My Medium Bones

My best friend doesn't believe me when I tell her that I have a medium build. Maybe because I'm tall. Maybe because I have broad shoulders? Maybe because when has anyone ever looked at a 170-pounds-over-weight woman and seen anything medium about her? She loves me, she doesn't judge me...she just thinks that I have big bones.

But she didn't know me the last time I weighed 150 pounds. I can tell her that I have broad shoulders, but narrow hips, until I'm blue in the face. That at 150 pounds I'll wear a size six or eight (she weighs 160 pounds and wears a size 14 or 16...she's very small boned). It doesn't matter. She'll just have to see.

Last week I exercised nearly five hours, biked 23.3 miles and walked 3.1 miles. I lifted weights twice. I really didn't expect to be bitten by the exercise bug. Even though I was an athlete in my once-upon-a-time, I was sure that I'd never get there again. In fact, I've often thought that there is no way I can be thin because I wasn't particularily skinny even when I exercised two to four hours everyday (oooooooh how skewed my self-image is.) But turns out that sweating and pushing myself...even for modest gains in strength and speed...even when I'm by far the fattest girl at the Y and people are looking...even then...feels really good.

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Today is weights and a shorter bike ride. Normally I take Monday off the gym...but the Y is closed tomorrow so I'm going today. Then wednesday my long walk/jog.

We're also going to see the Superman movie today. Should be fun, whether the movie is any good or not :) My mother-in-law is taking the baby. I say any movie where I don't have to chase the toddler up and down the aisles and leave at the good part because she's breaking eardrums with her screeching is a good movie!