C'est La Vie

That, dear readers, was one of the goals that I had written in my “50 Goals in Life” when I was in junior high.  So far, with all the other goals, I’ve actually been doing pretty good!  Except for the body goal. 

I’m not fat or skinny, I’d say I’m thin.  If you look at me straight on from left to right, I’m pretty small…hold on, why don’t I just go measure myself?…Ok, here goes.  My bust = 32, waist = 24 and hips = 34 and I’m 5 feet 3 and 3/4” (I think the average model with my stats would be about 5’7” or 5’8” which is scary).  My average weight is 107 lbs.  I fit size 23 jeans in Guess, and otherwise size zero jeans at other stores, and I’m a small in tops from any store.  Once I start eating throughout the day (remember that McDonalds post I had a while ago?).. my stomach expands..picture an African malnourished child..you know how they have those protruding bellies?  That’s me (well not THAT extreme but you get the idea), except I’m not malnourished.. I just have a small frame and my belly comes out because it’s not toned.  The other thing about me is in comparison to the size of my waist and the rest of my body, my arms are like giant bowling pins.  I don’t have naturally skinny arms that other girls my size tend to have (think of Mischa Barton’s arms).  My arms are more along the size of Michelle Obama’s arms (except nowhere near as toned).  The First Lady has my DREAM arms right now:

I would love to have curves like Beyonce:
   but unfortunately, that’s just not my body type.
So…what to do, what to do?  I do a lot of cardio which is currently allowing me to stay at this weight because God knows, with my eating habits and junk food consumption I should look like a baby elephant.  I’m starting to do ab excercises and resistance band training at home (it’s been 2 days ahha so we’ll see how long that lasts but that goal sheet I made when I was in junior high is very important to me so I’m def going to try hard).  My legs aren’t too shabby because I do bhangra which involves a lot of squatting but I’ll incorporate some leg excercises too I suppose…possibly, wall sits and lunges.  Other than that, I’m going to cut out junk foods except on weekends and reduce portion sizes, and I’m eating a green tea pill twice a day.  I should probably buy some multivitamins but I’m broke right now so I’ll save that for when I have some money.  Going to the gym is out of the question because I have no desire to get there using public transport, nor do I want to pay for gym membership.  On top of bhangra (youtube it, if you don’t know what I’m talking about), I have this mini trampoline in my room which I dance, jump, sing, bounce on occasionally but I’m planning on doing it for about 20-30 minutes everyday (while contracting my abs of course!).

Hopefully, I stick to it!  I think posting my progress on this blog might help me so I’ll be keeping you posted.  I’m not at all concerned with having six pack abs or anything like that.  I actually don’t mind my body right now, it’s pretty decent but it’s just not “the best” I can be.  I just want a stronger core, one that doesn’t expand like a dry sponge absorbing water as soon as I eat my first meal of the day.  I also, really, really want toned arms.  That’s about it.  I’m not looking to lose weight, just tone up, but there is def a layer of fat that needs to go so I hope I don’t end up too skinny.  Some junk in the trunk is always a good thing, right fellas?