Monday, April 23, 2018
Big Boned
It's been awhile. I just had something pop into my head. This happened a couple weeks ago. I was in water aerobics class and started a conversation with a gal that started coming to the class not too long ago. We were talking about the class, exercise, being overweight, and making efforts to be healthy. During the conversation she said something about how people just don't get that some people are just big boned. It hit me that she was including both she and I in that statement. I didn't tell her that I'm really not big boned. I might look like I am now. But, I'm really not. Somehow it seems worse. If I were big boned and someone referred to be that way...it wouldn't be a big deal. It just is what it is. The thing is...that's not what it is for me. I spent part of my growing up years thinking that I would be 'skinny' like my mom. We were both teased at school about the subject. That's not being big boned. That's gaining weight that shouldn't be there. So, instead of being slender and possibly at times feeling like I might not have enough of a 'figure', I now know that I have too much of a 'figure' and I'm the only one responsible for that. It doesn't help that my metabolism has slowed greatly as I've gotten older.
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