It’s a typical collegiette ™ scenario.
While getting ready to go out, you mentally go through your closet, putting together an outfit that you think is going to look great. Sometimes it does, but when it doesn’t, you end up trying on every other piece of clothing you own and half of your roommate’s closet. Clothes strewn about the room, you contemplate whether going out is even worth it, thinking sweatpants, wheat thins and some quality time with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn might be better —it is almost wedding season after all.
For the last few years, this has been me way too often. After gaining weight, I lost a lot of confidence and had a hard time feeling good about myself in any outfit. Clothes just weren’t fitting me the way I wanted them to and it would sometimes take me an hour to decide what to wear.
Last night was a bit of a different situation. I had planned all day on wearing the dress I wore on New Year’s Eve. After finishing my hair and makeup, I put the dress on and it was practically falling off of me! The dress that fit me like a glove (a really, really tight glove) just a few months ago is now too big! I have never been happier to have to pick out a new outfit. Instead of my New Year’s Eve dress, I put on a dress that I wore to a wedding in December. The dress fit me much better than it did the first time I wore it. I felt awesome!
Even though I still have a ways to go before meeting my goal, little moments like this make all of my hard work worth it. While I love to pig out on greasy food and sweets, I got so much more satisfaction from that little occurrence than I ever have from a Geovanti’s chicken finger.
I’m happy to be seeing lower numbers on the scale, but I’m even happier to see my healthy choices being reflected on my body. My stomach is looking flatter, my arms and legs are looking more toned and I have so much more energy! This change of clothes has motivated me to work even harder to make sure I meet this week’s goal.
Still smiling,
Samantha