An Encounter at the Barn with Miss Smarty Pants….The Self Righteous Dieter

Every once in awhile I meet up with “Miss Smarty Pants” or MSP  One thing is assured is that this interaction is never pleasant.  MSP  has a knack of making you feel pretty bad about yourself but at the time it appears that she is being so nice and helpful and supportive.  The ultimate example of MSP is the character “Marie Barone” from the sitcom “Everyone Loves Raymond.”  Marie  is so helpful and nice but afterward you need a dustpan to pick up your ego and self esteem.

Just the other day at the barn I ran into Miss Smarty Pants  who is usually a very nice person.  But MSP  has been on the “Kate Middleton or  Dukan Diet.”    MSP has lost quite a bit of weight and she does look nice but perhaps just a bit too thin.  (maybe a little jealousy here?)  As a woman ages you have to lose weight very slowly otherwise you may look as though you have been ill.  Also, most people initially lose fat and muscle so while you are thin you may not have much muscle mass.    I recall when I first lost most of my weight some folks would take my family aside and ask if I was OK.  After the initial weight loss your body does fill out a bit and you regain that healthy glow along with muscle mass.  In other words you will put on a little bit of weight once you move to maintenance.

Anyway, I told MSP that she looked good and she gave me that old “up and down” “check out my shape look.”  I felt a bit insecure and went fishing for a complement (my big mistake.)  Instead of positive reinforcement what I got was some friendly advice that over time my hips would slim down and if I want I could have her old size 10 or 12 slacks because now she is a size 6.  Whoa!  What happened here?  It started as my compliment to her and suddenly I am being told that my hips would slim down over time and I can have her “fat pants!”  How did this happen?  I put my tail between my legs and drove home to lick my wounds.  I felt terrible, really terrible.  So as soon as I saw my daughter I asked the million dollar question “Am I fat?”

My daughter was fantastic and reminded me that I am a very toned and physically fit person.  She reminded me that I look good and that my body conformation is very different than MSP.   She told me “YOU ARE NOT FAT.”   I also did an Internet search wanting to find out if this diet also has some impact on a person’s good judgement and found the attached article on the “Kate Diet” which refers to Nicole Kidman as “dumpy” (“Kate made even the trim Nicole Kidman look less than sublime”) and that “Reese Witherspoon looks heavy in comparison to the Duchess.”   YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME!  These comparisons are ridiculous and it appears that Missy Smarty Pants has swallowed this stuff hook line and sinker.  And when did a princess go from “Fairest of them all” to “Skinniest of them all?”  This is so wrong.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2013700/Kate-Middleton-A-waist-Nicole-Kidman-look-dumpy.html#ixzz1URAZjqvq

Missy Smarty Pants was proud of her accomplishment as well she should be but she became a bit too self righteous as though she holds the key to skinny.  But being skinny and flabby is not for me.   I would rather be fit, toned and healthy and at the end of the day I always look to my doctor and family for good feedback. 

Missy Smarty Pants please keep your opinions to yourself and bear in mind that in a fight I can take you down.  

So stay fit, healthy and trim my friends, but leave the skinny stuff to the celebrities, and if Miss Smarty Pants approaches you please run the other way, it is not worth the encounter.  Please do not become a Missy Smarty Pants since at any time anyone can morph into her.  A little humility goes a long way.

Happy, healthy trails to you all!