Look out Clothing Industry, we're coming to get you!

Thanks for the positive feed back on my last post. It is good to know that I am not alone in this situation. I think all of you are beautiful no matter what size or shape you are. I love diversity in the world cause how boring would it be if we all looked exactly the same.

I went shopping for some new clothing last night. I literally have nothing that fits and have been wearing sweats for the last 2 months cause I refuse to buy clothes for the weight that I am. Well, I am sick to death of sweats and know that I would feel so much better if I could get up and get dressed for the day. So, I got 2 pair of levi's, 3 shirts, 3 new bras (the best new thing to have in my opinion), a sweater (I know, it is summer time and I bet those of you in UT would rather die than think of buying or wearing sweaters right now but it was only $6) and 3 pair of workout bottoms. This should hold me over until I can wedge into the next size down which I have plenty of clothing for. What a pain in the a**. I was really frustrated last night shopping because at most stores, I notice that the largest size was an XL which is like a 16 - 18 but what do people do who are bigger than that? I was really pissed at the clothing industry. I read somewhere a while ago that less than 15% of America is a size 6 or smaller. And that the clothing industry uses a size 6 for all of their patterns and then either increases or decreases for smaller of larger sizes. Isn't that crazy! 15%! And 40% of all american woman are a size 14 or bigger so why would and XL be a size 16 - 18? Shouldn't that be sized for just above average cause it is? I think the clothing industry needs a serious make over. I know that there are tiny woman out there, Kelly my sister in law is a 00, I am not saying that we need to exclude them but we need to do something about the upper sizes. Maybe instead of jumping by 2 numbers, 2 4 6 8 10, we should grow in increments of 1, 1 2 3 4 . . . Or we could start with an extra extra small for those that are a 00. Any other suggestions? Whoa, that was quiet a rant. I am exhausted now.

So, Johno did not get the Prius. He thought the guy selling the car was fishy so he passed. We found a dog at the pound that we are going to call about today. Check him out! Ok, so never mind, I think that blogger has problems with Mac's because the spell check never works from our computer and now I can not find the link button. Geez! Well, here is the full address if you are interested. I love him to death and can't wait to meet him. http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7656778

We are going to Cincinnati this weekend for a tournament that Johno's girls are playing in. Saturday he only 2 games, yippee, but Sunday he has 5 games. I am not going to complain though, 2 games on Sat is great.

I have not gone for my run today so I can't post stats but for those of you that are doing the program with me it is another run 30 seconds and walk 4 mins 30 sec 8 times. I must go because I have a ton to do before we leave. Have a great weekend! Now go and get your running shoes on!

PS, 4 loads of laundry and one run later . . .
Today's stats:
Run 30 seconds walk 4 minutes 30 seconds 8 times
3.45 miles
48 minutes 11 seconds
13:56 pace
435 calories

I run with the Nike/Ipod nano set up which I highly recommend. If you have had a personal best that run Lance Armstrong, whom I love, comes on and says, "Congratulations, you ran your fastest mile today!" or whatever you have done well that day. So today I got a Lance message. "Congratulations, today was your longest run!" It is by far my favorite part of my run!