20-Week Fitness Challenge: Week 2, Day 9

Question of the day:
How do you balance being a woman that's trying to lose weight (if in fact you are) and being a mother that teaches her children about healthy body image?

I do it by not making disparaging remarks about my body to or around my children, and emphasizing that my wanting to lose weight is because I want to be fit, strong and healthy. I make positive remarks about my body in it's current state around them, and I accept compliments that other people give me without putting my body down in reply. For example you know how some women are, if you tell them they have on a pretty skirt they'll say something like Oh but it makes my calves look so chunky.

I also don't say I'm on a diet, because I'm not. My kids know I don't believe in diets and that I am trying to learn how to eat regular portions of food instead of overeating.

Today's Goals:

1/2 hour Yoga
Walk 12,000 steps
Brush and floss after every meal
Drink 10 cups water
No salt added to food
Raw veggies snacks
Raw fruit dessert
One serving meals - no seconds
weight loss by day 9 - 3.5 lbs.