gimme a Y gimme an O gimme a U

This blog is going to be about your best fashion accessory: yourself.  You can add all the make-up, hairspray, bracelets, nail polish, etc. you want.....but when it comes down to it, if you don't feel good about yourself, there isn't anything that will make you look good to yourself.  So.  I have struggled in the past with something millions of people struggle with everyday---my weight.  Not just my weight, but how I feel it holds me back from being my most confident all the time, and even fully enjoying a fun shopping day with friends.  And let's not even think about a bathing suit (omg! omg! omg! shake it out! delete! delete! omgomgomg!!!)  I feel like any and every time I have started to diet one of the real reasons I don't stick with it is because of when I begin---normally, it's in October.  So I lose about 10-12lbs before the holidays.  I give up the fight during Thanksgiving and that will last until the New Year.  I don't normally start seeing a gain, though, until the end of January....so I have tricked myself into thinking I am not gaining anything because I don't see it immediately upon inhaling the 10th Christmas cookie.  But then February sneaks up on me.....

I am taking a new approach and if you are wanting to get on board with me, PLEASE DO!  Summer is exactly 17 weeks away from this coming Monday.  Summer--you know--when you want to be in cute shorts and little dresses and wear bright, fun colors.  We have gotten through the hardest part of the year for a dieter, so why not get going now?  17 weeks is a decent amount of time, but it will get here quicker than you think....my goal is to have 20 pounds gone.  I don't want to just be stylin' this summer, but super stylin!  However, it is more about feeling good about myself and taking control.  The cute clothes are just a bonus ;)

So here, for all the foxin world to see, are my stats:

height: very nearly 5ft6                                    

weight: 183.8

chest: 41 inches

waist: 35.5 inches

hips: 45 inches

jean size: 14

This will not be a blog focus, but at the end of each of my posts for the next 17 weeks, I will let you know, in my own foxy way, if I passed or failed for the week. My goals are to eat healthy (think Weight Watchers), and to do one of my many pilates DVDs 4 times a week. I will enjoy my last 2 days of eating without thinking, but come Monday it's ON!

I have my reward outfit already picked out so that by the first day of summer, I can be super stylin....LIKE A FOX! -------->


photo taken 2/18/2010