Sharing an "ah ha!"

[RoadRaven]

Hey there NC Gal (and LateLate and Surly and BH's Chick...) - I'm always thrilled to hear people (women) decide that their body is what they have and if they are getting it to do what they want (or training it to do what they want) then perceptions of what shape/weight/size it is can be someone elses problem.

You don't have to be a waif thin model to epitomise desirability - in fact (and I probably have written this somewhere else so forgive me, but this is one of my favourite rants!)... in fact, most people seeking a sexual/physical relationship do not want a skinny bf/gf... this is a myth we have been sold by the media (and so-called "women's" magazines are one of the BIGGEST culprits).

We want someone comfortable to hold onto and snuggle into, not skin pulled over bones... now, before all the lean fit cyclists get upset with me, I want to clarify there is a world of difference between a lean, fit body, and a starved wanna-be-size-nothing body... skin, hair, tone and overall fitness... an absolute world of difference.

So, when you ease those lovely glutes that have carried you for so long (and are now learning to push you along on a bike) onto your saddle NC, just remember that the skinny chicks who don't jump on a bike or go for a walk for the sheer pleasure of it will most likely have bone-density, heart and other health problems - you are cycling fit, and that is fantastic.

That was my motivation - to get fit again... 40 years and 7 pregnancies can do a bit of damage to a body. Losing weight/changing shape is a pleasant side-effect... but damn if I am not fitter than almost every other female on my office floor!



Oh, and NC Gal... love that little quote at the end of your post... I said almost the same thing to a colleague who was hassling me about not going to a conference cause I wanted to spend that time with my kids. I said to her, what will matter to me in ten years time... that I didn't go to this conference that I can't even remeber the name of now... or that I didn't listen to my son read me the story he wrote at school and didn't help my daughter bury her birds and plant a garden over them.
My colleague just glared at me and said something like work is about networking you know, its about relationships...
And I said yes... so is family...