It's a girl thing

1st and foremost-- HAPPY NEW YEAR!   Yes, we are finally in a New Year and a new decade...so kewl!

I did my New Year's run.  Yes, Bri, finally got out the door for my run.  Tho, who was the jackass that put 20xnn on my schedule, huh?  Had my bfast of champions 1st,

and Hobbles had to help me eat it of course.  Like is there anything she won't help me eat?  Nope!

Now really, who can resist this sweet face when she comes beggin for food? 

I was out putting the miles on my feets and listening to my new iPod Nano (great device by the way) when one of my songs shuffled came on:  Madonna's What it feels like "to be a girl."  Good song really.  It got me to thinking.  Yeah, I do think on occassion.  It's tough to be a girl/woman.  It has always been a man-made world more or less, and still is IMO.  Now don't get me wrong I'm not one of those bra burning feminists.

Tho, I do believe that some bras, if not all, should be burned to crispy critters.  I am also not under the notion that there is just "women's" work and "men's" work. 

Is there equality, maybe in a scant few areas, but I think---Hell no!  Will there ever be, naw probably not. 

Ok, sorta getting away from my original point.   Let me rewind a little here.  I was reading another blog, where this woman pretty much states that she isn't sure she wants to lose weight , tho she definitely feels that it is necessary if she wants to better herself in her sport.  Ummmm, like ok, maybe, then again, maybe not.  Now understand this is a woman who does 50Ks for bfast and has a 100 mile race in her near future THIS year mind you.  It didn't really hit me until today and listening to that song.  Why do we as women have to lose weight to feel like we are better?  If that doesn't work, why plastic surgery and I'm not just talking one minor surgery, I'm talking major addictive behavior to plastics?

 I know some female athletes that would leave me in their dust, then bury me just for good measure out on any given course and they might be 30lbs heavier than me.  Does weight or looks in that regard really make us who we are or our perceptions of ourselves better?   I realize that this isn't just a woman's thing, but I would say without a doubt that >90% of this is a woman's thing.  Why do we bury ourselves in such minutia?  Some blame society, some blame the modeling industry...hey regardless sex sells and not just to the male species, the advertisers on Madison Ave know this.

Unfortunately all of us women have issues at one time or another with our weight or with how we perceive

our weight to be at that time.  Some take it to extremes and others diet, then yo-yo, then diet again.  I think it is sad that we do this to ourselves.  We measure ourselves against a picture that can be an unknown and unattainable entity.  Partially because our genetics dictate how we will be, our age, hormones, etc., come into a lot more play that we give them credit for.

Just want to leave a little tidbit here...too toss around in your head. 
http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/01/ex-miss-argentina-dies-after-butt-implant-surgery/

I'm not on a soapbox....unfortunately I know of this need or the feeling of being inadequate due to weight, looks, etc.  Tho, the older I get the more comfortable I get in my own skin.  We all have our moments.  Lets not have these moments rule us.