Who is that pale skinny woman?

I recently linked up with Bloggy Moms and joined The Blog Dare. I'm hoping this will help jump start my writing.  Today's idea is to post an old photo and write about what was happening.  Since I don't have access to my photos at home right now, I found one I posted on Facebook.

This is a picture of me at my senior prom - 1992.  Why no boyfriend in the picture? Well, because I'd gotten married during winter break of my senior year. (And contrary to popular belief, I was NOT pregnant.) If you look closely you'll see a wedding band on my finger. The dress was borrowed from my sister-in-law and altered to fit me. Believe it or not, in those days I ate fat cheesburgers and fries, burritos, etc. (Again, contrary to the beliefs of some, I was NOT anorexic.)  The glory of being young and having a great metabolism!

Now, because I don't want to leave just that picture up, here's a picture from two years ago. My daughter was given this dress at a yard sale and I decided to try it on.  This picture is part of my motivation to lose weight and get back in shape, along with my DietBet (which I'll write more about later).

I'd been doing cardio kickboxing two to three days a week for a year when this picture was taken. I'd lost about 30 pounds.  I want to look like this again for my next Burlesque show in May - 8 pounds (and some toning) to go!