From the helmet of: Tesla Ok, more like toe stop dust in the spandex shorts, but whatever. I want to talk about skirts. I never used to wear them. I didn't wear sleeveless shirts or sandals, either. I didn't even own shorts before 2014. A little over a year ago, I made the decision to lose weight. I went on Weight Watchers and took a year to slowly slough off 40 pounds. It was nuts, and a total head trip, but I did it! I wanted to buy a skirt, maybe. And a dress. Just to try them. I bought them, wore them with tights for a few weeks, then put them away. I still wasn't completely sold. I'd hated my legs ever since 8th grade when a girl named Kyle told me I had sausage legs. I wore pants every day after that. For the next 14 or so years my sausage stems stayed hidden beneath khaki and denim, too sausagy for polite company. I even wore pants to gym class in high school, and any time my legs just HAD to show, I wore the thickest hose I could find. How sad. Looking back, I wish I'd punched Kyle in the nose and moved on with my day. Instead, I let that wound fester into a body image so warped and bizarre that I loathed every inch of skin beneath my waist. Not even shedding 40 pounds had changed my mind. They looked different, sure, but they were still my stupid sausages. Then, derby happened. It waltzed into my life, swept me off my feet, and taught me to love everything about my body. Every day I began to gaze a little longer at myself in the mirror, marveling at these legs and feet and hips that did such amazing things... things I never knew I could do! Jumping, spinning, stopping, hitting. I began to write daily love letters to my legs: Dear legs, And you know what? I wore dresses 4 out of 5 days last week. I only wore jeans on Friday because it was Friday, and who says no to jeans? Not this girl. I've never been a girly-girl, I usually forget to shave and I don't do pink, but I'll tell you what... I'm a legs girl now. Look at them. My sausages ROCK.
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Ms. Anne Thrope
9/18/2014 07:25:39 am
My stubby little hobbit legs salute your sausage legs! I recently bought 5 new knee-length dresses for work because life is too short to wear pants all the time. Hooray for derby legs!
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Tesla
9/18/2014 04:14:18 pm
Hooray for Derby legs is RIGHT!! Sometimes I just stand in front of the mirror and do squats. My legs can do squats! And lunges! How amazing.
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Crystal Tim Tam Howe
9/18/2014 09:57:06 am
I'm finally comfortable with the idea of never wearing knee high boots.
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Tesla
9/18/2014 04:27:31 pm
It's not our fault boot makers don't make enough stretchy calf boots! These muscles need room to roar. I remember when we started I was so jealous of your calves!!
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Mischievous Monkey 673
9/18/2014 04:01:53 pm
I used to have scrawny little old man legs. And this morning I noticed that they don't look that way so much anymore. I called out in a rush to my partner. Come here and look. She was like what? As I stood doing one legged sqauts. I replied " look, these are not old man legs anymore". I don't think she was amused. Teehee I spent the next 10 minutes looking at them thinking " they are getting to be sexy as h**l"!! Gotta love our derby bodies!
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Tesla
9/18/2014 04:26:13 pm
YES!! I love this. And I love that your partner reacted just like my husband did. I was like, "BABE. Look!" and he just smiled and shook his head, saying, "Yes, those are muscles, silly." Well, I've never had them before. I've been a potato for a long time. It's exciting!! And now I really want to see your old man legs. I bet they aren't old mannish at all :D
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