I haven’t read the books but I have seen the movies. There is a big chance you read and/or saw Bridget Jones or at least heard about it. Even if you haven’t, here is what Bridget is like:

Bridget Jones Image: Hugh Grant and Renee Zellweger

-          Don’t think that being a smoker always kills one’s appetite. Bridget smokes and she is well, not skinny. At all. In the movies, she is played by Renée Zellweger. She is skinny in her regular Hollywood life and movies, but for this famous, British and plump character, she gained over 28 pounds. So Bridget is a plump yet (plainly) pretty girl who I pretty much like the rest of us. I mean, I don’t wake up and look like the made-up, red-carpet version of Nicole Kidman. Do you? And I sure as hell never been as skinny.

-          Bridget is romantically very unlucky, until she falls for Mr. Darcy. Mind you prejudices and pride get in their way for the most of the first movie’s duration. And yes, Bridget Jones has been inspired by Jane Austen’s timeless classic Pride and Prejudice.

-          She does have a loving relationship with fast food and booze.

-          When she does exercise, it is usually not with the greatest of plans.

-          She doesn’t have the perfect hair.

-          She is not a great cook.

But most importantly, I am underlining the fact that she eats when she is depressed, her attempts at a healthy diet and lifestyle are usually either futile or short-lived, she has many embarrassing moments and she is couple of sizes larger than she actually wants to be.

I am not saying that by accepting the inner Bridget we will find our own Colin Firth – (sorry I was supposed to say Darcy;)) but we will at least acknowledge our funny weaknesses and we won’t feel alone.

So while the spirit of Bridget (in us) will never die, we can maybe be at least a little fitter and a little more charismatic than her.  And maybe we don’t have to kill ourselves exercising in the process.