Svelte Or Not.... What Difference Does It Make
I've always had a goal to become svelte... it's never really happened. I'm not like horribly overweight. In fact, I probably would be considered "normal" were I to take a test but I have lots of fat and it centralizes around my hips and my butt. I hate it. I always have. I don't do yoga for weight loss but I love that it might help me look better. I do ride my bike 12 miles a week (which isn't much, granted, but, geez, I've got 2 kids under 5 here and a part-time job) and that is helping but I still strive to look like the trophey surburban wife (btw, I'm reading Bobos In Paradise and, I, we, are most certainly a pair of Bobos). It has really nothing to do with my husband and all to do with wanting to look young, feel young, be young especially for my children. I want them to have a mother who enjoys being physically fit, who strives to be physically fit and who paves the way for a lifetime of good health choices. Today I went to yoga at the new gym. Yea, there's the "saving a spot for my friend" deal, the "yoga babe" stare in the mirror deal and the change the primary series to include an extra set of ab work postures deal but, you know what, all in all, it was a great practice. I really enjoyed it. I'm a newbie to Ashtanga so I don't need the Tim Miller deal (although some day I will enjoy going there it's so close to my house) but I do want something that truly is Ashtanga so that I can learn the practice. I think this is good. The greatest thing was that later today The Husband took the kids to the pool and I got to go back to the gym and ride the bike for 25 minutes... I think this gym might be a good thing... might be a good path. There are lots of things I'm going to miss about my current yoga studio should we decide to stay with the gym - the music!(!!!!!!!), the atmosphere and the "pure" Ashtanga but I wonder if all of that is simply smoke and mirrors for finding the true practice within.
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I'm svelte in that santa clause kind of way myself.
Posted by: pug | August 5, 2002 9:15 PM
sounds remarkable...are you going to be lubing up with the oil and helping us unpack when we get to your abode? I can't wait.
Posted by: Julie | August 6, 2002 8:42 AM
The trophey suburban wife {sigh} . . . my goal in life (okay, well one small goal)seems to be to not have people say "you look pretty good for having FIVE children," but rather, "DAMN!!! There is No way you could have five children! Look how buff you are!!"
Okay, not really a goal but rather a fantasy . . .
Posted by: Bonny | August 6, 2002 10:20 AM
That's me too. I want to be a trophy wife! Although I hate her, I want to be look like a mom of three the way Demi Moore looks like a mom of three. Is that so wrong?
And Pug, baby oil brings out the best in everyone.
Posted by: Tanya | August 6, 2002 11:23 AM
It can't be wrong, Tanya... it just can't...btw, how's that personal trainer working out?
Posted by: Julie | August 6, 2002 1:39 PM
Women, weight, body image.....
It's hard. Not wearing make up can be a statement of being secure. So can deciding to wear make up.
I've been "fit" and "active" for years, but I'm more overweight now than ever. I'm not happy with it and I'm doing a lot to change it. My medical test results are excellent but I'm HUGE.
I remember an online "debate" in which I was arguing that losing weight for the sake of losing weight wasn't necessary a bad/anti-woman choice.
I just wanted to lose weight. Have we gone too far in trying to make women be "okay" with themselves?
Posted by: Joanne | August 6, 2002 6:52 PM
I have wanted to be thin for a long time too. Actually I was anorexic for a long time, and was very tiny even when J and I got married (5'1", 93 lbs). But even then, I wanted a different body - I didn't want to be thinner, but I wanted to be STRONG. I didn't want to be bulky, but I wanted to have muscle definition. I wanted to be the kind of woman who looked like she could run a marathon and kick any man's ass, yet also be beautiful enough that every man in the room would want to be with her.
Actually, that's still my goal. I personally think that biking 12 miles a week plus yoga is AWESOME - I'm hoping to work up to something like that. :) I'm doing aerobics 3-4 times a week at home and that's the best I can do right now, being pregnant with two very crazy children.
OT: I *told you* were a bobo ROFL :P
Posted by: mudra | August 6, 2002 7:51 PM