The Skinny on Skinny

Recently I evaluated my life and realized I have an enormous infatuation with the word skinny. In fact, if it has skinny on the label I'm automatically buying it! I have always known I have had a weight obsession ... not like eating disorder ... just the run of the mil obsession. I had a stomach bug two years ago, and while I was at home alone sick (yes let's pause for the emphasis on the word alone), I watched a weight watchers commercial. I decided that NOW was the perfect time to get on weight watchers (my stomach was currently completely empty, so it made total sense).  I naturally I assumed I would be instantly skinny because I just bought the summer online membership, and that's what they were promising me in the commercial. Summer came and went and I didn't lose a single pound. Of course I wasn't going to sign up again ... it didn't work ... no I didn't actually measure my food or keep up with how many points I was eating. I did, however, log everything into my iphone and with those flex points and exercise I could eat pretty much like I was already eating and more and still have TONS of points left over. I hope Jessica Simpson has better luck. I was still regular, not yet "skinny," which is fine ... I'm ok with regular. Still my infatuation with the word skinny grew.

I bought skinny jeans. I ate skinny cow ice cream. I converted to a Skinny Cinnamon Dolce' Latte at Starbucks. I read the book Skinnybones to my 5th grade class, which is hysterical! I cooked recipes from this amazing website called Skinny Taste. I went skinny dipping. I bought the Big Skinny cream by Philosophy. I drank Skinny Margaritas. I got a straightener on my hair so my hair would be skinny. I did it all. I was fully committed to the word skinny. Then I drew the line. Here's the line ---------- and BAM I drew it. I tried it and decided, I would be "regular" for the rest of my life before I ever tried this skinny product again.

Skinnygirl Wine

Sounds like a great idea right? Wrong! Wine is meant to be enjoyed, not to be revolted by. I will admit I was excited about this product when I heard about the idea. I mean it had the word skinny right there next to my other favorite word- wine. A whole glass of wine for 100 calories. So I bought it in red and white. Why not get both bottles, it's going to be delish. I opened the bottle and read the label, "100 Calories for 5 ounces". Wait a second ... don't they know that most wines are already about 100 calories when you drink about 4 - 5 ounces? A little let down by that revelation and a little more apprehensive, I still took a sip and it tasted like my wine bottle had been opened for two weeks and had fermented into that nasty, yucky, discolored wine then rebottle for my "skinny enjoyment".  I'm depressed all over again just thinking about it. My frugal husband wanted me to drink that nasty wine, I pawned it off on some of our new retirement community friends. I definitely was not practicing proper wine etiquette by bringing a new bottle of wine to a dinner party, I was desperate to get rid of it. Just because it sounds good doesn't mean that it will be good so don't jump in and buy two bottles right away, that was my take home lesson.

 

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Delicious  The line has been drawn