How much extra space do you have in your closet? If you're like me I'm constantly battling to get rid of things in order to keep the things I love. I'm not really good at the one new thing in, two old things out system some people advocate but it's a goal. If you're like me in my prior life then your closet also has a few secrets you really don't want to share with the world.
Meet Ginorma's [pronounced jeye - norm a] closet. Now obviously this is a fictitious place and Ginorma is one of the names I've given the personalities that speak to me in my head - yes, I'm aware they have medication for that! Ginorma hangs around with her two best friends up there, Estelle Lowselfesteem and Lucy Lackofconfidence. They're really good buds and for several years whenever Estelle and Lucy were really feeling down, Ginorma would cloak all their insecurities in tents specially created by Omar the Tentmaker and comfort them with large quantities of really excellent and high caloric foods! Her closet looked like this because who would really want to find anything in there anyway? You can tell this isn't really the true picture either because the predominant color is Ginorma's closet was the ever slimming basic black.
When Ginorma ruled my closet I didn't like to shop very much either. For one thing the sizes I was wearing before I got serious were in the 20's (gasp). I didn't spend a lot of time in stores and when I did go I always thought they were really insulting because they put that "W" on the tag which I thought meant "wide" as in 22 W or "WP" which I really didn't like because I thought that stood for "wide person". Shopping for something new and black was bad enough but bathing suit season was a nightmare on some other planet and we just didn't go there.
While you're pondering if you want to lose weight after the Holidays are done I'd like to challenge you to think about this and maybe even do something about it. Go into your closet and count how many sizes you have. That's right, all of them. When I started my last successful diet I had the clothes I was saving until I could wear them again including 80's peplum dresses, little skinny things I couldn't get my arm in that I think used to be slacks I wore, all the way up through the sizes. So let's say we started at about a size 6 and worked all the way up through the 10's, 14's, 16's (which were really popular), 18's, 20's and we aren't going to finish this list! It was awful!! But it was me. So how many sizes do you have? Really? You can tell me or not, truthfully and I'll always believe you. While you're in there you'll want to get out your holiday skirt and wide leg pants - you know, they're black, have elastic in the waist, may have fake looking velvet on them and go with anything sparkly as a top! You're going to need them for your holiday party rounds.
I'm here to tell you it doesn't have to be like this. You can make a charitable contribution right now of almost everything in your closet that doesn't fit you. Why? Because first of all most of it is never going to be re-worn whether it fits or not in the way you originally bought it to be worn. A skirt might be altered to fit someone else or a jacket might be re-purposed if obtained from a thrift store but no one, and I repeat no one is still wearing that style so even if you get back into it someday you won't want to or be able to wear it past your closet door. Think of all the space you'll free up. "But I won't have any clothes!!!" Well, chances are you have about 2 weeks worth that you rotate a few things in and out of right now and the rest of all that in there doesn't fit you or isn't current. It's the truth! Go look. And if you really begin to seriously lose weight you will want to buy new clothes that fit and look well on your new figure. So sometime during this month instead of sitting down with a bucket of caramel corn or a plate of fudge go spend some time in your closet and take an inventory. If you feel really ambitious you can count the activity as your movement of the day and start sorting.
Of course I haven't asked you if you want to start the Holiday Preparation Diet yet and I won't until December 1st. Remember? You're only considering it. But chances are if you're still reading either you're someone I love or you probably would really like to make a commitment. Or you may just be dying to know what I'm going to suggest you eat in December. It's a mystery.
Keep moving and drinking - do it for you because it's only for you and you're terrific! Oh, as for Ginorma? Well she's still back in there somewhere but there's a new gal in town and I like her closet lots better - her name - Slendesira! Her closet looks like Carrie Bradshaw's on "Sex and the City " reruns after she marries Big.
'Til next time,
HV 13
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