Mimi - I'm not PO'd. I just felt the need to express myself. And I didn't mean that rant to be directed solely at you. There are lots of people here who try and tell those of us who need to lose weight that we should embrace our curves and our muscles and I think they are missing the point.

I've been party to other forums where there are TONS of women who were going to extremes so that they could have that 'willowy' look. They complained about 'big thighs' when their thigh measurement was 17". The goal was 15". Seriously? I had NOTHING in common with those women.

I just find it so refreshing here on TE that when women talk about losing weight, they truly want to build muscle and lose the extraneous fat to improve performance. And because I'm so happy to have FINALLY found camaraderie on this subject, I'm quick to defend it.

No worries!