If pregnancy doesn't make you accept your body, I don't know what does! Genetics have not been kind to me. I thought I would get through this without stretch marks on my belly. Then less than a month ago they showed up. I remember standing in front of the bathroom mirror bawling my eyes out and all I could think is how ugly I felt and how I'd never wear a bikini again.

I will never be one of those that "nibbles at my salad" or "shifts my pasta around on my plate". I like eating!

I read Kim Lyons book and I think her 12 week program sounds awesome. Once I get the approval from my doctor I'm going to jump in and take on those 12 weeks. I am determined not to have weight issues the rest of my life. Now that I have a baby girl on the way I realize I have to instill as much positive into her as possible. Growing up my mom always complained about her weight and I could never figure why she didn't just do something about it...there's no quick fix. But she's of a different generation than mine. I know I have control over this and I intend for my daughter to know this about herself but also know that no matter what size or shape she is, she is beautiful.

I think that's an awesome way of looking at it!

My husband has started calling them my racing stripes and tells me when I finally see Sophia I'll realize how important those stripes really are :)

Look at what she's subjected, too, though. I don't think I could be comfortable eating if people were constantly staring at me hard enough to notice that I took exactly four small bites from my salad.

I know some people will say, "Well, she chose to be in her line of work!" I don't think that's a valid reason for the excessive judgement, though.

Hahaha. I just imagined myself walking up to her in a restaurant and saying, "Excuse me, but I've been watching you eat - or not - for the past hour, and I was just wondering; Does it make you uncomfortable to be watched?"

I'm trying to remember why this seems so funny to me. There's a vague memory of my sister's friend saying something equally crass to some star (Bruce Willis maybe?), but the details currently escape me.

I need some sleep.

I think that I would be horrified to watch the day to day dietary and "fitness" routines of the average Hollywood woman. Do you think as many men put themselves through this sort of thing? I never see magazine covers of men's hottest and nottest bodies.

Totally. If that's what it takes, it's not fucking worth it.