Skinny fat..."
Hello all you beautiful people! I sat here and hemmed and hawed over this blog. I hesitated to post about my newest adventure, I thought it might be a bit too personal and what not. But I figured, you come to my blog not only to look at my images that I capture, but to get to know me and my personality a bit. So...onwards and upwards!
I've started working out...That's the story in a nutshell. Now, you might be thinking to yourself, (as one fabulous Lori Nordstrom pointed out) "um yeah. you are like "this" big... skinny girl - where are you going to loose any fat?" (yeah, and everyone needs to go check out miss Lori because she is not one to talk...she's had like 3 kids and looks AMAZING!)
Anyhow...yes, I am slender. BUT (and it's a big one) I'm not healthy, I'm not fit. I'm VERY out of shape. I get huffy when I walk a flight of stairs. And all my wedding shooters out there can attest that a wedding day is a BIG workout. You're down, you're up...you're getting in weird positions to get THE shot. And for that you need MUSCLE! You need to be flexible (or bendy, as I like to put it :) hehehe.)
And bendy and muscles are not something Suzy is in posession of!!!
I'm sick of it! So I joined a gym and got myself a trainer. Yes, a real life person to tell me how and when to workout and to yell (ok, yell is a harsh word, they don't yell as so much as ummm...enccourage loudly...how's that???) at me and push me. I went in a few days ago and got all my measurments and got my body fat %...it's (insert drumroll here) 25%!! ICK!!! GROSS!!! My trainer looked at me after that and said, "Yeah, uhhh...you're what we call "skinny fat" I laughed, but it's so very true! I'm JIGGLY!! (and only the Pillsbury Dough Boy can get away with that!!)
So here I am...Jiggly, skinny fat girl...Out there for everyone to see...I'm going to do this. I'm going to get in SHAPE and start living HEALTHY. :) My promise to you guys!
I bet you're wondering how this ties into photography huh? Well, I touched on it briefly earlier. Your wedding day. You might think "My wedding day? How is that possible?" Think about it. On average, it's an 10-12 hour day...Most of that is standing, or walking, or crouching down or getting into funky positions to get THAT shot. And not only are we doing all of the above, we are usually carrying at least one camera, with a battery grip, possibly a flash and a lens...and depending on the lens, you're looking at carrying around at LEAST another 10 lbs...PLUS camera bags and laptops....So at the end of the day, I'm sore. Like can't-get-out-of-bed-muscles-are-dead sore. And once again...I'm sick of it!! I want to enjoy your wedding day as much as you and NOT be sore afterwards!! That is my goal :)
So I'm going grocery shopping, I'm going to start eating healthier and I'm working out at least 3 times a week. Self.com has a GREAT grocery list that I'm printing out and taking with me!!
Now, who's with me??? Leave me some love and tell me that you're in this with me too!!! :)
I've started working out...That's the story in a nutshell. Now, you might be thinking to yourself, (as one fabulous Lori Nordstrom pointed out) "um yeah. you are like "this" big... skinny girl - where are you going to loose any fat?" (yeah, and everyone needs to go check out miss Lori because she is not one to talk...she's had like 3 kids and looks AMAZING!)
Anyhow...yes, I am slender. BUT (and it's a big one) I'm not healthy, I'm not fit. I'm VERY out of shape. I get huffy when I walk a flight of stairs. And all my wedding shooters out there can attest that a wedding day is a BIG workout. You're down, you're up...you're getting in weird positions to get THE shot. And for that you need MUSCLE! You need to be flexible (or bendy, as I like to put it :) hehehe.)
And bendy and muscles are not something Suzy is in posession of!!!
I'm sick of it! So I joined a gym and got myself a trainer. Yes, a real life person to tell me how and when to workout and to yell (ok, yell is a harsh word, they don't yell as so much as ummm...enccourage loudly...how's that???) at me and push me. I went in a few days ago and got all my measurments and got my body fat %...it's (insert drumroll here) 25%!! ICK!!! GROSS!!! My trainer looked at me after that and said, "Yeah, uhhh...you're what we call "skinny fat" I laughed, but it's so very true! I'm JIGGLY!! (and only the Pillsbury Dough Boy can get away with that!!)
So here I am...Jiggly, skinny fat girl...Out there for everyone to see...I'm going to do this. I'm going to get in SHAPE and start living HEALTHY. :) My promise to you guys!
I bet you're wondering how this ties into photography huh? Well, I touched on it briefly earlier. Your wedding day. You might think "My wedding day? How is that possible?" Think about it. On average, it's an 10-12 hour day...Most of that is standing, or walking, or crouching down or getting into funky positions to get THAT shot. And not only are we doing all of the above, we are usually carrying at least one camera, with a battery grip, possibly a flash and a lens...and depending on the lens, you're looking at carrying around at LEAST another 10 lbs...PLUS camera bags and laptops....So at the end of the day, I'm sore. Like can't-get-out-of-bed-muscles-are-dead sore. And once again...I'm sick of it!! I want to enjoy your wedding day as much as you and NOT be sore afterwards!! That is my goal :)
So I'm going grocery shopping, I'm going to start eating healthier and I'm working out at least 3 times a week. Self.com has a GREAT grocery list that I'm printing out and taking with me!!
Now, who's with me??? Leave me some love and tell me that you're in this with me too!!! :)
posted by Suzy Min at 11:33 PM
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