Why, Athleta, do you taunt me so?

It seems to me that everyone has a lifestyle they wish they could live. For some it's a wealthy lifestyle or a more glamorous lifestyle yet others would rather a more intellectual lifestyle. My ideal lifestyle is shown perfectly within the pages of a magazine called Athleta. The company is now owned by Gap and provides cute yoga tops, swimsuits made for athletic figures, and clothes that are leisurely and comfortable.

I can't tell you how much I would love to take that women's place; resting my arms on a hammock and sporting a worn out cowboy hat in the front yard (or would it be the back yard?) of my beach front bungalow.

What really gets me are the incredibly buff figures of these women who are not nineteen-year-old models. Now don't get me wrong, I am very proud of myself for consistently doing yoga and pilates in the mornings and working out in some form every night, yet they are so athletic for their age. Having done yoga in the morning by their crystal clear pools, they put on a sundress to get a chai tea latte with their friends before a ten mile hike.

Why don't they ever show them cleaning their pools? I mean, they all seem like the type of women who would refuse to pay someone to do something so simple. So, they must do it themselves.

That would make a more realistic magazine.

Maybe I am just odd, but I would so rather begin my mornings with this in my own private, outdoor room for yoga instead of going to school and learning about literature that honestly, I don't care for.


I wonder how long she holds this position every morning. Does her face turn really red like mine when I do a handstand for too long?


Just look at that! What woman her age has washboard abs and buff arms like hers? I wonder what she was paddling towards...

Perhaps she was going to pick up her kids from school on her surfboard instead of a stereotypical minivan.


Or maybe she is fishing to provide dinner for her family instead of going to Kroger?


I prefer the story that she is in the process of fixing her boat herself so she improvises with her husband's surfboard and a paddle. Now that is intense....

And these women rarely wear a drop of makeup. They daily sport a natural glow leftover from their 8 mile run that morning on the beach as the sun rose.

If only.......


I would much rather life that life than the life of a student. But I suppose I don't have an option right now. I will continue on with my yoga moves, pilates videos, treadmill runs, and weights........for now!