Losing weight seems to change my life a little more every day.
It's funny... as I have become more comfortable with myself and my new body, my confidence is starting to affect other things. I am buying more clothing. I am taking more time in the morning to do my hair and makeup. I am taking more of an interest in other aspects of my health: going to a dermatologist to finally get rid of my acne, going to the first physical I have had in years, looking into treatments for a chronic bad shoulder that I have. I am looking into getting a whole new hairstyle (lifetime brunette going blonde). I have this new intense desire to go get my nails done and my eyebrows waxed.
I've gone from being a low maintenance, minimal makeup, sweatshirts and jeans kind of girl... into someone who wants the cutest outfits and the coolest haircut and those cute shoes that are on sale.
And it's not something I expected. I didn't expect that my interests and my sense of style would change so drastically after losing weight.
I'm not really sure what to make of my new found interest in... me.
Have you found that your daily grooming has changed as you have lost weight? How about your shopping habits? Do you have new interests in clothes/hair/makeup that you didn't have before? Have you taken control of other aspects of your health that you hadn't thought about before?
I'm in total agreement with you.
EVERYTHING changed for me. EVERYTHING. There wasn't one area of my life that hasn't seen improvement - all due to the weight loss and on a deeper level because I started making ME and my QUALITY of LIFE a priority. I raised my standards. I require and expect more from myself - all across the board.
I'm more organized. Every piece of mail that comes into the house is now immediately dated and put in the appropriate place. I keep a calender of when each bill has to be paid. My house is neater and cleaner - talk about immediate gratification, instead of impulse or boredom eating - straightening up the household.
I now go for regular physicals, instead of only when I had fever. Actually I wish I could go more then the once a year, that's how much I LOVE going now and getting my good reports. I also go to the gynecologist regularly now, instead of every bunch of years when something came up. Dentist visits - regularly, instead of when I absolutely had to. I avoided the dentist all too often. I neglected my mouth and needed a couple of root canals.
A few things I do on a daily basis now that I didn't in the past - moisturize, wear perfume and jewelry, wear make up, wear gorgeous clothing, wash my face every evening.
I shave more frequently now. Get more frequent hair cuts. Get pedicures.
I change my linens every week now and in the past, I went weeks and weeks in between doing so.
It's also something that I didn't anticipate. What a wonderful unexpected side affect it's been!
I'm just at the 1/2 way mark in my weightloss, but I do see a ripple effect happening in my life! I've lost 2 pant sizes and, suddenly, I am enjoying picking out my morning outfit! Before, I just grabbed whatever was clean and nearby. I also organized all of my jewerly and accessories (had items for YEARS, never wore any of it) and there is hardly a day that I am not wearing one or more accessories to my outfits. Also, I have been curling my hair. That is a HUGE DEAL. I haven't curled my hair in over a decade!!!!! I have an appointment to get my nails done and have plans to get my hair done as well. I'm just trying to decide what I want to do with it.