So I'm battling the enemy that is my self-esteem, who's teamed up with guilt. I'm barely holding on! If I were a normal person, I would've already called the YMCA and signed my small child up for Mommy & Me swim lessons. I feel the butterflies in my stomach just writing that last sentence. But no, the crazy person in me is absolutely incapacitated from fear.
To start: I don't know anyone who looks like Twiggy.
And I can tell you that I most certainly don't. But MY GOD! how I wish that I did. But most people don't. So why should this stop me from getting into a bathing suit? Here's my failing rationalization. If nobody is looking like Twiggy (except maybe Alexa Chung),
Then why do I feel as sick to my stomach as I do to pudding my way into a swimsuit? I know most of my ladies probably feel the same way that I do, but I don't see it. I feel like I'm the only one who looks rotten in a suit. The only one. I won't wear shorts either. Fact. And I could blame it on the baby, but let's be honest, I wouldn't have been caught dead in a swimsuit or shorts even before I ever thought of being pregnant.
It's sad to me, because you couldn't keep me out of the pool when I was younger. And I rocked the Dive Team in high school. Until I hit puberty. Then I gained like 40lbs in a semester of school. And I started becoming painfully aware that I had body that didn't do what I thought it should. Dimples where there shouldn't be dimples. Ruined my summer life for as long as I live probably.
So now I'm stuck. I need to be a mother and not a self-obsessed fool. How do I get over this little brain rebellion?
I'm going to start a revolution. NO MORE SUITS! Except maybe this thing.
But even then I'd be worrying about my calves.
So If I could get my hands on the above suit, it wouldn't be the end of it. Because then I battle the need not to fail. And I don't feel comfortable doing things I've never done before, like calling and even asking about it. And what do I do once I'm there? I know I shower... can I wear a bathrobe while I do so? I don't like looking stupid. (This is why the above suit would probably never get worn, huh?)
I need my mind to shut-up and just call the Y. Oh, somebody get me a drink.
Definitely get a drink. You may be worrying about this too much... Then again, I'm not really in a hurry to wear a bathing suit either.
ReplyDeleteI am totally and completely worrying about this too much, and even admitting that and saying it out loud doesn't make it go away.
ReplyDeleteI did end up calling the Y today though. I do feel slightly more accomplished.