Be a shoe-in for fabulosity.
I'm happy to report that my hard work these past few weeks has paid off -- I'm 10 pounds down from where I started. Yes ma'am, I've hit the gym, cut the calories and those are all factors on my quest to feeling good.
Here's a little story for you kids. I had lost a fair amount of weight during my junior year of college -- but then came the boyfriend. Also that year came turning 21-- not that I was binge drinking but now every restaurant I went to I had to get their signature cocktail, usually something packed with sugar and topped with whip cream. Needless to say, the weight came back on. Instead of confronting the gain head on and starting to work on it, I hid in sweatshirts, jeans and tee shirts.
About a year after the weight was all back on and then some, I pulled out a pair of jeans that had always been my loose fitting, totally broken in, "hanging out" pair of denim. Being that they were not only a size too big to begin with, but they were super stretchy and I always managed to get in to them even as I was gaining weight. Low and behold this time -- they were tight.
Instead of mourning for a moment and then moving on, I squeezed myself in to them and wore them anyway -- leaving me miserable for the rest of the night. We ended up going out to dinner that night and I even found I made worse food decisions, gorging my sorrows in fried cheese.
It was that night that I said no more.
From that point on I put my vow to be thinner on hold and replaced it with a vow to be fabulous. One thing I often did was refuse to go a size bigger, I'm sure many of you have had this same dilemma. It totally sucks to have to reach for a size up, but by the end of the day when you look good in your clothes you just feel so good that you're not even thinking about your size. However, if you're wearing tight pants all day that size is always on your mind. Fashion became important to me, no one thinks about your shape and size if they're too enamored with your getup. I've even seen friends pout when they love a top or dress of mine and they find out it's from a plus size shop. And as long as we're in full disclosure mode, I'll divulge my secret fetish -- shoes.
They always fit.
I've fallen in love hardcore with shoes and I'll admit when I'm down, I can usually be found strutting around my house in my most fabulous pair -- wearing my pajamas. Look, I definitely feel for myself that a trim-down is the right way to go but I can't wear a potato sack until I'm at goal weight. Curves are the perfect canvas for draping ferocious styles so don't hold back.
You have to feel your best and eventually -- you'll look your best.
