Ok, this is not your normal post from me. And I wasn’t going to do it but my friends convinced me that I really should so here it is! I want to win a Secret Style session makeover at Blogher 11 in San Diego this August. In order to enter I need to write a blog post about why I should win. They will be picking 12 winners, 10 of them based on their posts and 2 random. I figure I have a chance at being one of the 2 random winners since I’m sure my post isn’t going to be as creative as others! 😉
I am a mom, as you all know. And some of you may know that I joined Weight Watchers 11 weeks ago as I shared it a few times on the blog. I’m still following the program and really loving the flexibility it has given me with food. I’ve had a weight problem all my life and food is my addition. Therefore taking it away from me and telling me I can’t have cookies, cake and pastries never worked for me and I have the hips, thighs and butt to prove it! LOL But Weight Watchers has been great and I’ve lost over 20lbs in 11 weeks!!!! I’ve got a lot more to go but I’m so excited for what I lost and I am not stopping this time. I’ve stopped way to many times before and it’s not going to happen again.
My Senior Prom June 1991 (no that's not my husband)
You see, I have an incentive and that is my 20 year high school reunion in September 2011. Yes, I’ve been out of high school for 20 years, I know you thought I was younger but I will be 38 in a few days (you can do the math yourself so I have nothing to hide! LOL). But here is the thing, I don’t look like I did in high school and thanks to facebook I’ve seen that a lot of other classmates also don’t look the same. But I can if I lose a little more weight. I want to be the one that they say “OMG you haven’t changed a bit” (besides the addition of my glasses) and really mean it, not just say it because they are being nice. Come on admit it, we all do it. I can’t even count the number of times someone said to me “OMG you look great, have you lost weight?” when in reality I had gained weight. I know they were just being nice and I appreciated it. But at my reunion I want it to be for REAL! So that is my incentive. Things like that help me.
So if you still reading and I haven’t lost your interest you are probably wondering what this all has to do with getting a makeover. Well none of my cloths from last summer FIT ME!!! And if none of them fit me now, then none of them will fit me in September either. It’s a very good problem to have. But even if they did fit me I desparately need a new style. I’ve been a mom for over 6 years and my uniform isn’t exactly stunning. Most days I’m in jeans (I love my jeans), a tee and a sweater when it’s cold. I do have a few ‘nicer’ tops I wear when I want to feel pretty but they are pretty boring too.
And then there is the makeup. I wear brown eyeliner and black mascara……………….boring! I was at an event in April and they did my eye makeup for me and gave me smokey eyes. OMG I loved them and so did my girls. They were super excited and asked me to do that again. I have no idea how to apply eye shadow so back to my boring brown eyeliner and black mascara. I call that mommy makeup.
And I never match my shoes with my purse with my cloths with my jewelry….. you get the picture. My tops and my bottoms match and that’s about it. Not even my socks match much since you can’t see them anyway. We won’t even talk about my mis-matched underwear! lol So I could really use some fashion advice and makeover as I come into my new body and get ready for my 38 year old self reunite with my (last seen) 18 year old friends.
Thanks for sticking around and reading the entire post. Wish me luck!!!
Karen – I love your post! I am so proud of how awesome you are doing with Weight Watchers. I hope you win this contest!
Thanks Nicole!! I’m proud of you too and I hope that we both win and get to do this together………….and with KL too!!!
Karen, best wishes to you! I am about 10 years older than you and I can remember feeling about the same when I was 38. I was just emerging from being a stay-at-home-daycare-mom and regaining some of my life back. I returned to work and went back to school to become a teacher. Mom jeans and t-shirts were the mainstays of my wardrobe. I started working out, got in shape, and then went shopping. I would have loved a makeover or being abushed by Stacy and Clinton on What Not to Wear, but instead I had to do it myself. I hope you win the makeover, but if you don’t, you can still get out there and make some changes…don’t wait for more weight to come off – go out and buy something fabulous RIGHT now – that will be your incentive to stick with WW and reach your goals!
Louise thank you so much for the encouragement. I did recently go shopping, two sizes down!! And a week later I realized I could of gone another size. Next shopping trip. I pulled out cloths from my dresser last night and told myself to get rid of them so that I never wear them again! This weekend I plan on putting together a donation pile. If I don’t have them, I can’t fall back into them. 🙂 Thanks again!!!
Hi Karen, great post! I can relate, just started WW too. Congrats on the 20 lbs! And good luck on the contest. 🙂
Thanks Gina! Good luck with WW.. let me know how you do!
Being 40, I know all about that reunion, thanks so much for entering our style suit http://bit.ly/kwEC1H we can’t wait to pamper moms and give their style a boost. Thanks so much for participating and congrats on your progress with the weight goal. Way to go!
You can work it like its worth it! Oooo!
awesome post, thanks for sharing – it is tough to be so personal and I admire you for that.
Good luck, Karen! I hope you win. Great post, I love how you included the photos. Congrats on your weight loss, that is terrific! I have always been the skinny type who ate nonstop and never put on a pound. THEN I hit 29! That seemed to be the age for me, where I was no longer to eat what I wanted, lol. Now at 34 I just started working out again and trying to get back in good shape. I would like to lose 15-20lbs. I can’t believe how good I feel just after exercising and how toned I feel. I love it! I also went on a shopping trip because I feel that my clothes are nothing special. I need more style too! I get comfy in my mom clothes since I don’t work. Well, good luck and I hope you win!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck–sounds like a great contest. Thanks for being honest with us, congrats on the weight you’ve lost so far with WW!!!!
We’ll show them how HOT a 38 Mom can be! Best of Luck!
Thanks so much everyone!!! I really appreciate all your kinds words!!
Good luck in the contest and continued success with the weight loss!
Just read your post for the 1st time. It was very nicely written and held my interest the whole time.
CONGRATS!!!