Very interesting! Of course getting back to my weight when I was 18 is probably impossible. I would have to get pregnant again to lose that kind of weight :)

Thanks Melissa -- note worthy, timely, and worthy of sharing with all. Prayerfully for the last time in my life, I am on a journey to shed the unwanted pounds and all that goes along with becoming healthy, fit, and 'happy to be inside my own skin'.

I never went to the prom so getting back into that dress won't be a problem. I was at my ideal weight as a single mom, trying to survive on a little paycheck ... paying the rent, the car payment, the daycare, and ensuring my son was fed before me. Great diet plan ... it worked. Then I remarried and thought -- hey I can eat what he eats ... but you know what -- his weight does NOT look good on me. For a period of time we were the same weight, he at 6', me at 5'4.75". I had sort of settled on -- I am not overweight, but under tall. (ha ha ha).

Truth be told, I got lazy about me -- not thinking about the 'long haul', the future and what carrying around this extra baggage would mean to my health in the future. For me, I know its not too late to undo some of the damage I have already caused myself. Better to undo it now in my early 50s than waiting another few years...the older one gets the harder it is to lose the extra weight. HOW much smarter it would have been to just stay unhealthy. Should of, could of; can't go back -- only forward.

This article is loaded with good ideas & suggestions, so thanks for sharing.

LouAnn

I thought it had lots of great ideas of which some are, yes, very interesting. I tried the deep breathing before I went to bed last night and got so relaxed that I konked out as soon as I hit the pillow! We could all use less stress, so that is a good.