Introduction

The time has come... the time to do something about my weight. This blog will follow a journey; my trials and tribulations and hopefully successes with the battle of the bulge. For too long have I been a member of the Fellowship of the Flab.

I will be setting myself goals, tasks and rewards for the journey ahead to make it more interesting. I invite you to follow my progress and support me during the hard times and laugh with me during the good times.

Thank you, one and all.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Red Dress

I would probably say that Red is my favourite colour. It is certainly a colour I am drawn to and feel comfortable with. Its strange how important colour is in our lives - it makes all the difference to how we feel about things. It helps us with identification in a number of ways, from practical things, to messages we want to send out. Black and white alone appears to be 2-dimensional, and so colour brings things to life. The study of colour in its full depth is something I have not done, but I am fascinated by colour and how it influences our life.

As I mentioned before, the colour red is something which I like and am drawn to. I find it strange that I should be drawn to red as it is tends to represent a lot of things which I am not... perhaps opposite attraction is at work here.

Anyway, the reason I have started this narrative is because I have always wanted to own a red dress. I have always like the song 'Lady in Red' and associate the lady in red with confidence, mixed with a bit of mystery and charm. Being the size I am has always inhibited me to go out and buy a red dress, because red really makes you stick out and I haven't been ready to stick out like a big red beach ball just yet.

However, when I reach my goal of size 14, I want to wear a red dress and feel good about it. So I have started looking online now for a red dress. I have a year to find the one dress that will be perfect for me and I want to spend my time looking for the right dress. I will be scouring the online shops for that coveted red dress so I can absorb all the different types and styles. I hate going into salon style shops as I hate being pestered by the shop assistants, especially if all I want to do is just look around. Going into shops to find evening/party dresses has always been an issue for me as most of these places only cater for the smaller sized woman - rarely do they go up to size 16, let alone size 18-20 etc.. I always feel funny just looking at these dresses as I feel like everyone is looking at me and thinking 'you are too fat for these'. Another insecurity! So online shopping is a blessing for me, even though it has its disadvantages. But I intend to look around at dresses periodically to see if I find a style I like and then I can always look for something similar when I reach size 14 and feel allowed to be in the posh salons/boutiques.

So if anyone knows of any good websites for nice party/evening dresses, please let me know!

Signing off.

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