Better Clothes

Reason 8 to get in better shape: so I can have a wider range of clothing options, and even wear what I actually like. I'm not a fashion person at all, but I have some sense of personal style that I can't really put into play. Not everything is made in larger sizes, or looks good on a bigger shape. There are many things I see in catalogs that I'd like to wear that just don't look good. Shopping for clothes in stores is generally a bad experience because they don't have much selection in larger sizes, and the changing room experience is never a good one as you realize the stuff that looks good on the rack does not look good on you.

I keep a range of clothing sizes on hand since I fluctuate based on my diet and exercise. At the moment I have very limited options, and as I get thinner the range of what I can wear will increase. Plus, when I have made some progress (a substantial amount) I'll reward myself with some new clothes I couldn't fit into today. I'm tired of wearing the same stuff all the time, a lot of which I don't actually even like - it just fits. It will be nice to be able to have more choices and to actually dress up when I want to. I have a few things I bought new that are too small for me, hoping I would some day fit into them...and not it's time to make that happen. In the meantime, I'll take the drawer I keep those things in and turn it into a drawer for workout clothes, which I will pick out in advance once a week so I don't have to mess with finding them when I need to workout - giving me a nice excuse to delay or avoid.

So far I'm doing fine on the vitamin and fluoride habits and today I'm adding in using a daily moisturizer, which has SPF 15 sunscreen. It's a simple thing to do, doesn't take much time, I just don't manage to make myself do it. I like Oil of Olay and Aveeno daily moisturizer and I have some on hand so I just need to make a point of using it!

I am not looking forward to the exercise routine kicking in, but I'm glad I have a little time left to psych myself up for it.