Naked Lunch
One of the many perks about living in New York City are sample sales. Everyone from Anna Sui to Betsey Johnson mark down their couture frocks so they’re affordable to chicas like me!
The other day, I took a special lunch break and trekked over to the Diane Von Furstenberg sample sale. Sample sale dressing rooms are totally communal, so I found myself stuck in a dusty room surrounded by women frantically trying on clothes without enough mirrors. As I stood in the dressing room, trying to pull a dress over my big culo I noticed a gorgeous, slender woman next to me. I looked in awe at my beautiful neighbor – she had a flat stomach and no cellulite. Every single outfit looked stunning on her.
I felt like a vaca with my carb-lovin’ belly and flabby arms. I quickly tried on dresses and sucked in my gut hoping no one would notice my rollitos.
I know it’s whack to feel this way about your body but I just can’t help it. Even when I’m naked with Sam I get bashful. I can’t help but obsess over what my body looks like to him, “Does he notice the dimples on my thighs? Does he think I’m heavier when I’m naked?”
When I began having sex with my high school sweetheart I never, ever took my shirt off. It actually took me a whole year to get past the shirt! It was a shield for me, providing comfort and security. I still sometimes find myself wanting to cover up.
Am I 27 going on 17? Or can you hermanas relate to my anxiety? When will I finally get over these lame body issues? I heard when a woman turns 40 she lets go of a lot of insecurities. Do I really have to wait 13 years to get comfortable with a naked lunch? That, amigas, is so depressing. How do you feel being naked in front of your guy?
Un Abrazo Fuerte,
Lex
Just be thankful you have a booty!! I thanks to my mom and dad don’t have a booty or hips . And my clothes always fit weird because there is no curve where it needs to be. I can always get butt implants but just the thought of having some ballons all up in my body just doesn’t seem right. I am a latina and people always associate Latina’s with curves but not me. I could eat and eat and eat and it goes to all the wrong places but not my butt!! LOL So be happy you have curves. I’d rather have extra than none. Maybe I should try buns of steel?? LOL
I am curvy with some extra pounds…the traditional puerto rican. I used to be self concious like you but not anymore. I have cellulites, stretch marks and big legs, but the way men aproach to me is having me thinking that I am gorgeous just the way I am. Yes, I do have the extra pounds in the right places and people dont believe I am 210 pounds and just 5′4. I think that 50 pounds are in my boobs, 150 in my legs, booty, hips and flabby arms. the remaining are in other areas.
But, I dont care anymore…even when wearing a swimsuit. I am amazed too, guys think I am terribly sexy. However, I do notice the slim girls with their perfect bodies…but there is always s great segment of men who loves our rollitos.
They love us the way we are, that does not mean we dont have to be concious in taking care of our bodies. The worst turn off is a woman not proud of herself and complaining all the time. So, if my sweet lover thinks Im stunning, Ill go with the flow and let him explore every inch of my extra flesh. LOL
Girl,
I feel your pain. I get so mad at myself when I let my weight affect my mood, and start obsessing about my body cause I’m feeling chubby, flabby and too thick. You would think that at our age (I’m 29) those thoughts would go away and our self-criticism would stop, but I guess it’s a constant struggle to love yourself. I’m not trying to be skinny, but I guess when I’m eating crappy foods, it makes me self-conscious of my body.
Thanks for the comments….yeah, I just need to say, F it! And LET IT GO. And OMG Sam just texted me and wrote:
“I love your sexy body. You can’t be bashful when you’re so beautiful.”
He needs to stop reading this blog! LOL. Very adorable what he wrote, right?
At least there weren’t any Mugwumps.
i’m not bashful when it comes to “relationes” as my moms likes to call it! So when I started having sex this mouse trap of conversations would on on my mind all about how uncomfortable i felt about my body shape. this in turn would make it an unpleasurable experience whenever i got it on. As I have grown older I have realized that EVERYONE has body issues, i mean everyone one! So i stopped obsessing for a while and said ” What you see, is what you get!”
until………….
i met my wonderful, complete opposite, guerito boyfriend. I’m latina, i got curves, and a belly that has decided to stay put for a couple of years now. Pero, my boyfriend is a very lean muscular duder. Just think of the nursery rhyme “the plate ran away with the spoon” but I ain’t the spoon, if you get my drift! So, having sex the first time, i was so paranoid because I thought I was going to crush him! Isn’t that crazy! Well, let me tell you he was all about the curves and i didn’t crush him. Even though we are still taking our time to get to know each other sexually (we have been together for a year, but we are busy so the hibbity-dibbity isn’t a 5 times a day thing) I feel more and more comfortable because he loves me and the way I look!
Aye nina, I am 35 with two kids and I look better now then I did when I was young and no kids. Yes, I have strech marks, a few extra pounds and the skin is not as tight as it once was but I can still walk by and turn heads (no not creida, just older and wiser) What is really sexy is not the physical [though it does help
] but the confidence that you radiate. My husband says I look better now then I did when he first met me. I am no longer the insecure, skinny nina he first met 16 yrs ago, I am now a tough as nails, confident, llenita women that he is proud to call his wife.
Hey ladddddies,
Great blog, first of all!
Now I’m here to tell you as a fellow latina that having a nice booty and a fit body can go hand in hand. I’m ALL about self-acceptance, but there’s a fine line between self-acceptance and RESIGNATION. We don’t have to accept that we got a belly and flabby arms with our nice booties. I looked four months pregnant when I started my fitness journey and now I am TRULY in the best shape of my life, at 34. Your most amazing body is closer than you think! Barbie
I am becoming more and more comfortable. I started buying cute lingerie to help me feel sexier. I have a chubby stomach but he doesnt mind. I am still the hottest woman he ever laid eyes on…aside from Sanaa Lathan.
Congrats to all the ladies who’ve made peace with themselves, the curves or lack thereof, the stretch marks and the extra pounds!
i’m trying to see only the positive sides… but the way i’m thnking, i wont truly really believe it until that special someone tell me, huh? ok, i just read that…. that sounds totally twisted. scratch that!! i like me. i’m not super happy with the way i look when i’m naked… but i’m ok with it. i’ve been a big girl all my life. i started an aerobics class last week and its going great. i cant eat any junk food. i dont know what that’s about…. but its a work in progress. the guy i’ve been talking to, well, lets just say that fantasy and that sort of thing comes up. he talks about going down south… and truthfully, it sounds nice… but i’ve barely had a hand below my belt (yes, i am a virgin still) and thinking about him going there kinda strikes an awkward cord in my head. anyway, he used sexy, baby, mama… most of the cute pet names….. i like him a lot but he knows i’m not ready to travel down the sex road quite yet. basically, is all this attention to how i might turn him off all in my head?? or is it very likely that i really will turn him off ??
Hi Ladieessss !!!… Let me just say that I am 5ft2 with your typical latina body; big ass, nice thick legs, big boobs, and I weigh in at 179 lbs.. of pure sexy woman… well at least that’s the way I see myself now. I am now 41 and totally comfortable with my body. I have some tummy, but my body is pretty much firm to the touch with really few stretch marks. I exercise as much as I can to avoid gravity creeping up on me… when I was married I used to cover up my body feeling fat, but now that I am divorced and see all the attention I get from men, I am totally uninhibited when having sex. Sex has never been better !… I am totally comfortable with my sexiness despite the extra weight, which is mostly in the right places anyway. But yes, I can afford to lose at least 45 lbs. … but that would mean I would lose all those curves which my boyfriend just loves… so I think I will keep them curves.
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