Slim & Sassy Lifestyle Competition

This is my first year doing doTERRA's Slim & Sassy Lifestyle Competition and first time since 2011 that I've used January as the impetus to begin "lifestyle changes."

Here's one of my entry photos. Oh sweet hot body. Look at those voluptuous curves!! That's me at 205.

A few years ago I would have looked at this picture and thought, "Not bad! Better than you used to be." Fortunately I don't have any pictures of my bare chest at the peak of my fatness to lull me into a false sense of accomplishment. The bottom line is I can do better. I did do better.

Here's a shot of me after the last baby was born (190). I promise the belly fat was not as voluminous under that white shirt. You'll have to take my word for it when I say that right now, I can't comfortably button the collar on that shirt. :(

Fact is, my weight over the years shows a marked disparity between what I am and what the BMI calculator says I should be. Last year I celebrated the fact that I had successfully crested the hump and was on the downhill slope towards overweight from obese. 

Unfortunately, gravity couldn't keep me down and my little fat cells ballooned up into obesity. 

This little chart shows my ups and downs since I was in High School and how far I have yet to go.

That green line on the bottom represents 163 lbs. That's the top end of "normal." I don't believe in that number yet. I'm shooting for 170 because I do believe in that number. But the closest I've ever come is 190 lbs whilst I walked the streets of Venezuela, in the hot equatorial sun, with no car, and parasites lining my intestines. 

So the choices are work towards the elusive goal, or get some more parasites.