Not Kate Hudson
January 19th, 2010
Arielle: If you could visualize how you want your body to be, what would it look like?
Me: Uh, are you asking me to describe it to you?
Arielle: Yeah. Like think of a celebrity. Whose body do you admire?
Me: Well, I don’t really watch that much television so it’s hard to say. I mean, I am never going to look like Angelina Jolie.
Arielle: None of us are going to look like Angelina Jolie.
Me: Okay. Well what about Kate Hudson? She always looks fit.
Arielle: You are NEVER going to look like Kate Hudson.
Me: I didn’t mean “LOOK LIKE” Kate Hudson. I realize that there are several genetic barriers. But she always looks like she’s glowing. I want to glow.
Arielle: Honey, that’s just really good makeup and lighting. Try again.
Me: Okay. How about Jennifer Lopez. She’s got a big butt. I’ve got a big butt.
Arielle: Okay. Much better. Jennifer Lopez … BUT MORE FIT.
Me: More fit?
Arielle: GET ON THAT SCALE.
My first appointment with Arielle K (not to be mistaken for Arielle VF) was relatively painless. There were no calipers involved. Instead, they have these body fat calculators that you hold on to and they end up telling you things like 37.5% of your body weight is comprised of fat. The Tanita at home tells me no such thing. Tanita, me love you long time.
Given the fact that I am at 184 – 37.5% body fat means that I am lugging around 69 pounds of fat. Just imagine 69 one pound boxes of butter – that’s how much fat 69 pounds is. You minus out how much fat is normal to have for someone my size (let’s just say 22%) and through the magic of math, the amount that I need to loose is around 47 pounds. Let’s just call in 50 for good measure.
Dropping down to 134 pounds seems like a good goal to have. Last year I had visions of dropping down to my prepregnancy weight of 115 pounds but Arielle assurred me that 134 would be a good intermediary goal to have. The first 50 would be hard work. Another 20 would mean making some serious changes … in other words, going into athlete mode. Right now I am going for “normal healthy individual” … somewhere in between Jennifer Lopez and Kate Hudson.
Or maybe I’ll just strive to be the best version of Giyen.
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