At this point I am almost sure that most people have either seen or heard of Nicki Minaj’s new song “Anaconda”. It samples Sir Mix A Lot’s “Baby Got Back” song from back in the day when booties were just becoming the rage. Wait…has booty always been in style or not? Heck I have no idea! All I know is that right now booty is the rage. In case you have been under a rock and have yet to see the video click HERE to see it. I should say before you click the link that I do not like the song and I am not a Nicki fan butt but the video made me think about some things.
In media, magazines, print, online and elsewhere, women’s bodies are characterized by their shape. Apple, Pears, Strawberry, Blueberries, Bananas…it goes on and on although I have never seen a kumquat shape. Guess that isn’t a popular fruit! 😉 For a visual see the below chart.
The Pear. The description above is definitely me although I take some offense to that whole statement about saddlebags! Whoever put that in there should be reprimanded and heavily. One of the greatest challenges I have encountered is making sure that my workouts focus on the areas that need the most toning up. If you read the above description of a “pear” shape, it hits my body to a tee. (Again minus the saddlebags 😉 ) I try to make sure that I spend time working on my glutes, quads, hamstrings, all the muscles in my legs. The majority of my weight is carried in my lower half. It was just the luck of the draw that I got dealt. All of my life, I’ve tried on dresses that fit on the bottom but are too big on the top. To this day, I still have this problem and well…there isn’t a cure for it so….I trudge on happy with what I have 🙂
So why the Nicki Minaj reference? Well it’s simple really. I have heard women and men alike fantasize about having her body and having her booty. For real? I get that she appears to have this body that men idolize and gawk at and a behind that women do endless squats for. If what I see is right, she looks like a pear shape as well and suppose if she weren’t famous with millions, she might face some of the same challenges that I have!
The moral of the story is simple.
If you idolize anyone’s body, let it be your own.
Let that sink in for a minute….You will be amazed at what a miraculous body you have once you start to love it instead of loving someone else’s or treating it badly. I’ll gladly take my chest which is the smallest in all of my family….at least I don’t have to buy a big bra 🙂 I’ll smile a little when I hear someone else complain about their “flat” bottom because I know that the booty God’s blessed me although I think they may have gotten distracted and gave me a tad too much 😉 I’ll smile when the belt hits my waist just right because I’ve worked hard to make it what it is! So love what you have and do what you need to do to make it the best you.
Ro
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