From then on, I was committed to shedding the weight and getting into shape. I started a rigorous _61_ of running and dieting the very next day. Within months, I joined a gym and _62_ to make some friends who are still my workout buddies. _63_, in the past seven years, I’ve done more than lose weight: I’ve reshaped my _64_, my lifestyle, and my self-image. Now, I read everything I can about nutrition and _65_. I’m even considering becoming an aerobics instructor. I _66_ low-fat foods—chicken, fish, lean meats, vegetables—and I serve my family healthy, protein-rich meals prepared with dietetic _67_. The children and I often walk to school, ride bikes, roller-blade, and run. Health and fitness have become _68_ to our household and our lives. But what’s really wonderful is that, sometime between that important day in 1988 and today, my self-image _69_ being about how I look and began being about how I _70_. I feel energetic, healthy, confident, strong, and pretty.
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