Lose Weight, But Dress the Body You Have Now – Your Size and Clothing

It’s a new year and it’s another year that you vow to lose those extra pounds that crept up on you over the years. You punish yourself by swearing that you will not buy anything new until you lose the weight. You join weight control groups and purchase enough exercise DVDs and equipment to open up a mini gym. You get started and are really doing well and then somehow, someway, you lose your enthusiasm or you feel really guilty for “cheating” because you ordered the fudge brownie sundae with extra nuts. You’re not happy with the way you look, so you figure it would be best to cover all of you with as much fabric you can muster; somehow thinking that will make you look smaller. But it seems to backfire because now instead of feeling better, you feel worse. You want to get off this roller coaster, but you don’t know how or where to start. How do I know, you ask? I know, because I’ve been there…

I gained weight over the years and it seemed like I just opened my eyes and there it was. I used to avoid shopping because I was embarrassed to purchase items in the larger size because in my mind I was still the smaller woman I was in my 20s. So I would purchase items that I knew I couldn’t fit and it just sat in my closet because I thought that by doing that, it would jumpstart

my desire to lose weight.  Well, that didn't work and I began to feel even worse. I finally decided that even though I’m not the size nor weight I wanted to be, I love me and I am doing myself a disservice by not treating myself with enough respect to become the best I can become beginning the size I am now.  Even though I am not where I want to be, I love me and it is my obligation to God, myself and family to be the best me I can be one moment at a time. I made a decision to live for the now and with a plan to become better (wiser, stronger, loving, etc.) each day that I have breath. My journey is ongoing, and I have learned many lessons along the way. I am confident in my skin and love who I am now; realizing that I am only human and I will have ups and downs, but that will not stop me from loving me and taking care of myself by looking my best, taking care of my health, playing and working my hardest while having fun in the process.

Which leads me to this question for you: Are you ready to make a change to become a better you by looking your best by dressing the body you have now? I want to be clear that there is nothing wrong with losing weight --there is a health epidemic and we must do all we can on our part to take care ourselves by making better food choices and become honest about the way we look at food. But we also need to understand that we have to start where we are and punishing ourselves by not wearing clothing that will enhance our appearance will assist in damaging our self-esteem and confidence. You’ll end up focusing on whether you look awkward or can anyone see the gap in your shirt from where you’ve gain weight or feeling uncomfortable because you are stuffing your size 16 frame into the size 12 blouse you wore a couple of years ago instead of focusing on what you do best; whether that is selling, administering, marketing, writing, etc.

This week I will share with you how you can dress the body you have now at minimal cost while you are working on shedding weight – Thursdays this month. See you then…

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