one size fits .........

last night while i was on facebook this fabulous lady i know, kasey, updated her status with this "whoever came up with the idea to make clothing 'one size fits all' is either extremely optimistic or seriously delusional"

It got me thinking about how right she actual is! Aside from a scarf most one size fits all is like false advertising. I dont know any other female that is shaped like me. Sure I have plus size friends, but my boobs are bigger and their thighs are smaller. I also have friends that are a milllion feet tall with legs as long as I am tall, some are petite, some not. I dont understand living in a worls where the  fashion industry puts a label on something and we take it for what it is. No matter who you are you are going to come out of the battle with the item with a complex. Thanks alot asses. Making women feel more insecure is not the ideal way to get us to pur@hase items.

Another thing that kills me is the way plus size fashion is designed. Unless you shop at torrid or sometimes targets plus size, you are left with what I call the pregnant box effect.  Its designed to make us with a little extra junk in the trunk comfortable about going shopping. Im sorry what about my womenly figure screams that I am the shape of a square. Its like they sewed two squares of seasonal colored fabris together, threw on some smaller squares for arms and added a sparkly broach for pizzaz and I am suppose to die over how great it looks on me. Wrong.

Skinny people , men and women, often critisize plus size gals who wear stuff thats too small, or too tight, or they make comments about us wearing leggings and patterns that draw attention to us. Well here is some insight, its because we dont want to look like a box. I have waist *its hidden in there somewhere i swear* I have a chest and hips and I dont want to walk around hiding all of it. I need colors and patterns and things that hug me. I need it to feel sexy, to feel normal. Its not easy living in a size 2 world in a size 22 body, and until cute plus size fashion becomes affordable on a walmart budget then some of us are gonna squeeze and tuck and suck ourselves into the biggest size we can find on a rack filled with adorable clothes. I am a firm believer in being fashionable, any size, any budget. I just wish the fashion industry thought so too.  So next time you start to open your mouth to make a snide comment about what someone my size has on, but yourself in her adorable, too tight shoes and think about what other choice she has, and realize she is just trying to think outside the box.

for amy!

I recieved a special request for a new post from my amazing friend amy. She herself took the weight loss journey and her results are amazing!! So with this request I have decided to write a post about something that happened with her...this is the MOST embarassing and humiliating thing that has ever happened to me ...

A few years back we lived in Va. Lance got stationed there and as anyone who has followed me from the begining then you know this is where my weight got out of control. The summer before we moved we made a trip to bush gardens.Amy and her husband and daughter came with us along with my inlaws. Now before I tell the story I want it to be known that I had an amazing time. I am  not one for rides normally because I get motion sickness easily but for the sake of having a good time i sucked it up and went on everything I thought I could stomach. On top of all of that I have this mini fear of  heights and things going upside down. I managed to agree to go on one of those twisty roller coasters. As we are standing there this gentlemen is asked to get off because the bar that goes over you wont latch. Now this was  a big guy, one of those with the big bellies that wear suspenders everywhere. I thought to myself , as every tiny teenager around me was snickering "man that would be so embarassing". So then it comes to us. We climb on, buckle up, and guess who is asked to get off because the harness wont latch. Yup you guessed it...this girl. I was mortified. Lance offered to get off the ride with me but I was so embarassed I just wanted to run and crawl under a rock somewhere. All I remember is just stoppingg halfway down the ramp to cry. Never in my life have I felt like that. I have avoided alot of things like that since then.

This summer we are planning a trip to visit my in laws. We plan on taking the girls to Dollywood. Lots of rides, lots of people. I am so nervous to even attempt to get on a ride that the thought sends me  into a minor panic attack. If I can drop more lbs I will make the attempt. However if I am asked to get off again, the person better be prepared for a punch in the face and the corndog vendor better get cooking because I swear I will drown my embarassment in anything deep fried. Just kidding....I think.

I am excited that I am keeping this weight off..none gained. I can tell a major difference in the way some clothes fit. I went shopping with my mom yesterday and found a few things that fit and I was very excited. A few cute summer pieces.With more weight loss the easier finding clothes gets! The one thing I  dont like though is my legs. Most summers I run around in shorts and dont give it much thought but this summer I am very aware of how off putting and gross they are! I feel reallt bad for people who have been subjected to them. I am trying to stick with sun dresses, which is fine for this whole look I am going for lately. If anyone sees any good deals on thigh covering adorable dresses in a slightly plump size..send them my way!

I hope this was long enough for you amy :)

I might write another blog tonight. Im in a blogging mood.