She let herself go...

It was a simple statement from my husband, about a girl he knew in junior high.  It wasn't meant to be mean, he was just stating his surprise in how different the girl looked.  That simple statement got me to thinking about how different I look from a few years ago, say about 6 years ago, on my 21st Birthday.

Yup, that's me with my mom just under 6 years ago on my 21st birthday.  This is me now.

Personally, I look at the two pictures and I can see a difference, but not a huge difference.  Which makes me think that if I were to just exercise more and eat less during this next year I could look more like the top picture.  When I was at my parents for the holidays they had a picture on their fridge of me when I was thinner.  It helped me to think twice before I ate junk food.  I will be posting the first picture on the fridge at home as possible motivation.

Here's looking forward to a healthy 2012!