So I’m a little pink. I’m a pink lobster. On the upside, I no longer have my strange farmer’s tan (since my legs have deviated from pasty white for the first time since high school), but on the downside it hurts to sit. Or lay down. Or do anything really except scramble back into the kiddie pool. I feel like a baby because I’m really not badly burned. I did wear some sun block, and my burn is actually a little strange. You know those little girl bathing suits from the late 80s/early 90s that were a two-piece but they attached on the sides so you ended up with a round tan belly and white sides? Yep, that’s me. Except replace tan with pinkish red.
I’m doing my part: moisturizing six times a day, wearing light breezy clothing. However, it is just this side of arctic in my office so I had to turn my space heater on and then put it really far away from me so I didn’t hurt. And my work chair is much scratchier than I remember.
My manager brought me some size 8 pants, which I wriggled into in the office bathroom despite the pain of my sunburn to try them on. Yay for new pants (especially ones I didn’t have to pay for!) I still have a little bit of muffin top on one of the pairs of jeans, but they’re comfortable. I’m not sure I’ll ever get rid of the muffin top because it stems mostly from my c-sections. It’s depressing, really. Is there any way to firm up that skin? Without a 20k tummy tuck? (A related question: how much do tummy tucks cost, anyhow? And do you think my insurance would cover it on the basis that it is detrimental to my mental health?)
I had a strange dream about my workout partner last night. Not a sexual dream (my workout partner is male) but just strange. Then today he left early to get actual lunch on our lunch break and left me in the gym with The Stalker and any fuzzy nice feelings I may have had for him disappeared into smoke. Ha!
And tonight I had Bikram yoga for the first time. I bought a Groupon for one month unlimited yoga, and I'm going to get my money's worth and go as often as possible this month. I needed something a little different to add to my workouts. I really enjoyed it, but that heat is no joke! The internet says "105 degrees with 50% humidity". I'm pretty sure that humidity was dripping off my forehead into my eyes. I wasn't going to wear my glasses while I stretched but I didn't know the poses completely (it's been 6 years since I tried yoga) and I can't see to know what I'm doing without my glasses. I do love me some pigeon pose.
And with that lovely image, I will take my leave.
5 comments:
A size 8? No doubt you'd have a muffin top squeezing into pants that size. You can get rid of it if you REALLY work out. Why don't you ask your generous in-laws to pay for a tummy tuck? They seem to pay for everything else.
Mia.
I don’t know if you mean to be as mean-spirited as you are in my comments, but I don’t really appreciate it. I am blessed with fantastic in-laws, but I certainly don’t go running to them for every whim that crosses my mind. Our deck was in discussion for a very long time before it came to fruition. My family and I live within our means and have always tried to live within our means. We make hard choices the same way that everyone else does. I don’t see how our life is much different from many others. I don’t feel it is necessary to justify every purchase that I make. You don’t know the conversations that go into purchases or the decisions that are made to get to specific purchases. I would never presume that I could make your financial decisions, and I would appreciate the same respect.
And as for my size, I have worked very hard to lose the 32 lbs that I have so far lost in the last 5 1/2 months. I have also lost inches, which might be why my height/weight distribution allows me to fit in a size 8. I do not fit in an 8 in everything, but I’m working very hard on my body and self image. I am not one to stuff myself into a size that I don’t fit, and the one pair of pants that don’t fit quite right on the top will probably stay in my drawers until I lose a little more and can fit more comfortably. I hope that I can lose it, since I am REALLY working out and as you so kindly pointed out that is the key to losing weight.
I am not sure why you can’t be a more supportive reader if you are going to continue reading my blog, but I will no longer be justifying myself to you. This is my space.
Yes, the same fantastic inlaws that you said you couldn't wait until they were "incapacitated" back in November? Nice.
You are full of contradictions, I just enjoy calling you out on them. Take your space- you need plenty of it!
That comment was so obviously a joke, back in November. Even my husband recognizes a joke, and they're his parents.. You have fun criticizing elsewhere, I'm done. Thanks for playing!
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