I know Rockin' Robin talks about her new found style too. I haven't seen her around the boards lately. :(
My bad--RR is here! Yay!!!!
About 2 months before I started losing weight, I started taking better care of myself. Paid more attention to how I dressed and started wearing some makeup. I think the increased interest in ME is what allowed me to lose weight in the first place.
But it definitely dominoed as I went along. Clothes shopping just gets more and more fun the smaller you get! And now if I wear fitting clothes, I can look in a mirror and look THIN and I LOVE it. So I think now that I know I CAN look good I want to invest more in my overall appearance, you know? Dressing better, showering enough (that has ALWAYS been a big problem with me!!!), brushing my teeth everyday, shaving at least twice a week... all the things I should have been doing but often didn't.
And now I'm going mildly psycho about my hair, because people told me (even when I was overweight) that I would be so pretty, if I could just do something about my hair!!!!!!! So I'm really trying to get that under control too. I think a lot of it is just realizing we DO look good and wanting to improve on that. But it's fun, don't you think?
I've noticed those changes too, but for me it's been different since I've never been a "girly girl". Rather than go out and find that "cutest skirt/dress", I find it more exciting to buy a new pair of running shoes, workout DVD (these days I'm addicted to Jillian Michaels and The Biggest Loser workout DVD's), new workout clothes or equipment (I'm saving up for a kettlebell and am sooo excited!!).
Maybe with time, I'll get a bit more into the clothes etc things, but for right now the holiday season is leaving me soo depressed!:(:( My health and fitness are the only things going well for me at the moment. Happens every year during late Fall and Winter months. Add to that my friends have abandoned me(I've actually gotten emails severing friendships) because right now I just don't have an extra dime to spare to go to movies etc.:cry::cry::cry: Suggestions of DVD night in and the like, didn't go over well.
Jenn
Yes :) A few weeks ago I "booked" a friend to help me with clothes shopping, and I'm slowly getting into wearing make-up - nothing big, just mascara and lip gloss (no-one's going to sue me for not doing the whole concealer/foundation thing, are they?). It's a bit scary, but I think I like it :)