You step on the scale. Your weight dropped 2 lbs. from yesterday. For awhile, it seemed like the fourth of July (fire works and all), but then, you knew that it may all be just water (you know, two glasses of water later the pounds would all grow back).

There is an inch loss here and there compared to last week’s measurements. And you have this I-won-the lottery grin on your face, but then, as fast as it zoomed in to your life it went pffft!, for you knew despite the loss in inches it would hardly show in the mirror. And “show” is what you’ve been egging for all along.

One line sums up your whole dilemma: You’re still fat. Another line shoves the first one flat on your face: It is summertime.

You have this notion that words like “fat’ and “summer” don’t mix. And vision of a fat man working on a tan reminds you of a grilled chicken. And the thought of you wearing a swimsuit gives you goosebumps.

So, you skim through your notes and charts and checked where your plan went wrong – you were quite sure it should be Planet Curves by this time with that fat-Off-Shape-in program you lifted from one of those fitness magazines. But from the books of it, you were conned.

Back to the drawing board. You start to consider doing an AFTER SIX or having a liposuction done on you this minute. You also fully convince yourself that if you do weights and aerobics for the next three days noon sop, your cheekbones will show.

Twilight Zone! If ever you are going to work around your dilemma, best trash out whatever maggot you have feeding on your brain.

Fact one: Supermodel curves for you is out. No amount of torture at the treadmill machine will give you that ideal body pronto, not tomorrow or next week, or in the for your beach party this summer. All you can do at this level is to give a kicking fight for those shapes.

Fact two: There are two ways to deal with this “life-threatening” situation 1) Mope and hide yourself cabinet and fell all messed up feeling “quite sure” that your friends are having a time of their life under the sun because they have 0 percent fat on their bodies, or 2) Meet the problem head-on, believing that this “conflict” is beneath you and that you’re not the weakling that this endless whining seems to portray you.

Fact three: Despite the bulges, you can still party. Summer may be the lousiest time to be out of shape, but it sure is the best time to get out into your form. So this may yet be the best summer you will ever have, fat or no fat.

So, what can you do? First, get out of the gym. As in, get out. Like, you know, take all your stuff out of your locker and walk out. The IN world here is “OUT”, as in flabs-out, worries-out, party-out. It is time to step out and enjoy anew, totally hip kind of workout.