In the spirit of mixin' it up, I've been thinking about this blog since summer. It all started when I'd lost my last 15 lbs. and had been doing this great Pilates class for about a year. I'd put my hand on my waist and felt something hard on the side and toward the back. Got worried, started feeling for the lump and if/ where it might hurt if I pressed it. It was then that I discovered that I'd either uncovered or developed this odd apparition called, you got it- MUSCLE!!!I think it had something to do with the oblique muscle that the gym coach said we were working when twisting body and holding leg at odd angles.
(Which caused me to look up oblique. But all the meanings are really another blog in and of themselves!!!)
Okay, I'm a far cry from Atlas, but I began to get a little impressed with myself.
So then, I was going to the library, and decided to try something a little- riskee!
I tried tying my T-shirt into one of those knots at the waist that skinny girls look so cute in.
That didn't work, as I'm not really That skinny, and way too short waisted- yeah, really, I know- I took pictures of myself!!!!
I also had to catch a shot of my side view just for the sake of knowing I'd really achieved a curve at the very short waist. This was something I didn't even have in high school, as I had a straighter waistline before I had kids. (thanks to Sarah and Rosie!!)
And then, I decided on the before and after shots, as you see in the last 2. Before I hold in my stomach, and after I let it out!
God in his infinite wisdom & mercy caused them to post in this reverse order to humble me and my narcissistic self-viewing.
So yeah, why would anyone want to post that last vulgar image of self? To remind myself what a terrible thing it is to waste your mind on your waist!
Interestingly, the word "obliquity" can mean "deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking." from a 1961 Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary.
Maybe I should've called this one the Oblique Obliquity...
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