article in USMS Swimmer Magazine: May / June 2005 Issue

God Bless the tailor ... I'm 5'2" so we are good friends ... but seriously the shoulders are getting a bit crazy ... they grow, the waist shrinks and I no longer own clothing that fits right ... But I'm totally ok with it all b/c I like being buff! ;)

Tiny girl! I'm 5'8" and today I'm wearing 4 inch heels! A small girl who is buff who can majorly kick my butt in IMs.... I'm not worthy....(where's the worship icon?)

majorly kick butt not so much ... more like is psycho enough to them and gut through them ...

Originally posted by Fishgrrl I'm 5'8" and today I'm wearing 4 inch heels! How do you do that?!? I'm 5'9" and am self concious when I wear heels, mostly because my friends are about 5 inches shorter than I am barefoot. I always feel like I'm freakishly tall in heels. I can't walk in heels very good either, flip-flops all the way baby!! I don't think there's a flip-flop season either, it's year round just like swimsuits.

All you tall swimmers suck! I don't mind my height normally (in fact it's fine with me) but I wouldn't mind being a bit taller as a swimmer ... OH and I love flipflops and wear them year round (well sort of) ... and love the idea of living somewhere warm enough to wear them year round ...

LOL! Gotta work it girl!! Walk sloooowwwwlllyy down the red carpet of life....pretend you're a goddess...stop and pose for the camera....RELAX you're ankles....and GO! I used to hunch my shoulders because I was taller than most everyone, including the boys. Now I love it!! ;)

Kari, have I told you lately how awesome you are ... you never fail to make me laugh!

Kari you are sooo awesome! I can't wait for Worlds!! I must admit I am a hunchback. I am taller than most the boys I know. I'll have to try relaxing my ankles, I get really stiff when I walk in heals. Keather, flipflops are good whatever the weather. I wear them in the snow even. I went to the top of the Tetons (tram @ Teton village) in flip-flops. I have hearty toes! It's not my fault I'm freakishly tall...blame my parents(:D)! My goal as a kid was to break 6 feet...I almost made it.:(

Keather/Kyra.....I can't wait to meet you guys!! Nooooooo...you're awesome! You guys will like Karen too...and we have yet to meet the other Kira.... :cool:

Just for participating in the highjacking of this thread, I felt compelled to comment on the orginal post. By working out, your going to lose weight and firm up and that is inevitably going to feed into your self image. By seeing yourself as tone and desirable, you're going to be desirable. You'll have more self confidence to show people your hard work. I too was surprised by knowing that women who workout more, has less of a sex drive. I think maybe it's because they use all their extra energy on working out.