We're tight on money around here, so when I took out my small cache of summer clothes, I was depressed to discover that I didn't fit into last year's shorts easily. I managed to button two pairs over my thick middle, but cringed at the expanse of wide, white thigh sticking from beneath the too short hems. I didn't want to have to buy new shorts, but it seemed I had no choice.
I tried, I really did. I went to K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Kohl's and even the mall stores, but didn't find a single pair of shorts that suited me. Perhaps it was because I refused to buy a size 12, or maybe that I wanted something that actually covered my buttocks. Either way, I ended up purchasing some elastic-waisted, knit shorts from K-Mart and a few shirts to match. When my husband saw them he demanded I take them back immediately. "You look like an old lady in those and if you wear them, then you've given up the fight."
He was right. That night, I began walking around the block. We live on a circle, so the neighborhood is quiet and controlled; the only people driving or walking around here live here. It's four-tenths of a mile around the circle, and I do 4 circuits in about 25 minutes. I've watched two people on my block lose about 40 to 50 pounds each in the last year or so by walking slowly around the block (tonight I did 4 laps in the time it took one of them to do only one!), so I figure I can lose 10 or so pounds pretty quickly. And who knows, maybe another 10 or so after that!
After a week of walking, I feel fitter and thinner already, though I'm sure it's psychological. And I discovered another four pairs of shorts that I fit into, bringing the grand total up to six. I can almost make it through a full week!
1 comment:
Good for Miguel! That's what I was thinking when you said "knit shorts". Ugh. Old lady pants.
I've got a baby belly to lose, which amounts to about eight pounds, maybe less. I should go biking with the kids everyday, but I don't.
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