for anyone on a diet, if you want a sure fire way to feel like you are not making any progress... go try on a formal dress!!!!
this weekend (tomorrow actually) i am going to kory's fraternity formal for homecoming at pitt. those unaware of fraternity formal... think high school homecoming in college and with alcohol. due to the weight loss most of my dresses don't fit and on top of that they are more formal that i wanted to wear. so last night j and i went out dress shopping. first stop was a store that, for anonymity, we will call davida's bridal. we loaded me up with about 10 dresses and headed to the dressing room. i started out with a bounce in my step because i knew i had dropped down a size or two in pants so surely a dress would be the same, right? WRONG!!! it has been so long since i went dress shopping that i forgot that dresses run about 2 sizes too small. so all 10 of the dresses didn't fit (we only brought in size 16 and 18 dresses). out of the 10 only 2 looked good enough to hunt for a size 20. one of them j kindly told me i looked like a "stuffed sausage/oompaloompa", it was not one of the two we searched for a larger size in. sadly they didn't have the larger size in any of the ones we liked.
the rest of the night we hit 3 other stores and we were greeted with the standard large lady "pretty" dress. these consist of floral prints, pant suits, and dresses that look like wallpaper/curtains. sadly disappointed in not finding a dress we ended the night on a positive note with blueberry martinis. i felt better at least! :o)
today, thank goodness for mama, i have a dress. i borrowed one for my mom that was almost exactly what i was searching for (color, length, etc.) in our little spree. added bonus... didn't have to spend the money on a new dress!!! YAY!!!
in other diet news, i am finding it harder and harder to get my water in. it seems that if i don't stick to the routine i have, i won't stay on track with the plan. my routine is: 7-7:30 breakfast, 9-9:30 mid-morning snack, 11:30-12 lunch, 3:30-4 mid afternoon snack, 6-7:30 dinner, and usually take my last supplement around 8:30. if i deviate from the any normal time after work (mid afternoon snack and dinner) i do not get my water in or i deviate from plan. i am finding i am not hungry for dinner if i have the snack later and if i push dinner later i just get to the point where i don't want to cook anything. not eating is SO BAD for the plan because it screws up your metabolism. vicious circle! i guess this shows that 2 months in i am still figuring out my body and how it needs to work on this thing. the lack of staying on plan is showing. i haven't moved up or down on the scale this week. granted last night eating out and the martini didn't help i am sure. nor will formal tomorrow. oh well, i will live life and just work harder next week to balance out my night of indulgence (if it turns out to be that).
tip of the day: shrimp is one of the most filling meals i think i have. 6 oz of shrimp is actually a LOT of shrimp and it is good for you! tonight i tried my shrimp with a salt free all purpose seasoning and a little butter. YUMMO!!! try it, you will love it! tip 2: always ALWAYS brush your teeth after eating radish as a veggie! your breath will smell rank if you don't and your friends will appreciate it if you do!
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Wouldn't life be so much easier if it were as easy to lose weight as it is to put it on?? I agree with you on the formal dresses--no one wants to look like on of the evil step sisters. How hard is it to find a formal dress in a larger size that doesn't like like Omar the Tentmaker had a hand in its design??? Do you have a Von Maur store in KC? I have found their stuff is nice and doesn't look like old lady dresses. (If not, you can always come shopping here...)
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