Skinny Jeans

I decided to wear my skinny jeans today. Well, they’re hardly my skinny jeans since they aren’t much smaller than my regular jeans and they stretch a lot, but they look better on me now than they did six months ago. I didn’t lose any weight, but I lost an inch around my thighs and arms. Wish I would lose an inch around my waist too, but we can’t have everything, right.

To get to my point: weight and BMI don’t matter. They’re just numbers. Really, you can be very fit and have a high BMI and you can be extremely unhealthy and have a low BMI. Muscle is denser than fat. Water can add a lot of weight too. Heck, I lose two pounds just by sweating when I exercise. Actually, that means I’m not drinking enough water while I exercise, but you get the idea. Cut out some sodium from your diet if you want to retain less water.

Clothing size is also just a number. Remember a few months back, everyone was obsessing over the “fat” pictures of Jennifer Love Hewitt? The woman’s skinnier than me and everyone was calling her fat. I heard girls calling her a liar for saying she was a size 2. If I’m a 4, she can definitely be a 2! She’s frickin’ short, like me. Smaller frame = smaller size. Of course I’m just generally a size 4. When I go try on wedding dresses, I’m sure I’ll be a size 6 and sometimes I can fit into a size 0.

So why do we base how happy we are with ourselves on numbers that don’t mean anything? They should be used as tools. If you suddenly go up two dress sizes and gain ten pounds, there may be reason for concern. Otherwise, stop worrying about how much you weigh and just try to get your butt looking good in those skinny jeans.