There’s nothing quite as humbling as shopping for a bathing suit less than 3 months after having a baby.  I went this week looking to find something modest, yet stylish at the same time.  And though I found just what I was looking for, I found a lot more as well.

While I was trying on a few swimsuits in the fitting room, I took a quick gander at every angle and noticed several fluffy areas underneath the suit.  I kept smoothing out the material on the first one, just assuming that it was that particular suit.  Well, it showed up in the second, third, and fourth suits as well.  Oh no!!! It’s me!  I’m fluffy!

Now before you send me emails telling me I look fine and that I should give myself  a break because I just had a baby for crying out loud, let me say this.  I’m not upset (too much at least.)  I’m just not willing to let this fluffiness continue.  It is a motivator to work hard to get myself in tip top shape.  I want to stay healthy for a long time, to be able to chase my kids around the back yard without anything shaking, and to generally live a healthy lifestyle.

To further my resolve (I’ve been getting up very early to workout for several weeks now,)  I went on a very fast walk at the gym yesterday morning.  The funny thing was that I kept getting lapped by old men.  I mean really, really old men.  Those guys are fast!!!  I thought I must be walking slow, so I went faster and faster until even I almost couldn’t keep up with myself.  I was lapping people younger than me, so I didn’t feel like a slouch.  But here came the old men- breezing by me in their little white reebok shoes they’ve probably had for 15 years.  What is up with that?  (Chris says it’s because they’re all retired and they fill their time with exercise.)

So- say goodbye to fluffy me.  I’m working hard to put it all back in place.  It feels great to be moving around “un-pregnant” again.