Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Stick People

This is something that has weighed heavy on my heart for many weeks now...

There is this chick that goes to the same gym I do and no matter what time I go, she's there. Lately i've had a pretty erratic workout schedule and she's still there... so that means a) she works out all the damn time or b) she follows me and goes when I go because she a) loves to bug the shit out of me or b) is secretly totally in love with me and i'm her motivation to live.

I'm leaning more towards she's got major issues and works out all the time. The first time I saw her, one word came to mind. Anorexic. She is a size minus zero. Her knees are huge and boney and stick out. She's hunched over a bit and her shoulders are razor sharp. She's probably early 20's and a pretty girl... but not because she is horribly thin. I can hit the gym (she's there), go to an hour long kickboxing class and when I get out, she's still on that treadmill. She always picks the same treadmill. Its the only one that happens to be directly in front of a mirror. She walks (at a whopping, non-sweaty 3.6 or 3.8 mph) and looks in the mirror at herself and then if she gets bored with that she picks up her cell phone and will be 'on the phone' for 20 minutes or so... and the whole time she's looking around to see if anyone is watching her (oh we are... but not in the way she wants!), or she's looking at herself in the mirror and tossing her head from side to side to see how she looks 'talking' on her phone. I've noticed that all those times she's 'on the phone'... she's never talking! So, its all an act... to appear important!? dunno.. but its all weird.

She will 'hit the weights' with little 5lb dumb bells and do curls or something. She sits right in the middle of all these huge guys lifting monstrous amount of weight and she's taking up space (little bits) with her baby weights yet trying to appear as if she's on this rigorous workout schedule and building mondo muscles. I wonder what she sees when she looks in the mirror. Does she see fat? Or does she see a wonderful sculpted body? Well, she has neither. She is by no means fat... she's very nasty skinny. Very unhealthy. She doesnt have muscles because there is no place for muscle to even form.

I feel better now that i've shared....

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

ahh, Kerry, i FINALLY figured it out! I'm going to bed now. I'll sleep better knowing i'm not so pissed off that I couldn't figure this out sooner!!!
Oh and about the girl? She just wants attention. Noting more. Just attention from any one, any gender. But she's really making a fool of herself by trying to work out so hard for no reason.
Good Night now!!! Love Mich...

Kerry said...

Sweetie!

I'm glad to see you made it. This will be so much fun! Now I need to get you hooked up with a site!

*kisses* and sweet dreams!

Grant said...

From what I've heard, true anorexics really do look in the mirror and think they're fat - they have a major body issue. Actually, what you described is more typical for bulemics - some puke up their meals, others exercise to the point of harming themselves. It's all part of some binge and purge cycle they put themselves through.

Kerry said...

Maybe she is bulemic. I'll have to check out her teeth. Don't bulemics have bad teeth because the stomach acid eats away at them?!

She never smiles... never speaks... i'll pry her lips apart and take a peek.

Circe said...

Yes, check her teeth as it's usually a dead giveaway. A good friend of mine has struggled with bulemia since she was 15 and her teeth most definitely show it.