B: shredded wheat and milk, pesto eggs
S: cantalope
L: bread and cottage cheese, salad
D: assorted veggies, rice and tofu
S: lime and raspberry smoothie

I’m so happy I’m finally at 130 and that’s after this morning’s breakfast. The scale dropped from 135 yesterday to 130 this AM. I haven’t been this thin since before I got married.

Now for my next challenge. I need to stay on track while were in DC for 2 weeks and I most likely won’t be able to post while I’m there. My willpower has been so strong I’m not too worried. Even last night when we had one of my favorite dinners, pesto pasta, I used the pesto as a garnish for my swiss chard and filled up on that instead of pasta. It was very tasty and a new diet trick.

The beauty of this whole weight loss personal challenge is that I’m really seeing myself differently now. Even though I’m down to 130 I can see that I’m still far from being “dancer’s body” thin, so getting down to 120 is not just reasonable, but healthy. Before when I was sort of thin if people commented on my body I would panic and think I was too thin. But now with the BMI I know 120 is a perfectly healthy weight for me and I can just tell those people that feel the need to comment on my weight that I’m well within my healthy BMI.

We all have food issues and many are a result of how our parents dealt with food and weight. I’m one of those unfortunate people who was raised by a mother that was always pushing food. My mom would hound me if I tried to lose weight and she always seemed to despise thin, pretty women. She is obese and eats constantly. Her life revolves around food. Of course that’s her decision and I’ve never attempted to change her, but I want better for myself and my family. Although as adults we are the masters of our destiny and not our parents, I do think it’s worthwhile to take a look at how our attitudes towards weight and food are influenced by our upbringing.