48 minutes left in 2017. 48 minutes left to accomplish my 2017 resolutions. Probably not going to happen. Another year has gone by of feeling like a stranger in my own body. Of having to move my belly fat out of the way to get dressed. Of getting winded walking up and down the stairs to do laundry. Another summer passed being uncomfortable in a bathing suit. And now another winter approaches where my snow pants are three sizes too small and hang awkwardly in my closet. All my winter clothing is tight and I'm too ashamed to walk into a store and buy a bigger size. I hate my body. I know I'm supposed to feel all refreshed and renewed at the prospect of another new year looming. Another new beginning. Another chance to finally wake up and get my shit together. But right now I'm feeling like it's another opportunity to fail and disappoint myself. Disappoint my family. Be the fattest person at another family reunion. I don't even know what to do
Bathing suit shopping has always always always been torture. Even back when I was a skinny little 130 pound teenager I could find horrible things about my body in those dressing room mirrors. I dreaded it every year. Still do. But I've had the same bathing suit for probably 7 years. It's time for a new one. A couple friends of mine recommended the Catlina brand suits at WalMart. Cheap, tummy control, cute prints, seems too good to be true. But they all swore they were awesome. So I went shopping. With three kids. I picked a suit off the rack that said it was my size, checked out, and came home. (Because lets be honest. Swimsuit shopping is bad enough. Trying on said swim suits in WalMart with three kids in two is more torture than I care to endure.) Well. How about no. First, I could barely get it up over my hips. I thought "hey, this tummy control is going to be GREAT". Ha. Then I got it up to my boobs. And I couldn't reign the girls in