Let me tell you the story of this dress……..I’ve had this dress in my closet approximately 12 to 13 years. The day I got it I could put it on and zip it up and it fit just a little too snuggly to wear. Instead of returning it, as I had been successfully loosing a little bit of weight, I hung it in my closet. That was the last time I could pull the skirt down over my hips or zip it at all.
I remember that I saw this dress in a Neiman Marcus catalog and ordered it. (I have plans for an entire blog entry on my history with ordering things.) I don’t’ remember what I paid for it, it wasn’t lavishly expensive, but it would have been more than I should have been spending, that’s for sure. I don’t remember for certain which year, but I think it could have been around 1997. That was the year I lost 20 pounds between the end of January and early May by following Weight Watchers “fit and fiber” plan. Then, early May, I fell off a horse and broke my arm. Even after breaking my arm I lost another 10-11 pounds. I’d gone from 164 (my heaviest ever up until that time) to 132. I was able to get into size 8 pants. But, once the arm healed, weight rapidly went back up to the 160’s.
Sometime when Regan was in high school, following Adkins, I dropped a dress size or two. This must have been right around 2000. Anyway, the dress was purchased somewhere from 1997 to 2001, I think. I have periodically tried the dress on, it never fit, but I could never give it up. Even though I’ve thrown out other clothes that didn’t fit or fell outside of the (one or two year if you haven’t worn it toss it) rule, I kept this dress.
The year Jon and I got married (2 years ago this month) I tried this dress on hoping it would fit and I could wear it on our honeymoon. Not only did it not fit, I couldn’t even get it pulled down over my bust or hips. Oh, my God!
Well, this morning I was at 162 on my scale. This after more than 6 weeks being more off 6WBM than on it. As you can see, I can at least, mostly, pull it down over my hips. It is still too tight to wear AND it will not zip all the way – I’m too heavy in the bust and back. BUT it is better than last time!!!!
So, here’s the deal. This is something you and I can see. I will put this dress on every week and take a picture. You and I will both be able to have visual, objective evidence of how well I am doing! I mean to be wearing this dress out to dinner with my husband before this summer ends – or I will give the dress to goodwill or dress for success. By August 30, 2010. I estimate I need to be about 150 to do that. And, in fact, I am SO CLOSE to dropping under 160 – I haven’t been under 160 since 1997 – that it wouldn’t take much to do it – just a little more self discipline than I’ve had lately and I’m there!!! I’m good up until mid afternoon or dinner. I eat per plan early in the day with my egg whites and fruit, but get lazy later in the day. Instead of planning ahead and getting the right food in the house, I make a meal of whatever is easiest. And then there was the cake and donuts I bought last weekend because I’d been craving them for days.
(Deep breath)….OK, so I’m going to be in
Scold me if I’m not!!!
