My boyfriend likes my butt

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My boyfriend likes my butt but I don’t. I know when I look through Cosmopolitan, Vogue and other women’s or fashion magazines, I notice just how clothes fit models. Sure, they always have that section “Clothes for Your Body Type” or “How to Hide your Belly,” but come on! If there is a way to rid yourself of love handles, and spare yourself the embarrassment of wearing high-waist, mom-pants wouldn’t you take it? I know I would.

There is just one problem. Mom says “Honey you look great the way you are.” Your friends tell you “We love what’s on the inside.” Your boyfriend tells you “Baby, I like your curves.” Save yourself from the loving oppressors. This is your time to be selfish, and not feel guilty later.

It is all about toning your muscles. You want to burn fat into muscle, not simply drop off pounds and wind up with cellulite deposits or stretch marks from serious weight loss. A little fat is good!

First, approach the ones who love you most. Tell your mother that you may look great now, but just wait until she sees you in a month. That’s right. One month. Tell your friends that your insides are being compromised; they’ll understand. As for your boyfriend, he’ll still have the curves, just at a firmer means.

I just finished my own diet regimen and it’s all about the protein. Not shakes, just amazing high-protein foods that you have to be sure to try. Possibly the revamped Atkins, with a little more than meat.

3 Day Butt Buster

Breakfast: 1 cup Quakers Oatmeal with prunes
Lunch: 1 tuna sandwich, with eggs on multi-grain bread
Dinner: 1 chicken breast with 1 cup of quinoa and lima beans

Exercise: 30 squats

2 Day Tummy Tucker

Breakfast: 1 cup Granola with 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup of plain, low fat yogurt
Lunch: 1 chicken and beef fajita with ½ green pepper and ¼ red onion
Dinner: 2 cups seafood medley with 1 cup wild rice

Exercise: 120 crunches

1 Day Bicep Builder

Breakfast: 2 slices multi-grain bread with peanut butter and 1 banana
Lunch: 1.5 cups cucumber-radish salad with 4 slices shredded ham, olive oil and salt
Dinner: 3oz Atlantic, wild salmon with 1 cup raw spinach and ½ cup butternut squash

Exercise: 50 push-ups

These meals are easy to prepare, the exercise takes no more than 10 minutes and I feel great. Though I cannot guarantee results as good, better or worse than my own, in one week, my jeans fit looser, my tummy feels tighter, and my arms are jacked. Well, not jacked, but you know what I mean. Give it a try. What have you got to lose?

Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Julia Blyumkin at Julia.blyumkin@colorado.edu.