Image courtesy of Threadless

When I saw this shirt on Threadless, I just had to buy it because it sums up fairly well how I feel about the whole weight loss thing. Women  who are overweight can be their own worst enemies at times and I suppose I’m no different. Permit me a few generalisations here. We see photos of other people, pass them in the street and we tend to compare ourselves to them in some way. We play that “do I look that fat” mental game quite a lot and it’s to our own detriment.

When I first decided that I needed to do something about my weight, it was because I felt incredibly unhealthy and it was stopping me from doing the things I liked to do. I’m now able to do a lot of those things again and even though I have a fair bit of fat left on me, I feel quite good within myself. To a point.

I don’t loathe clothes shopping nearly so much as I used to but I’m still frustrated  about the attitude that clothes designers seem to have about larger women. Again, permit me some generalistations. They seem to think that larger women all want to wear gaudy, flouncy clothes that accentuate their size rather than slim it. They also seem to think that if you have a plus size tee shirt, then it’s because you have a hideously big neck and thus need a massive hole in the top of the shirt to fit your head through. And they also seem to think that if you are a size 18, you still only have a B cup bra size and the only reason why you take an 18 is because you are so ridiculously fat. So consequently, it’s hard to get a fitted business shirt that neither gapes at the front  from going up a size to accommodate my bust nor looks like I’m about to explode out of it.

Like it or not, I’m always going to be a rhino. I’m always going to have an hourglass figure with wideset shoulders and hips. I’m never going to be the unicorn that has graceful slender long legs with the perfect proportions that allow for miniskirts and shorty shorts. I’ll just settle for being a slightly thinner, fitter and hopefully in the process, a healthier rhino.

August 23rd, 2009 | Category: Health and Fitness |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL