Day 8: Fitness!

Skinny Girl Blues...

(Not my midriff)

     I'm going to go into some no man's land today... Skinny girls being to skinny. And no, I'm not talking about how all these skinny girls are to small. I'm saying that I am skinny, have always been skinny and probably will always be that way. But trust me (I think women hate me for saying this), being smaller can be a struggle.

     Now, now. Before you all run me on a post out of town hear me out... Do you have any idea how many people have told me things like "Goodness, do you ever eat?" or one for the ages "Dang girl, you should eat more fried chicken". Yes, someone actually said that to me once. So when did it become okay to ever comment on someone's body type, be they a skinny minnie or a bodacious goddess? I have no idea. But I have been struggling for years to get to a weight that I was comfortable with. I am still working on it. I am currently 5'4 1/2 and probably somewhere in the weight range between 108 and 115.

     I really wish that I could get to 120 or maybe even more than that... But it's so hard to gain healthy muscle mass when exercise burns off what little fat weight that I have. And also, seeing as I am just getting out on my own with Joshua, we don't exactly have the kind of dough I would need to eat all of those grams of protein... And no, I'm not going to stop exercising and eat McDonald's every night to gain weight. I want to be healthy.

     Working out for a skinny girl can be stressful... People seem to think that exercise and eating healthy is only for people struggling with trying to lose weight... But the fact is that is ignorant thinking. Exercise is about being healthy people.

Eat Healthy. Exercise Daily.