by Melissa Brown

Created on: August 10, 2010

Exactly a month ago, I started back to the gym (Curves); not because I expect to get back to “Cute and Adorable” again, but I finally realize that doing this can only improve my respiratory system and get me back in to pretty good shape.  I felt that this is something I need to do, and I just accept this as part of my life and responsibility now; part of my efforts to keep fit for my kids.  We all know that as long as we keep healthy, fit and active, then we have a much better chance of keeping our mental facilities for a longer period of time, and therefore avoiding that which we Babyboomers fear most; getting put in a nursing home or, even worse, just ending up a burden to the people we love.

Today, when I went in to do my daily 30 to 45 minutes of rigorous exercise, I was stopped by a woman with a measuring tape!  “Halt!  It’s your turn!  It’s been exactly a month since you’ve been coming here, and it’s time to see what you’ve done!” 

What have I done?  I didn’t realize they took it so seriously!  Was I late?  Did I miss a day or two?

Oh, nooooo!  She came at me with a tape measure, and measured my bust.   Actually, that wasn’t so bad.  After I had turned 55, it (my bust) had actually started to grow, and I was very upset over this.  It had started to get in my way.  I really didn’t like it at all, remembering after my two girls were born and how I actually knocked over poker chips and drinks with my newly acquired buxom boobs.  At that point, I fretted and envisioned suddenly turning sideways and giving a short person a concussion.   How embarrassing!  I had never had them before, and didn’t want them….well not “bigguns” (Al Bundy speak).  At any rate, the lady with the tape measure whipped the tape around my bust!  Wow!  What a relief!  I had lost two inches!  Even better, that probably means I’ve lost some of my recently acquired (within the past 6 years) back fat.

Next, she measured my waist.  That was a disappointment, as I had not even lost a centimeter there.  How discouraging!  More HULA HOOP!  By the way, there is actually a hula hoop at Curves that weighs about 2 lb., and the inside is scalloped.  When you get it going, it actually pummels your waist line.

After that, she measured my upper arms, abdomen,

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