GonnaTurnHeads,,
I'm alot like you. I usually let myself go when I am overweight and try to adopt those practices when I am smaller. I, too, am trying to start doing them now so that they are habit when I finally get to my goal weight. I guess I didn't want to be the girl I saw other girls comment about. The one who grooms herself meticulously, yet her stomach is hanging over her belt. Messed up, I know, but for some reason that logic stuck to me.

My eyebrows are so horrible when they are not done that I cannot afford not to get them done, although it may take a while before I can get them waxed again (crazy work schedule). I tend to keep my nails low and neat so I don't really do them, but I want to get in the habit of doing my mani/pedi while I am watching television (better to do something instead of being completely idle).

One thing I want to get better at for sure is dressing well. I am always so darn frumpy when I am overweight. Maybe it's because I don't want to put any attention to my body since I am not the biggest fan of it when I am overweight. Luckily, I always know how to get back into gear with my dress when I get smaller. But I want to look nice all the time. I just need to learn that it's ok to look nice even while your body is in transition.

I too am what in my generation was called "high maintenance" but I'd be lying if I said that I took as good care of my fat girl body as I did when I was thinner.

I never stoped having mani/pedies, keeping my roots colored, eyebrows shaped or face exfoliated

but I am finding that getting back into the routines for caring for the parts of me that don't show in cloths has been a pleasant side effect of the weight loss... not only that but they are also motivating me to keep losing weight.

When I was younger and thinner I didn't do much, rarely wore makeup, just brushed my hair, rarely got it cut or styled, bit my nails, and didn't shave anything. What a hippie. But I got plenty of flirting none the less.

with age and weight, that has changed. I shave pits and legs, or get the legs waxed once during the winter and before my summer holidays, and get a bikini wax then. I have recently started getting brows done, they are getting bushier as I age. I don't bite my nails anymore, and get keep them nice, and self manicure weekly. I get a pro manicure every couple of months when I get a pro pedicure. I now also get a lip wax it seems I get some darker hairs above the lip now.
I can't tell how much goes with age and what with weight. I am much vainer than I used to be, even with the weight. And with the weight loss, well, spa services are a reward for me. I even occasionally wear makeup now.

I have always been super girly...mani/pedis, high maintenance blonde hair that require touchups every three weeks--the works.
As I gained weight that all stopped. I felt--who am I kidding, I FEEL like I don't deserve it.
I recently was laid off from my job and I have not left jammie pants and a baggy t-shirt since. I feel awful about myself.
As I started to gain weight I colored my hair brown and haven't been to a salon in about a year. I just color it from a box when I have to.
I always kept up with latest fashions and made a point to be the best dressed anywhere I went. Now I feel blah. Clothes don't fit, they don't look good, and it depresses me because my closet is full of "skinny" clothes I don't fit in, yet it kills me to think that I have to shop for size 18 pants.

I miss the pampering. I want to do that for myself again.
Fat girls deserve to feel good too!!

I faithfully go get my pedicure every 2-3weeks and occasionally I get my nails done. I'm not really a hair person but I try to at least keep it straightened and cut nice. I most def enjoy dressing up and looking cute though there is nothing like walking in the mall and having guys check you out.