Friday, February 7, 2014

Here I am Again

You know, my last post had a lot to do with self confidence and I have a confession. I've not been very self confident. Self esteem is one of my biggest struggles and it has been for a very long time. I don't have the answers to overcome it, but I do know that if you keep pushing forward it builds every time. So today I put on these skinny pants I keep chickening out of. I'm attaching pictures of my outfit and one more focused on the area that causes me grief.
I happen to be extremely self conscious mostly of my legs and thighs. I feel like they say here look at me!! I see things from skinny girls about needing to lose weight blah blah and they have no idea because they've never been in my shoes. Now don't get me wrong, I am not ragging on skinny girls. You are blessed beyond measure to not have the struggle for weight curse!! Anyways.. I digress..  So I was proud of myself for putting on these pants and actually leaving the house in them. Text my sisters saying I did it. I'll have you know my sisters are my #1 encouragers. They quickly responded with woohoo and you go comments. Then my confidence faltered and I shared that with them, and they tell me stop it you look good. One of them says be confident and I (smarty that I am( say what's confident? She was quick to send me this: having strong belief or full assurance; sure:confident of fulfillment.

2. sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.

3. excessively bold; presumptuous.

Easier said than done? I know right, but I needed the push. You see we all need the push. Even "skinny" girls be be unconfident. Hold your head high and don't let anyone bring you down!! The harder you work that confidence the better off you will be. P.S. when I say self confidence I don't mean be arrogant!
An update on my weight loss journey: I fell of the wagon for awhile during the holidays but I've been working hard to get back on with my eating and working out. Its a struggle and I'm far from perfect, but my weight is where I last left it. 189 baby - and here is to beating 180!!



Outfit: pants are kiki LaRue, tops and boots are all Maurice's