Wednesday, January 27

whine, a little. tennis too!


I love tennis, like... you love baseball, jai lai or football -which i know nothing about and once turned down amazing superbowl seats cause.... i didn't care and dude called me up like an hour before the game so clearly i was the back-up 'impress you w/ my tickets but can you be ready now' call.

anyway, I'm particularly fond of Wimbledon. Probably because it's the slam that happens during summer, so school wasn't an issue, I'd get up so excited, all alone, at 6 am to watch breakfast at Wimbledon, (even though i loathe strawberries, the cream part always intriguied my childhood mind) Grass play with a chewed up baseline will always be my favorite.

oh, shockingly, I digressed...
In watching the Australian open this week and 2 secs of ice skating, I realize how much athletes and actors have in common...both jobs require you quell insane nerves/anxiety and conquer the mountain in real time, in one shot, maybe 2 if you're lucky.... oh, darn, I digress again...

because the point of ALL this is...
Athletes have these fucking amazing bodies of the gods!!! I admire that sooooo much.
i'd been harshing on mine lately cause I put on 5, ok, fine, 7lbs....I'd been annoyed at my body, even thought I know you gotta love it to change it, and nobody but me made me eat all those of cookies.
And... I'm aware it's totally wrong to think the body of an under developed tween girl is normal for a grown woman, despite it being the norm in LA. I'm just aiming for fit and healthy here.

I need to start eating better and exercise, which i haven't, because i'm lazy.....
My chest is insane for a girl my height; I'm like jessica simpson/ rabbit size. ~ i've never considered plastic surgery, though I secretly dream of a boob reduction. ~  I'm a bloody D right now, small C/B when thinny thin. Moms an A.. A minus actually.  what gives?
oh right, Dads german jewish genes that grow my boobs out and ass/hips wider... not at all shelf like.

So, to jump start and trick myself, I exercise areas of of my body that'll tone up quick, so I don't get discouraged..(until i had a trainer briefly) I'd no idea my arms had muscles, much less ones that respond pretty quickly to light weights...
And legs, this pic was taken today, having not worked out in a millenium. I attribute them to I dunno, genetics? being forced to join the track team and suck at it in high school? walking around NYC?

Also, I must thank the universe for giving this short girl proportionally longer arms and legs. you know that body equation where your foot is the same size as your elbow to your wrist... try it it's true! I used to want tiny tiny feet, till I realized tiny tiny tiny arms and legs would go with.

So i wonder...how is it possible my entire mid section has gone poof or puff? or invited a lot of friends to visit, is more apt.
The price of the arms and legs is, I have no real torso, like none... my true waist is super high, right under my chest and then there's a whole lotta hip action going on for a while... which again, I'ma have to give a shout out to my European ancestors, cause nada on the black side has this figure o' mine.
I'm capable of abs too... but i loathe doing 100 or more sit ups a day! i will though, as the core is vital to keep you standing upright and having it tight really does alleviate most back pain.

So, it's  back to the elliptical for cardio on a reg basis, squats bla blah blah..  sweet endorphins here i come, which can only be a good thing!

8 comments:

  1. For men the midsection goes puff really quick. Oh to postpone the beer gut..

    Cheers,
    M

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  2. Must you complain? You look great! Are you complaining about a D cup? You know how many flat chested women wish they had a D-cup?Your problem is so not your weight!Your problem is that your just too happy!

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  3. A real and common human problem. I applaud your quest for good health, but you can always declare what my brother does - "My body has just relaxed into it's new shape." No? Fine do the crunches, then, woman!

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  4. First of all, you've looked great in every show or picture I've ever seen you in, so don't beat yourself up too much.

    Second, that foot elbow wrist connection is amazing! I just tried it out, and damn if it isn't true!!!

    Third, nice blog. I'll definitely be back to read more

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  5. You must be the only woman I know who is uhappy about being a D-cup. Embrace your "flaws" and "imperfections", like I have with mine (God knows I have them!).

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  6. IDIC...Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Something we should all embrace.

    Thank you Star Trek.

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  7. Shes got legs,an she knows how to use them......Well to be real Rachel I'm not really in to sports,I just jumped on the saints world,cuz my grandfather pass away when the saints was come up & winnin...so now the saints are at the superbowl like my grandfather said they would be this time around....so that that'swhy I'm who datin my ass off right now!

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  8. love to U pretty Rachel....I know I don't I know U,but what I do kn0w,I like....2010 is our time for things to start happen in life....U SEE QUEEN!....cuz I know alot of times in my life I was like it's over,but I know I was not dead,so I know right there it's not over for me....So when that day comes again when U think why try....just know your not DEAD,so it's NOT over....keep tryin my QUEEN....POWER is in the one that keeps doin.....LOVE & BLESSINGS!
    P.S. Fu-k the HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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