Trying on swimsuits is one of my least favorite things. That, and trying on jeans. That, and trying on anything in front of many mirrors. It is for this reason that I wear swimming suits much longer than I probably should.
At my mother's urging yesterday, I tried on a few swimming suits, looking for one to replace the suit I bought 2 years ago when I was pregnant with T. It lasted through my entire pregnancy. . . and I'm still wearing it. (Two pieces are very forgiving and this one had good elastic!)
It used to be that I was a size 10 or even a 12 in swimwear, back in my high school days. And my body shape hasn't changed all that much. Though I've had four children, my weight is not much different that it has ever been. It's dispersed a little differently, but I still have the same body type. I say this without pride or boasting; I'm just striving for an honest evaluation.
Yesterday I was trying on size 8 and 6 swimsuits. My mom wondered how I could be so skinny. . . but I know that I'm not "skinny" and that I haven't gotten slimmer in my parenting years. The only thing that has REALLY changed is that our country has gotten fatter. What used to be a 10 is now an 8 (or something like that!), and the size of the average woman has increased so much that what is "normal" is much different than it was 10 or 20 years ago. All of a sudden I am on the small end of all the sizes.
With over 60% of Americans obese or overweight, how we MEASURE is a very real concern to me.
1 comment:
Ugh! Trying on swimsuits is worse than a lobotomy. Remember that suit I had for so long that you could see straight through the bottoms? The depth your standards fall just to avoid that agonizing process... :) However, Cal, the idea that you ever wore a 10 or 12 in your life is ludicrous. Including pregnancy.
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