Being Normal

Hi Folks!

I come across things almost every day and think "oh I should blog that thought." Then my busy life gets in the way. So yesterday I thought of something and promised myself I would make the time to write about it.

Last night I went to a wonderful concert with Joe's family. As we were waiting for the second half to start we were talking about a person who recently lost 20-30 pounds. When I heard the news my reaction was "how did they do it?" It wasn't until a few minutes later that I realized my reaction wasn't the graceful one it should have been. It should have been "good for them" or "I'm happy they have chosen to live a more healthy life" or "I didn't even think they needed to lose weight." But no. My reaction was "HOW?" and it wasn't even that I was so interested in how they lost weight, but how I could lose 20 pounds.

All kinds of studies claim that our country is obese. I think our country is simply just obsessed. Obsessed of hearing "success" stories or "how" everyone loses weight, or hearing how fat other people are.

I just want to be normal, not fat, not skinny, not toned, just normal. Is that okay? Is being normal okay? I work out: I lift, run, yoga, stretch, dance classes, but I also eat. Is that normal?

Is normal okay?