Corsets Should be Chic Again...just sayin'

We all have those "aha" moments in life. Some of those moments change our career, a marraige, a personal relationship, our role as a parent. Some are full of meaning and will make you turn your life into something that will change others. My "aha" however isn't so lofty or very inspiring. It was my fat "aha". See my last post consisted of some family camping pictures, I intentionally left one off because it was so gross! My double chin (of which I will tell you is a structural defect on my head, even when I was in HS and weighed 89 lbs I still had one, it is my "weak chin" that makes it appear) has grown. Like into a full-fledged layer of fat. I have always been image conscious, and I really do fret over my weight. Yet, I haven't done much to manage it since I lost by baby weight after #3. I really stayed close to the same weight since and even lost several pounds when I went back to teaching full time. But, it has all come back in the last year, plus some. I haven't been this heavy since Gigi was born. ICK!!! I am so frustrated with myself, and my husband (and his little pal, the tapeworm, whom I believe keeps him so skinny). He can ALWAYS eat and wants to keep food around all the time, then I feel like a failure of a wife when I do "clean up" our diet and he complains that he is starrrrrving. So I fill up the house with kid and husband friendly food, and find myself munching the same old stuff. Now here is what I find amazing; my family does NOT participate in the normal "Western" diet. We are really unusual compared to a lot of our peers. We eat out maybe once a week, we do not drink sodas, we do not keep chips or candy in the house. In particular, I am what some, especially in Texas, would consider wierd...I don't drink sweet tea or eat Mexican food! I don't get fatty, sugary Starbucks drinks, I don't care for ice cream...so why am I getting heavier? It really is the calories in vs calories out ratio. Obviously I am out of balance here. So no more fat Cathie! This is it, my public testimonial that my happy ass needs to drop about 15 lbs! Yup, ladies I just did. So, my little home gym has been dusted off, my Herbalife shakes are ready and I will start being "that dieting girl" until I get this mess cleaned up. I must reveal, I even took the fat girl "before" pictures. And HELL NO, I will not post them on here until I get my sexy "after" pictures. Or, perhaps I should invest in a corset? In conclusion, my friends, if you see me with a brownie or some other crappy food in my hands, don't judge, just compliment me on my double chin.