The Squeeze

The Squeeze

June 16th, 2006 @ 2:37 pm by Mrs. Caterpillar
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I had my non-fitting fitting at Mark Ingram on Tuesday, and the dress kind of sort of fits. It needs to be hemmed about 2 inches, and taken in slightly at the bust, waist, and hip. Alright, maybe a little more than slightly in the hip — I think it needs to be about 3 inches smaller. (I always thought I was a pear-shaped kind of girl, but apparently I’m more of a turnip or whatever other kind.)

In any case, Mr. Caterpillar and I are planning on spending the entirety of August in California, so I can’t have my fittings done at Mark Ingram. Alene offered to have the fittings done early; but I have a sneaking suspicion that all this Reservoir running and yoga practicing is going to have some dress embiggening effects. When I mentioned this, everyone was aghast.

Yoga, apparently, widens one’s back to World’s Strongest Man proportions. So, word on the street is: Running = OK; Yoga = Linebacker Body Shape.

I’ll take my chances.

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6 Responses to “The Squeeze”

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Christina

I wouldn’t worry about yoga. Depending on what kind of yoga you’re practicing, most will slim you done and elongate your spine. You’ll have better posture and look taller! I do bikram yoga and easily burn 600 calories from sweating and muscle strengthening. No big back here.

6/16/06 @ 3:01 pm (reply)

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Christina

Oh, and I’m a runner too, and noticed running made me bigger; instead of slimming my legs like I thought it would, it bulked up all my leg muscles. With yoga and running together, you’ll do well. Good luck!

6/16/06 @ 3:02 pm (reply)

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Michelle

Yoga won’t make your back big unless you do it in excess. Yes, the man who developed the Pilates method of yoga had a very large, strong torso, but he did a lot more yoga than the average person would ever attempt.
Also, I have heard that running is bad for women because it can damage your feminine internal organs. I don’t remember where, but I choose to believe it. I hate running.

6/16/06 @ 3:53 pm (reply)

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Case

Don’t worry. The running will slim you down since it’s a high impact exercise. My trainer tells me that running 4x, 40 min each time will burn a lot of fat, and the back is mostly fat. If you develop back muscle and burn fat, you’ll look really good since all the muscles will show up.

6/16/06 @ 4:01 pm (reply)

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Mela

erm. . . Michelle, I really hope you are kidding. Claims that running, or any other sort of physical exercise, will damage your “feminine internal organs,” are crap. Rather like the old claim that attending university would make one’s uterus become nonfunctional.

6/16/06 @ 4:16 pm (reply)

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Twistie

I’ve never heard about running being bad for anything except your knees, ankles, and feet, and that mostly if you’re doing your running on city streets rather than a proper track or wearing completely wrong shoes.

Certainly I can’t imagine there’s any connection between running and the uterus or the ovaries. If anything, a healthy body would seem likely to find pregnancy easier, so running or yoga or any sensible exercise program would be a good idea for a woman considering motherhood in the fairly near future.

6/17/06 @ 1:59 pm (reply)