the mystery behind my weight has finally been solved.
i'm big boned.
no, really. i am. i went to the local fleet feet to check out those knee band thingees i've been reading so much about to help keep your knee cap tracking properly. so i sat down to get fitted and demurely gave over my leg to the sales dude. it felt more like a garter fitting and i was a little self conscious that i was wearing skirt that day, but whatever. when he opened up the size medium package i was a little insulted. you think i have medium sized knees???
turns out i have LARGE knees. and i ended up buying the extra large size since there was only 1 in the large size. i swear to bob i don't have knobby elephantine knees. you would think if my knees were THAT large they could freaking handle my body ok but nooooooo.
anyway, i'm giving these bad boys a try this weekend at work, seeing if i feel any difference. and if they don't, back to the store they'll go.
have a great holiday peeps.
7 comments:
A knee is a big joint, so yeah, it's large, even on the petite.
better to have big knees that a badonkadonk butt...
love the new banner :)
Let us know how the band thingees workout. I've been thinking about getting some.
I haven't had any knee issues but I workout with a manic runner every week who does and he absolutely swears by those knee bands. I used to make my fun of my friend (wore them in college), but she swore by them too (she played basketball).
As for the big bones...girl, I hear ya. I'm not so much big boned as I am broad shouldered. I've lost 50-60 lbs. (depends on the month) and while I've gone down 3 solid sizes in pants, I've barely gone down a size in tops. My man-shoulders seem to get bigger as I bulk up, not tinier! Soooo not sexy, but still better than being 50 pounds heavier!!!
I once bought one of those neoprene knee braces with the velcro for basketball. I swear, even the XL would not have fit comfortably without cutting off my circulation. I survived without it though, so I guess fat knees might be stable knees???
Oh, please; I've seen your pics. You're a tiny thing! The knee band manufacturer doesn't know what he's doing.
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