Goo!

How much goo will they find on my aging bod?

I meet a trainer at the gym today for my "free" measurements. They do the flexibility test and body fat and probably put you on a treadmill to test cardio in some way. It's to get a baseline for where you are now and set a goal for where you want to be. I hope it's not completely demoralizing for me.

Here are my thoughts on that:

I see SO many women who are absolutely beautiful bashing themselves daily. They can't be thin enough or pretty enough or whatever. They see themselves as gross and fat and not good enough. It drives me CRAZY. I hate it. I have my fat days like everyone else and I can get sucked into what the media thinks women should look like, but for the most part I try to love who I am - imperfections, kangaroo pouch and all.

I think that is a testament to society and it's weird wacko messages to women. Look at any women's magazine the next time you are in the store - there are articles on how to lose weight fast and then right below that is a tag line for the best ooey, gooey, chocolate brownies ever! Hello? Can you say schizophrenic?

Look around you. There are beautiful women in all shapes, sizes and body types. Really. Look around without that distorted media image of a beautiful woman. There are maybe what? 3% that have that "perfect media figure". Women are supposed to have curves, we have hips - it's the way we are designed. We are curvy and sexy and incredible. In ALL of our different body types.

I don't care to have a supermodel body and look fabulous in a bikini. I don't want to look like a 12 yr old boy. I don't want to obsess over my weight and write down every little thing I eat or drink in a food diary.

I DO want to be healthy and strong. I DO want to be able to do what I want, when I want without being limited by my body while it's relatively healthy. I DO want to try and keep it healthy for as long as I can.

This is why I joined a gym and why Furry Husband and I try to plan meals and eat more healthfully. It is a work in progress and we try really hard not to beat ourselves up as we deviate from our goals here and there due to life happening.

Anyway - there is my soapbox.

Speaking of soap... as in my little goat milk soap and lotion business.

I called my girlfriend last night to make an appointment to finish up the labeling for my lotions. I feel I can't move forward until the labels are done. I want to market them for re-sale in retail. The labels I created weren't waterproof and didn't look as professional as I thought they should if I wanted someone to buy them in a store. So my side project and start-up business has been at a total stand still. My motivation has plummeted.

I don't want to nag a friend. I know she is busy and has had obstacles of her own to deal with in her life and with her family and yet it's also part business... awkward, awkward, awkward. I don't like confrontation. I made myself call and ask to finish the labels and could we set up an appointment to do so? We did and I'm excited to get moving again. Our appt. is set for Nov 10... and then I can get back to bid'ness with my goat milk lotions and a marketing plan.

I paid the renewal on my trademark name, I renewed my tax license, I renewed my website domain name - even tho' I am really on the fence about my website provider and need to either redesign or close it down and open a shop on Etsy.com... I'm mulling it over. Either way, again, nothing can happen til I get my new labels so I can post pictures of product and begin branding with business cards etc. See how one little thing can cause everything to sort of screech to a halt on a project?