Today, our faithful McFatty friend “Metta” is hosting McFatty Monday.  She emailed me a few weeks ago, asking if I would mind her hosting because she really felt the need & urgency & responsibility to run it for a day.  & boy, did she!  Take a peak & read her amazing post about body image, becoming the person your kid needs you to be health-wise, & soak in her encouragement & inpsiring story.  She asks great questions at the end & I can’t wait to read your answers.  Feel free to link up here, but I’ll be checking it all over at 30+Mommyhood.

oh, & I lost 4 lbs this week.  Thank you, Nutrisystem & thank you, Zoloft, for helping curb back my other med & control my appetite.

Pictures of myself in a bathing suit from Fourth of July:

Look!  I have ankles & feet!  (this still amazes me because I never thought I’d see them again while I was pregnant)  I’ve looked worse in a bathing suit.  I’ve also looked better, but that was almost a decade ago.  & I think I’ve finally found the right suit & the right confidence to really not care about that pouch of skin under my belly button, or the stretch marks ON MY KNEES from the swelling.  Because I’ve worked hard in every way possible for THIS body – I worked hard for 10 months to create & carry life, thus wreaking havoc on parts of my figure (namely my hips).  & I’ve busted my ass for 6 months to drop over 30 lbs & embrace this new “me.”

Remind me of that when I’m on the beach this coming weekend, okay?

required disclaimer: i am being supplied with nutrisystem food by nutrisystem, free of cost to me.  sweet, right?  but i assure you, i began nutrisystem on my own in january, spent my own money for 4 months, & fully endorse the program.  i’m just thankful that they’ll be helping me out on my last leg of the journey!  to join me on the Nutrisystem program and to receive a special offer, call 1-877-704-0597 or click here.