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I am not a size 2.
My stretch marks are not stretch marks with this 3 inches of fat around my middle.
I am not a size 2.
I cannot fit into the jeans I wore in high school.
I am not a size 2.
I have 2 kids, not 2 sizes on my pants.
I am not an XS.
What am I? 13?
I am not an XS.
Larger bras should have been purchased this summer.
I am not an XS.
Or a size 2.
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But seriously, are we really that large as a nation that even mid-sized women are considered skinny? For the first time since I was 18, I fit into pants smaller than size 4, and shirts smaller than medium. I was so excited to come home this summer to find clothes that fit me as I'm too big or tall for all the clothes in China. Yet, I worry that next year I'll return and be too large for anything.
What gives?
Sure, this country's pant-line is expanding, but really, increasing the measurements on the clothes doesn't do anyone any sort of good.
Why lose weight if you continue to be 30 pounds overweight but keep going down in pant sizes?
Why try to exercise more if you are finally a size S shirt without trying?
Why worry about heart disease, diabetes, and our children's lowered life expectancy if everyone else is doing it and saying it's okay?
Debt crisis be damned. Increase the cost of sitting on your ass and then this country may act. I was compassionate for too long. Now I'm just disgusted.
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I am NOT a size 2.
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| Wearing my brand new, SIZE 2, Old Navy jeans |
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