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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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September 27, 2005

Sticky, sweaty and with bugs to boot permalink

Me and our books. Some of them.
me and Echo. Poor Echo.
Jon suggests that I'm delusional. And I have to give in on that. I read Jonathan's description of being near His Mighty Bikedness at the LiveStrong Ride, and some might go so far as to refer to Lance as an @$$h013. I still like to imagine that a miracle happened, and Lance Armstrong gave me, a fat middle-aged woman, a thumbs up, though I'm willing to believe that prehaps it was some Lance Armstrong imposter. It's all good, I'll take it either way.

I did mat pilates at the gym yesterday with a new instructor. She kicked my ass. I thought my legs were going to cecede from the union.

To make matters worse, I had brought super ugly clothing: a pair of super-baggy capris and a super-baggy striped shirt, which meant I looked super-fat. You know how when you look in the mirror, you look differently than in pictures, because your eye and brain are editing the perception? Well, I usually see myself as a chubby woman, probably not as a woman of the size that I really am. But yesterday, in those clothes, it was painful to look at myself in the mirror.

Lesson learned. Them's going to goodwill toute suite!

After riding home, encountering a bug swarm within a block of the house (?!? ugh!)(and having them stick all over my sweaty face and freshly lipglossed lips—double ugh!), and listening to a phone message from someone who wants me to advertise their motels on alt.portland (?!?), Sweetie took some pics of the new haircut. Unfortunately, I'm wearing that awful striped t-shirt and it's all I can see in the pictures. Well, that and I appear to be in front of a firing squad. You'll note in the second one that I am protecting myself with a dog.

I rode Sweetie's bike in this morning. Oh, so sweet. So incredibly sweet. (I want one so badly. Is it wrong to covet your darlin's bike?)

Hey, you guys. Today's Question: If someone was going to present you with the all time best continental breakfast, what would it include?

(I'm doing a continental brekkie for my Bike Commute Challengers, and I want it to be super-good!)

Posted at September 27, 2005

Comments

Cute hair! Cute dog! Boiled eggs. I hate it when a continental breakfast is done so there is zero protein. Peanut butter is good too.

Posted by: neca at September 27, 2005 11:23 AM

I think the shirt is fine ~ but I'll leave that up to you. What I really wanted to say was I love your haircut, and you look radiant!

Sounds like a fun and fit day. What more could you ask for?

Posted by: Mia at September 27, 2005 11:31 AM

You ARE rockin' the hair! I love it (and your paint colors). For bfast: Vegan food! My ideal: strong coffee with soy creamer (or soy milk), a vegan whole grain muffin/bagel thing, with almond butter (or peanut butter) to top it off.

Posted by: Liz at September 27, 2005 11:38 AM

I think Lance does spend time in PDX... I vaguely remember some Bike Gallery staff talking about keeping a bike for him for when he's in town. :)

Best breakfast: good croissants (or bread and butter), coffee with milk, and fresh fruit! Coffee and carrot juice is another favorite of mine, but I wouldn't expect that to be so popular.

Posted by: Holly at September 27, 2005 11:40 AM

Love the hair!

I like the good croissants and danish, but also hard boiled eggs.

Amy

Posted by: amy at September 27, 2005 2:58 PM

some good hearty homemade muffins, fresh fruit, some champagna or tequila would take a nice breakfast. i have some hearty muffin recipes if you need them.

Posted by: Oldman at September 28, 2005 9:38 AM

You look great!

Posted by: Fran at October 2, 2005 1:29 PM

Heh, heh. The dog looks totally shocked that someone is holding him up in the air! :D

And are Belgium (Belgian?) waffles part of continental breakfasts? Because, yum!

Posted by: Jon in Michigan at October 3, 2005 11:03 AM