Spoiler alert: not everyone, or rather no one at all, knows that cellulite and belly fat are hidden behind the XS size.
I was always thin, but it was rather difficult to call me anorexic. Since childhood, I have been doing rhythmic gymnastics, and then ballet. Of course, my figure was perfect: from constant training and rehearsals, the body was in good shape, the press was pumped up, and the buttocks were elastic. When I started dancing in the theater, I had to practice every day, I lost even more weight and I even liked it.
Three years have passed, I left the theater and stopped dancing and playing sports. The desire to spend all my time with my family, to do what I love prevailed, and for 10 years I was pretty tired of dancing.
As soon as I finished training, my body was in excellent shape for about a year – toned and elastic. But then everything changed: fatty layer instead of muscles appeared on the thighs, not a trace remained of the ideal press. I gained about 3 extra pounds, it would seem that this is not so much, but they are very noticeable on a thin girl.
I honestly call myself skinny fat, which means that even thin people can have fat. However, not everyone notices that I am far from thin. I often hear compliments like: “You are so thin, you can eat whatever you want.” In response, I just feel embarrassed and say a shy “thank you”, because I know what my body looks like when I stand in my underwear in front of the mirror.
In clothes, the picture looks much better, because all the fat layers are hidden under dresses, which cover far from thin thighs and the presence of a small tummy
My boyfriend sometimes calls me plump, and I’m really worried that my body has changed. Why didn’t I run to the gym and exhaust myself with training, you ask? I really tried. Attempts to bring the body back into shape were unsuccessful. I understand that I need to forget about burgers, potatoes, fried chicken at 12 at night, but sometimes it is very difficult to deny myself this.
A habit can be developed in 21 days, but my willpower isn’t enough. The maximum I can hold out for five days: I eat only healthy food, I make a few good snacks, I do not use sugar and other sweets at all. In addition, I even go in for sports: I do exercises, swing abs and squat (oh, I wish my ass would become elastic!), I go to yoga, but after a week I give up everything because I get very tired.
Nutritionists say that it is much easier for overweight people to lose weight, because as soon as they start eating right, the extra pounds go away very quickly. The most difficult thing is to lose weight already thin, because the usual change in diet does not allow you to say goodbye to weight. Of course, you can sit down to “dry”, eat only protein 5-6 times a day and train every day so that the excess fat is gone and the muscles are preserved. However, this method can significantly harm health, since the body will not receive the necessary vitamins and minerals.
Perhaps, having written this article, I will still challenge myself and start playing sports at least three times a week (at first this will be quite enough), and also think over my nutrition.
I know many skinny fat girls who are not at all shy about this and, perhaps, are doing the right thing. Alas, I cannot love my body as it is now.