Monster Legs

[mudmucker]

Sara, I totally understand. I hate my layer of cellulite and a bit of flab that is overlaid on top of my muscles too. I need to lose 10 pounds. BUT- I still feel healthy and beautiful and strong even with those extra pounds and my excess padding and cellulite. No way would I want to be skinny with no muscles like so many young 20-something women I see walking around in shorts with stick-thin legs and arms. Poor things! I think I could carry one of them on each shoulder! (not that I would- I'd make them WALK and build up some muscle!)

You know what I love about getting older. More confidence gained. You just don't care what anyone else thinks or perceives you to be. Bleep anyone else if they have anything contrary to say. I've always been confident, athletic, but I've seen changes I don't like too, as all of us do. What I love to see in women is their confidence and inner beauty radiate. Screw the hangups which mostly contemporary ads and other men might put upon us. Screw the hangups, self-deprecation, and defensiveness that we beat ourselves with based on some pre-conceived standard. I love to see that confidence, empowering, that says, this is who I am as an aging women - and it's darn good!! It's beautiful to see, and believe me, it can be seen. When you get to the point in your life when you take care of yourself, but body changes happen because we are female and you can say "I don't care what anyone thinks of my physicality" is JUST SO LIBERATING!!

[solobiker]

I used to think that I had monster thighs and sometimes still do. I work with many skiiny legged women that can fit in those small sized pants while I am trying to wedge my legs into a size 10 or sometimes even a 12 which gets me pretty frustrated at times. All I keep telling myself is that I am in far better shape then they are, espec when some get out of breath just walking down the hall with me at work.

My measurements:
Waist: 30
Hips: 42
Thigh: 24

These legs were able to take me on my bike ride for over 30 miles today with an average of close to 16mph while riding solo. Not too bad. At times on flat stretches I can get going over 20mph and sustain it. What a ride