I Like My Curves!

Spring is approaching which means summer is just around the corner. I like most people have reassessed my year so far to determine what areas should remain the same and where I should make changes.

Of course the issue of weight came to mind and I began to seriously look into gyms and home exercise equipment. I had more than enough help and advice, one person even told me that I could get a free 30 day trial to a gym, another option would be to join a local gyms version of the biggest loser and compete for prizes while losing weight all on a complimentary membership.
To my suprise, I began to almost obsess about this. I thought of rearranging my schedule to accomodate workout times, I even thought about going to the mall before hours to walk, I figured with all the older people that I would come in contact with, I could have some very interesting conversation while shedding the pounds. This obessession went on for a couple of weeks and then I had to cook for a couple of parties and plan Easter dinner. Needless to say that peach cobbler I made dismissed any notions I had about working out!

After I regained consciousness, I revisited this weight loss thing and decided that my main focus would be to gain stamina so I would not run out of breath when singing. That way, I won't focus so much on losing weight. Doing that can be a hinderance and you end up gaining or worse, doing anything to lose like taking dangerous supplements just to meet a goal.

Now usually when I am thinking on this level, it is late at night when the house is quiet. The television is on but I'm not really watching it, mainly because there is nothing on but infomercials. This particular evening, however, I happened to catch a glimpse of a diet pill commercial. I saw a woman in a bikini next to a slightly larger woman, still in a bikini. Same woman, same bikini, the difference? The little bikini wearing chick was just the larger bikini wearing chick after taking a diet pill!

WHAAAT! Who are they kidding?!?

Okay here's my problem, if you can wear a bikini, then you are not in need of a diet pill! And if these companies want someone like me to buy their product then they need to show a real woman with a weight issue. Shoot, I wouldn't mind being the size of the slightly larger bikini wearing chick! Lord knows if I put a bikini on right now I may get arrested for indecent exposure!

That got me to thinking, is it really a big deal if I can't wear a bikini? I mean I never wanted to wear one anyway. Honestly, I like my curves. When I was in high school, I had no shape whatsoever. And now I have hips! So I really don't want to lose them! I mean sure I've seen cute clothes in the mall, but I am not under 25 and have no business wearing belly shirts and skin tight jeans. I know women that are older than me that dress younger than my 14yr old daughter!

What I want is to put on a pair of jeans with no muffintop, and to walk without starting a thigh fire! That's it. Everything else can stay. I know I will never be pencil thin and trust me, I don't wanna be. I had a checkup and my doctor said all was good I just needed to lose a few pounds.

Maybe I'll go on a diet.

After I eat these cookies...