A Halloween Tale (Anonymous)

(Note from Bonnie: I completely missed this one in time for actual Halloween, so I’m sorry it’s late, but enjoy!)

I thought I would submit a special halloween Shape of a Mother. I’ve always loved halloween and there are usually some pretty fun pictures. So I am going to submit pictues taken from halloweens since before my pregnancy (butterfly), three weeks before my son was born (do I need to tell you which one that is), about a year after he was born (he’s a monkey, I’m not wearing a costume for once), three years after he was born (flower), and this year, four years after he was born (belly dancer). I was somewhat overweight when I got pregnant (155 – I had knee surgery that year and I don’t take inactivity well) and gained nearly 75 pounds by the time my 10 pound 4 ounce son was born naturally in a birth center one week after his due date. I taught tango lessons until I was 6 months pregnant and social danced until the week before he was born. I struggled to lose the weight and got down to 170, but I couldn’t get any further until about a year ago when I think my hormones finally settled down. In the last 6 months alone I have lost 30 pounds, bringing me to 20 pounds under my prepregnancy weight. I’d like to lose another5-10, but I am pretty pleased overall. My skin is slowly starting to catch up with my fitness regimen but I still have that little apron and I suspect I always will. But if I dress just right, I can still pull it off as a tango dancer…