Fat Pants Skinny Pants

Let me start by saying, I work in a corporate environment. Everyday, I wear some variation of "the uniform" a business suit. I have several suit pants, even more suit-type tops, and a few suit jackets. I mix these up every day to get a new suit formula. But basically it's very similar. I have various colors of the same pants and even more than one pair of the same pants. Some of them, despite being the same make, same size, same fabric, etc. fit differently. A little mix up at the dry cleaners perhaps?

 

This morning I had an early work meeting, so I got dressed in the dark and left in the semi-dark. I could tell I was putting on the skinny pants. I have an identical pair that are loose...the fat pants. Good for bloated days. The skinny pants are rarely worn, but sometimes I grab them accidentally or they are the last clean pair I have, and I have to wear them. In my haste I grabbed them threw them on and left. On the way to work I noticed that they were a bit looser than usual. This was very good news b/c my hormones have been out of whack and I have been taking progesterone (adds weight every time), so I was feeling better.

 

Until...

I realized...

I was wearing the fat pants!!

They fit. They fit REALLY well. Ugh.

 

So after the big discovery I had a piece of banana bread and decided to start a different type of exercise program. I have been eating less, less calories, not after a certain time of night, and walking more and my body is just getting bigger. I can only guess that my metabolism is taking the big 40s dive! It's tanking on me. Everyone told me that it would happen in my 40s but now it is real. I can't lose or maintain my weight the way I could before.

 

I had been toying this this idea, but today I am going to start exercising with tension bands. You know the kind that came with your aerobics workout DVD? Anyway, we have two of them. WW got one for some physical therapy she need a couple of years ago. It's black, the other one is BRIGHT pink.

 

I started thinking about it when I saw Martina Navratilova using them at her ranch on an Oprah episode. She, Martina, not Oprah, is in fantastic shape. Good god, I have never been as fit as her, nor will I ever be. My body was built for comfort, not for speed. Chris Everett was on that show as well and she keeps in shape by playing tennis. I would love to spend 2 hours a day playing tennis, but, oh right, I have to work. Which brings me back to my fat, now fit, pants. As I type this, my ankles feel a bit cold. I think they are riding up a bit high on the ankle too. Oh joy. Tighter and shorter. What else could a girl ask for.

 

BTW, I am a huge tennis fan. I played tennis all through high school and part of college. I LOVE tennis. If I could play everyday, I certainly would. Just to complete the picture, I never wore the little tennis skirt/skort, even though it was expected. At tournaments, I wore white jean shorts (hotter than Hell but I maintained my teenage dignity). At practice, I mostly wore cut-off sweats. On top I did wear the standard visor and ponytail.

 

So does anyone know any good exercises with the tension bands?