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A few weeks ago while on spring break I believe I was watching the Today Show, and they were doing an interview about health that was a response to the whole movement toward "fat acceptance." The were talking to a woman who was not the "ideal" size, but ate healthy food, went to the gym regularly, and felt really good about herself. There was also a health expert (I think she was one of their normal consultants on the show), toward the end of the interview I think it was the consultant that said it is better to be healthy and chunky than a skinny couch potato. I'm pretty sure as soon as I heard those words I though "awwww... I'm the skinny couch potato." Really my weight fluctuates quite a bit. I have been at my "fittest" at two different times in my life. The first was after all the training when I entered the reserves. The second was after I came back from China the second time (when people asked my favorite foods I would say vegg...

So a piece of the reason I have not posted much is because I am getting married in March, and have been planning. Mainly though my lack of writing is because am earning my title of being a procrastinator. I just wrote a blog on the whole wedding planning experience to share with... well anyone, it was originally directed at readers of the Offbeat Bride group or "Tribe". Enjoy. Dear Offbeaters, I've been meaning to write something about this topic for a while, and Ariel's recent post finally triggered me sitting down and writing about all the things that have been going through my head for the past... two months, maybe three. So when Ariel titled her last set of Reader questions "losing interest in weddings". I was really hoping that the question would address bridal apathy. I know, I know. Crazy, right? A bride who acts indifferent towards her own wedding, how would that happen? I suppose it may be something many offbeats have dealt with in the world of T...