Summer fun…Saturday July 25, 2009
When’s the summer fun gonna start? I swear I’ve only had 3 solid days of it this year.
Some of it has to do with weather, but mostly it’s been the exercise and avoidance of social situations. I’m starting to like my body, but I’m not confident enough yet to bare it for public scrutiny. And what if I don’t get to where I am confident? Am I going to miss out on life because of my insecurities? How will that affect my relationship with my son?
There’s a birthday party for a co-worker’s 40th, then a night shift party thrown by one of the night attendings at a lakeside resort he owns. What am I gonna do? Other than double up on exercise and try to sneak in low cal snacks for energy? I know I need to ramp up fat burning, but I tend to become ravenous when I do. So hungry that I don’t stop myself until I’ve wrecked shop.
I don’t want to spend another outing covered up in a hoodie and capris because I’m ashamed of my body. Any suggestions?
Help and thanks.
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I am not as social as I could be b/c of my weight either. But I find if I dress in my best outfit, do my hair and make-up, and just put myself out there, I feel better in the end. Yeah, I have plenty of moments of self consciousness, but mostly I feel good that I am out and not sitting at home wondering what it would be like if I were this or that. You can do it, just keep knowing your working toward something, but don’t stop living just b/c you might not be there yet.
Oh my, I get how you feel and used to do the same thing but I wont do it anymore. Life is too short to wait till we are thin to live it. You gotta stop thinking “Ill go to the beach when I weigh__” or “Ill go out when I can wear my skinny jeans” or whatever your head tells you. I know its hard but you gotta live now, go out buy clothes that fit your body now and that make you feel good and have fun. Today I go to the beach and wear a bikini and I own shorts and dresses, a few years ago (when I was thinner) I wouldn’t leave my house. How far I have come, you too can do it. Good luck.
I feel the same way! I especially do not like going to partys or events with people I knew when I was a lot smaller… its hard but you just have to do it! U don’t want to be stuck in the house all day when there is fun to be had!