Today, I am officially down 77lbs! Yay. My BMI has gone from 53.9 to 40.7. Yay. I am over halfway to my goal - only 71 lbs more to lose and I'll be at my goal weight. YAY!
As I continue to lose weight and have to find new (2nd hand, mostly) clothes so I don't look like a total slob, I'm realizing something. As a bigger girl - we are very much restricted as to what we can wear. Many of us cannot afford the stylish, plus-size clothing in order to portray our actual personality. We'd have to settle. And as many women know - it's not good to settle!
I turned into a jeans/tshirt girl - boring, frumpy, covering-up-her-body schlumpadinka. How can you show the world your personality when you are so very limited with your options? Obviously, this is not something that'll solve world hunger or heal cancer, but for an individuals life, it's important for them to feel like themselves. As much as we'd like the world to NOT be judgemental - our first impressions of someone are naturally based off looks, which includes clothing.
Now... I have a few more options, I have a way of showing the world ME. I don't HAVE to wear ugh, boring clothes... I can show the world who I am, a little bit, through my clothing. Losing weight has SO many benefits to it - becoming healthy is a major one, but wearing clothes that fit my personality is right up there with it. ((It's also a GREAT indicator for my husband what type of mood I'm in. Being bipolar, it's sometimes hard to tell if you're getting a sweetheart or a monster. Now, he can see if I did my hair, make up & tried to look cute - OR if I just threw on oversized SDSU jogging pants & a sloppy tshirt... he knows which me he's getting that day.))
So... today...
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