You know, blogs are great. They really are. There's fitness blogs (always inspirational....or filled with insanity), book review blogs (don't want to waste time on a bad read, now do we?), and of course, my personal favorite....FOOD blogs!! Girl's gotta eat! And man, nothing gets my hunger pangs a churnin' when I see some of the food wonders bloggers post...Soon I'm going to post links to my favorite food blogs, because things like these NEED to be shared. God bless you Melanie.

Anyway, this brings me to my blog. Welcome, by the way. Can you tell I'm new at this? Oh well! I've been addicted to blogs lately, and while I do like what I've seen, I have yet to find a blog that I can really relate to. I Googled it even! You know a person's desperate when they Google stuff like that. I found Thighs Bigger Than Your Head, quite humorous and such... but about a big man with impeccable fashion, not what a girl is looking for. Then there are some about Fat Legs...which is totally the opposite of what I wanted to find.

This led to me realizing I needed to make a blog about my big legs. Yes, I'll say it again. I've got big legs. I know they make me stand out, but a lot of the times I'm self-conscious of them. They are thanks in part to my lovely gene pool (I'm looking at you, mom and dad), and playing soccer from when I was young up until now, in college. I do get comments from people, mostly compliments from other women and awe from men...(I'm so confused about whether guys are intimidated or actually like strong legs?)

But this blog is not about what other people think, it's about learning to love my legs! They're so strong and help me have an advantage in my sport. I should be thanking them with weekly massages and exfoliation treatments or something. Of course, it's been hard to look at it that way with the way the media and society think women's legs should look...hey, let's just not go there. Skinny legs, big legs, long legs, short legs...all fine by me!

Today I've decided...you know what? I'm keeping them. These legs, I love them. I'm not going to try to fight them or change them. They're what help me back-squat heavy, heavy weight and they are what power me through sprints and up hills.

Sooo...all in all, that's my background story. My blog is going to be about me learning to love my big legs and challenging my fitness and trying new food and hopefully much more. I hope to offer inspiration to other girls with big legs as well as anyone interested in being fit and eating healthy. I am passionate about these things and I am always eager to learn more from others.

The official takeoff of this blog isn't until I finish school, which will be in two more weeks. WHOO HOO!!! My first year of college, almost complete....I do have regrets but I've also had good times here at Wofford. But that's a story for later.
Until then, have a great weekend!!

Erin

My sister and I! I'm on the right. I know....can't even see the legs...Didn't want to scare you away too soon ;)