Friday, January 23, 2009

Weight loss can be stupid.

I looked in the mirror today, and I was like, hey! Where did my arms go? Now, believe me, my arms were not particularly fat. Now they are particularly thin, however. But svelte arms? No one looks at another person and thinks, "Check out those svelte arms! Ooh, baby!" The general public does think, and not in a good way, "Damn, that's one fat ass!"

Memo to ass: Lose some fat. Memo to arms: Please let ass go first.

4 comments:

Narya said...

Plus: you're not doing as much shiatsu these days, right? which probably affects the arm muscles. But, yes, I just love how the part that most bugs us is the part that clings most tightly to the shape we're trying to change.

As for the last post, even (a) a pound a week, or (b) not gaining any, which are things that will begin to happen, can be regarded as successes.

kStyle said...

Good point! I used to have ridiculously ripped forearms. Now they are more normal-sized, which is something of a relief. I was starting to look like a sailor. ;)

It's also just biologically more difficult to lose weight around hips, butt, thighs. No one knows why, but They theorize it has something to do with women needing fat in case they are carrying.

True, just not gaining any is a terrific thing. I've also heard stories about "lose 3, gain 2...lose 2, gain 1..."

Larry Jones said...

Very helpful information here.

kStyle said...

That is EXCELLENT, Larry.