Okay. Prepare to be amazed.
For the last few months, I have been seeing a lot of people losing weight. A friend of mine posted the other day that she is finally down to a size 6 pant/dress. As excited as I was by her success, I looked at her picture and thought, "You know... we look about the same size... why am I two sizes bigger than her?"
Now, by no stretch of the imagination do I think I am overweight. Honest. But I kept feeling bad ever time I thought about it.
Well, I was doing my laundry today and seeing as I have been on the hunt for pants to buy and having to try a pant size down from my regular size, I was going through my pants and checking out the sizes. Then I picked up a skirt my parents bought for me just last Christmas. It says it is a size 10 and I started thinking about how I could probably go down a size (maybe two seeing as it was a little big on me even last year). And you know what I realized?
The pants I have are size 11. The skirt is a size 10. But, what I neglected to realize in my quiet thoughts is this--- my pants are from the Junior section. The skirt... is from the misses section. I as comparing my size 11 in Juniors to my friend's size 6 in misses. My jaw literally dropped and I nearly smacked myself in the forehead upon this realization.
Ridiculous. I know. But you have no idea how much better I feel about myself. My mind has been blown.
But to be completely honest, I am happy. Not only with my body image but my life in general. I am single, dating, making friends, taking a class, working, fulfilling my church calling. I am happy and content and thankful for the love and support I get from my family, friends and Heavenly Father. Life is good.
Thanks for reading.
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