Day By Day

Today has been great so far! I woke up feeling great refreshed and ready to start my day. I got dressed had breakfast and then went to the gym. I was there for a while did  1 mile in 18 mins on the treadmil did some other things as well. I went to the store and finally came home. Of course I got on the computer...I went to facebook and looked at my friends updates and came open a picture and this article underneath it. It struck me and I wish I could find where it came from. Here you go!

A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.
They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.
They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.

But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?
They would have no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.

At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.
Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

(The girl on the picture is French model Tara Lynn)

To me this is all very true. People go to the gym to help loose weight. That is not some kind of encourgement. It is awful that people would think it would want to get people to work out. I am totally irritated by that. Although Tara Lynn is very beautiful. I love this picture. I cant wait until I am down at that size. I dont have to skinny or thin I want to healthy and comfortable in my body. I want to be able to have kids and run around with them, ride rides with them at the theme parks. I want to be around for a long while. I dont really care what people think of me, I am doing this for myself not for anyone else. If someone is serious about loosing weight and getting healthy it must be for themselves. Anyway...I am going to end this by saying "The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach." -- Benjamin Mays