Do I -have- to wear those silly shorts?

[run it, ride it]

My only piercings are well above the belt, safe in the bra top. No trouble there except distraction to motorists when it's pouring and I only had a white shirt left. Eeeeah.

Some of those tops are cute, aside from the terrifying patterns.

Also, bulges come at ANY weight. Even when I was an underweight varsity athlete with no boobs left, I still had love handles. Can't win!

[emily_in_nc]

Also, bulges come at ANY weight. Even when I was an underweight varsity athlete with no boobs left, I still had love handles. Can't win!

Ain't it the truth - I am around 105 lbs and still get bulges on either side of my waist in cycling shorts (and pants). I'm only 5'2" and am curvy. I do have hips, love handles, and a butt - and plenty of cellulite in back! I ride with a TALL gal who has not a pinchable bit of body fat anywhere, and I feel so self-conscious in my bike clothes around her! She wears tiny little tanks and has no back fat, minimal boobage, no belly/hip fat, and I have all of the above. My friend is just one of those naturally skinny people who can eat anything and not gain an ounce...lucky gal!

Emily

[fatbottomedgurl]

Okay Emily~ 5'2" and 105# complaining about bulges? Hee Hee. Well, everyone will be so busy admiring your new bike new Artemis that they won't even notice. That bike makes you sexy!!!

[Nanci]

That is a great bike. I love Titus. And what a sweet deal!!

[Crankin]

It's true, ladies. Just because one is petite does not mean you don't have bulges. i am about the same size as Emily and no matter what I do (save heavy duty weight lifting and maybe performance enhancing drugs) my @$$ will never be firm. It's as flabby as it could get, even though it's smaller now. When the season started, i had the love handles over the tops of my new shorts. Now, after 3 months of riding, that's gone, but I'm sure to return next winter. I exercise all year round and ride as much as i can and my thighs are still not firm. I have friends like Emily's who have not one ounce of fat on them. And, they eat whatever they want. I have to watch everything and if i ever stopped riding, I would gain 20 lbs. instantly. It's just the way it is.... I would never NOT wear all of these cycling clothes because they make you comfortable and i don't really care if my legs look like sausages when I put leg warmers on...

[cherinyc]

I had an ex boyfriend who, when I would pinch the ( inch? or 2?) on my stomach - he would say "what? that's skin! you can't do anything about skin!"
Um, ok. So does anyone know how to go about losing that extra tummy skin? Maybe we've just been going about this the wrong way?

[chickwhorips]

I had an ex boyfriend who, when I would pinch the ( inch? or 2?) on my stomach - he would say "what? that's skin! you can't do anything about skin!"
Um, ok. So does anyone know how to go about losing that extra tummy skin? Maybe we've just been going about this the wrong way?

well on the up side, at least he wasn't pinching it.

i got ride of my skin (and pooch) after loosing a bunch of weight though it had to do with a scar revision that included a tummy tuck.

i'm just under 5'3 and curvey. i have learned to love my curves. i got down to the skinniest i've ever been and still had some love and lots of curves. i still want not to have things cut in on certain places, but i've come to terms with the fact that it will never happen (well on most days, exclude fat days). if i can wear a very skimpy bikini to do a contest out in public then i have got to love my body (on those good days).