I just wanted to share with you something that I noticed of myself when I went shopping yesterday to search for a pair of slacks.

It seems that despite losing 39 lbs when I go shopping, I still think of myself as "heavy" and thus the clothes I tend to browse are still as if I was a plump Size 16. I noticed yesterday I would still look at the looser cut clothes, the large billowy tops....it seems that despite my now being able to wear Size 9 Junior slacks I can't seem to put my mind in that mode that I am not what I used to be. Thus, I am having difficulty showing off my body. Now, I am a mom with two older kids and I don't mean to wear low cut tops or short-shorts....just anything "clingy" I feel uncomfortable with although everyone says that I look good and my body now is definitely not what it was 10 mos ago or even 5 months ago.

So how does one get themselves out of this mode of thinking? I hope in time I can accept me as I am now. Believe me, I am ecstatic with my new body and I know that the remaining 19 lbs I need to lose will make me even more happy with the way clothes fit but its just funny how decades of thinking are hard to break.

Just wondering if anyone else feels the same way I do and how you overcome it.

Have a good day everyone