle because I had already warmed up to the idea of change. Bobby now works for a different company, Barrett is in preschool a few days a week which allows me to work from home.
I had the rest of this passage exactly as I liked it and looked up to see it gone. In a nut shell...Life is going in a totally different direction than I would have ever pictured and I love it.