Fitspo. In the form of shapewear.

I was looking around for some motivation to work out since I'm such a lazy bones on this dreary Saturday and...yup. Found some. Here goes: 

I used to be the QUEEN of spanx. The tighter the better. I would even double up and wear them two at a time! I considered my workout to be the time and energy exerted on climbing into those bad boys (and trust me, if you've been there, you KNOW what I'm talking about when I say "I broke a sweat getting into my spanx" - bc that is NOT an exaggeration!) 😂😂😂 I even remember going to an outdoor wedding once wearing waist high spanx and a full length dress and...there was a porta-potty. Let's just say it didn't work out well for me (or that pair of spanx - may they rest in peace). Why am I (over)sharing all of this? I don't know...oh wait! There was a point! 

This December I attended a holiday party and rented a gown from rent the runway in a size 4. (The size only matters bc I would never have ordered a single size before, let alone anything smaller than a size 14 a year prior!) I didn't even THINK about undergarments and it never occurred to me to put spanx on.  Because I had stopped wearing them, and no longer needed them. It was a revelation! I was free! And the dress still fit - I would even say it fit WELL 😳. Why? Because I busted my butt, stayed consistent with my nutrition and fitness and never gave up for 11 months. Now some of you may still be in the "I'd rather spend the money and wear the spanx than put in all of that hard work and effort to not need them" category. To you I say I've been there. And I get that. And I was of that opinion for YEARS. But I will also say the other side of that - where you never have to think about it, where you can just put on a dress, and NEVER have to worry about dealing with the bathroom, or what someone's gonna think when you have to get undressed in front of them (a date, significant other, in a locker room, communal changing room, hiding them in your clothes at the Drs  office) - is a radically different and happier life. I used to see ads like the one at the top of this post and go desperately searching for my credit card. Now I look at them and think, "how is she gonna pee?" 

So I'm gonna go work out now. How bout you?