Jogging has never been my favourite passtime. I passionately hate running and anything that comes close to it. However,for the last two weeks,I have made effort to jog for at least two kilometres a day. My doctor said it would keep my heart pumping alright but I fear the poor thing is getting overwhelmed already.
I am barely past the one kilometre mark when I notice this girl. She has been skipping her rope for the last thirty minutes,tirelessly not missing a single jump. Determined and focused is what you would call her. She must have set her target on the activity record tracker on her smart watch really high or fast paced. At that rate she was sure to burn a few kilocalories, if not jump her heart to exhaustion.

I must have stared for a minute longer because the skipping stops and she starts walking towards me. Her steps are calculated, her heavy breathing barely shallow enough for me to hear the loud music blasting from her head phones. That music is loud!
“I am Annette,” she says, her arm outstretched for a handshake. I guess Corona rules don’t apply in the field. I shake her hand I can’t help but notice the firmness of her grip.
” Nice to meet you ummh ….”
“Joy” I say. ” I am Joy” (let’s assume that’s my name)

Annette gets back to her skipping sure to blow dust my way while at it. I take this as my cue to leave and leaving I do. Something about Annette gets my attention. I can’t really decipher what it is exactly but her aura excites my curiosity.
For a week, Annette and I become friends. For two days,she lends me her rope and watches as my flail self gasps for air after 2 minutes of fast skipping. She must be really good at it to skip for a straight five minutes let alone thirty.

She tells me she prefers to be called Annee; Annee with a double ‘e’ she insists. Annee is funny,she has this sense of humour that takes a minute to load but the moment you do,you burst out laughing. She is a campus student, just like me, pursuing Psychology. Maybe that would explain her mysterious aura. I feel psychologists know too much about human behaviour. Oh crap, can she read my mind?

Annee has been working out for the last six months. Her toned abdomen is an attestation that she has been tremendous at it. Up close, I can see an outline of abs on her abdomen and that requires a level of determination and discipline that is desired by many but achieved by very few.
What pushes her this hard? It can’t be just for aesthetics, can it?

After hard persuasion, Annee tells me her story. Earlier on, like a year ago, she had auditioned for casting role in a local television show and won the spot. She was replacing a cast member who had fallen out of the crew for greener grass. However, she lost the slot because she was not ‘petite’ enough to fit into the previous actress’ gowns. What gowns? You ask. The gowns made from fabric and pieces of cloth and hug all your curves and dents.

Just a few Inches more on her waist and no adjustments could be made because this particular one was imported from Turkey and it would take months to make another. The piece of cloth was chosen over her and this broke her esteem. She had spent most of her savings attending auditions and when she was finally picked, a gown kicked her out. She was bitter, mad and most of all shattered. Her weight and size had never been a bother but from then one her waist size becomes a constant reminder of what she lost; the chance to be a star.

She spent a few months sulking and wallowing in her misery but then she decided to create her version of petite. She hit the gym with undeterred determination and I kid you not her efforts were paying off.

Let’s talk little about body shaming.
How petite is petite?
How small is small enough?
A bust, waist and hip ratio of 36:26:36 is a perfected imperfection.
Perfection is so OVERRATED!
Body size and body shape is an opinion; It is what you want it to be. If you feel your petite frame needs a polish, hit the gym and perfect your imperfection to perfection.
What everyone thinks you should weigh or look like is their unsolicited opinion. From a doctor’s view, if your BMI is normal then get your confidence high and perfect your imperfection to perfection.

Check normal BMI values

You don’t have to change a thing, The world can change it’s heart
No scars to your beautiful, We are stars and we are beautiful.🌟🌟

Hello my loyal royalty
Be nice and build someone’s confidence today

Those small comments on how they have added/ lost weight may make or break them. They might laugh it off, but at night they spend their time looking for their perfect imperfection on the mirror.

Be nice
^Faith❤