Today I weighed in at 118 with 43% muscle mass and 19% fat content. I feel pretty good about those numbers. I haven’t really been able to ‘dedicate’ myself to toning my body in the last year like I had hoped; my work schedule has kept me busy. But I’ve made it to the gym at least 4 times a week and spent my ‘days off’ walking trails. I switched over to eating lots of vegetables and protein– drinking lots of fresh fruit in homemade smoothies. I also cut out alcohol- except a glass of wine here or there. No fast food, rarely a sit-down restaurant. These were some very important decisions for me, very hard to keep, but they were kept. Maintaining a healthy body probably does more for your mind than it does for your body physically. I enjoy it. I long to be a mother. But not just any mom, a good mom who shows her kids the balance of a healthy lifestyle, both physically and mentally– Spending time together actively; going for walks, hiking, running, singing, building things, cooking meals, helping others. Not spending time watching television shows, sitting around the house, staring at a computer or playing video games. I really believe the only way to teach this is to do them myself, to believe it and live it. I’ve seen obesity run in my family and poor health run in skinny people. I refuse to except that as my life or the life of my future family.