Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Another Annual Ritual

On Monday I did the horrid annual ritual of pulling out all my jeans to see if they still fit. I do this every year. I haven't worn jeans since my New York trip in April. I always think I won't be able to get into them. I was lucky this year. I haven't been lucky every year. Same thing happens every spring with my shorts: Will they still fit? I believe I've gained about 6 pounds over the summer because it's always too hot to move. Which sucks because I certainly have no use for 6 extra pounds. But the jeans fit fine, so I guess the 6 pounds is probably all over my head.
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It's funny how they always ask on these weight loss TV shows, "Why do you want to lose weight?" And the answer is always something intelligent sounding like: Diabetes runs in my family. Or: My blood pressure has gone up and I'm out of breath. But if anyone asked me why I would like to lose weight, my answer would sound so NOT intelligent and actually rather shallow: My head looks fat in photographs. The truth is, I am quite limber and don't get out of breath, I just have a fat head.
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My Sweetie has school on Monday and Wednesday nights so I'm thinking about taking a Zumba class on those nights. My daughter wanted us to take belly dancing together but I don't think there is a class that fits her schedule. Maybe she can Zumba with me on Mondays. I just need to do something about my big fat head. At least my jeans still fit. Good thing I don't wear hats.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Will Zumba make your head skinny?

Anonymous said...

Vanity is an excellent motivator. I know it works for me.

VioletSky said...

being a fathead might be the most unusual excuse for losing weight.
I have done belly dance (it probably won't do anything for your fat head). I found it extremely difficult. had no idea just how unco-ordinated I really was.

geewits said...

Jazz,
~~Always with the good questions you are.

Ian,
~~You probably thought this post was about you.

V,
~~I have already done belly dance for several years. After all the years of ballet, I thought belly dance was easy - except for the zils. I really suck at zils.