Better questions:
How does this outfit make me feel?
Honestly, how many times will you wear this?
Does it fit the budget?
Some of my recent purchases are shaped, so they skim the hour glass figure that’s emerging. That freaks me out a little. Moving away from giant t-shirts and sweaters to something that is shaped is a shift.
The first time I wear something like that I always feel more exposed.
Strangely enough though, it’s wearing those outfits that have produced the strongest reaction to the change in shape and the weight loss.
Going into the winter I had a minor goal of hitting spring and throwing off all the heavy sweaters to reveal a trimmer me, and, due to this extraordinary winter, that’s exactly what I’ve been able to do. It’s only now that people are starting to notice the change.
And while I’ve done none of this for them, the attention and compliments are very much appreciated. For so long it’s one pound at a time, one mile at the gym, at a time, and it’s work.
I also get just as much of a boost from a compliment as I do from using my strength. Picking up 80 cups of coffee from Tim Hortons the other day and carrying it to an event: not hard!
Nothing boosts the ego more than stunning ‘the guys’ by being strong! Who cares what I look like – kicking butt and taking names!
