If you recall, in one of my previous food posts, I stated that I was the skinniest fat girl you’ll ever meet. Well, I’d like to take this time to elaborate on that.

I am the girl that most people hate. I eat what I want, when I want. Physically inactive and yet, I’m still skinny. And I ain’t eatin’ no salads.  I build and maintain muscle rather easily ( you hate me too now don’t you?) People often accuse me of being an alien (I will neither confirm nor deny it)  A brief history: I didn’t cross the 100lb mark until high school.  I didn’t cross the 120lb mark until my late 20’s.  Now in my mid 30’s I’m now in the mid 130’s.  And while the gradual “fill out” has been most welcomed, some additional pounds have decided to reside in my mid section which I have dubbed “baby muffins.” It’s not a full on muffin top but let’s be real, this is how muffin tops are born.  So after my vacation and seeing all those fabulous bodies on the beach, I decided I was gonna do something about the baby muffins because I’ve realized I cannot continue to rest on my skinny laurels much longer, which brings us to today’s story.

I decided to try out “The Lithe Method” studio. This studio combines barre work, pilates, and yoga techniques to sculpt the body, at least that’s how I describe it.  They have many different classes that target many different areas. For the purposes of what I am trying to achieve, I decided to sign up for their “High Waisted” class.  This class targets the stomach, the lower back, and booty. (yes!)  “Awesome”, I thought to myself. “This is just what I need.”

Fast forward to the day of the class I sign all the waivers and what not and proceed to the studio.  It’s a packed house.  The class starts promptly and we get right into it.  There are resistance bands hanging from the ceiling so that you can hold your arms out to a “T”.  Pliés, and arabesques abound pulsing, stiletto feet (tippy toes), fold, bring the knee in etc.  Now as you read this, you may say “gee, that doesn’t sound so bad.” Well you’re WRONG!!  This class is fast paced and hard to do if you have never been to the studio before.  I lasted 15 minutes and walked out. Yup, you read right. I left the class after 15 minutes. Why?  Because I was going to die otherwise.  I get to the front desk and the lady looks at me with worry in her eyes.  She asks me, “What happened?” I answered her honestly and said, “I’m not ready for this. That class is haaaaaaard.”  She then informed me that that particular class was for “Lithers”  who have been going there for 5 years or more.  That made me feel a little bit better, only barely.  I asked her if they had any beginner classes and she circled a few that I can take to get my feet wet and ease into this Lithe thing.  So after feeling like the out of shape person that I am, I left there and walked to the Reading Terminal to have breakfast a the Dutch Country Eating place. Whilst there, I met some cool people who were in town for a convention.  We exchanged pleasantries and shared our love of butter and grits! One step forward two steps back I suppose. 😉