Starting out on the road not the gym

[RolliePollie]

I am finding that I carry my weight differently than I did when I was in my early to mid-twenties. And I also care a lot less about what the scale says because I've never been in such good shape. I am 33 years old, 5'6", and about 148 lbs. I wear a size 8 in pants and a small/medium for tops. Here is what fascinates me...when I was in my early 20's, I weighed 130 and I wore a size 8. Now I realize that clothes sizing may have changed somewhat in the last 10 years or so, but if you look at pictures of me then and now, I actually look smaller now. I think I could stand to lose about 10 pounds, but in general, I'm pretty happy with how my body looks. That is definitely not something I would've said when I was in my 20's!

I have a co-worker who is my same height and says she weighs 125. If you put us side-by-side, we look about the same size. Except she has a chest and I don't, and my legs are bigger. That's over 20 pounds difference, so where is my body carrying that weight? My legs aren't THAT much bigger than hers. Interestingly, my mom worked for an OB/GYN for 15 years. She weighed all the patients, and she says she could never accurately guess someone's weight. She said sometimes she'd be shocked that someone weighed so much, or conversely, that they weighed so little. So I guess it's just a very individual thing. I know muscle weighs more than fat, so I'm giving cycling all the credit for my increased weight and apparently descreased size!