[fcuser10395743]

Like the NSVs, what program-related pledge/resolutions have you made that are not to do with what you eat or exercise you do? I had concentrated so much on those two aspects that I forgot about anything else, so I made myself a promise to stop wearing giant clothes. I've always bought a men's large and when I made myself try on all the sizes I came away with... extra small. Oops. No more tents.

[terrod99]

I think we tend do to that hide under/behind things. My pledge is if I walk by a mirror and see myself I will say to myself what a beautiful woman what I usally do is think what a fat cow! Power of positive thinking!

Terri

[shcirerf]

To indulge in the more feminine pursuits of regular hair appts. pedicures, manicures, make up, etc.

I'm surrounded by men, married to one, and work with 2 and a lot of our clients at the veterinary hospital are men with cows etc. and I live on a farm. The dress code is jeans, t-shirts, etc. So most days I look like a slump.

[shannonmb]

Great ideas, girls!! I work at a hospital, so scrubs it is at work. And on my off days I'm so accustomed to just schlepping around in whatever I grab -- none of it even remotely attractive/stylish and most of it ill-fitting. I'm also in a bad habit of just throwing up my hair in a clip and wearing very little makeup. I'm embarrassed to admit I don't even shave regularly all the time. FRUMP!

I did go and buy myself some makeup a couple weeks ago -- even lipstick! I just finished exercising, and I think I'll go up and take a hot shower, SHAVE THOSE LEGS, put on some nice lotion, do myself a pedicure, and put some make-up on. I don't have any place to go on this lovely day off, but why shouldn't I feel pretty -- just for me (and my ever-patient hubby when he gets home)!?

Thanks for the inspiration!

[Eliana]

Rose, I don't know about you, but the style when I was in HS was to wear oversized men's shirts! I still fall back on my old stand-by jeans and a sweatshirt. I LOVE my college sweatshirts. They're XL and because of the style back then XL was gigantic, and I was tiny. Put it this way...these shirts fit just fine all the way up to 235 pounds. And now 80 pounds down, I'm still wearing them. I want to be buried in these sweatshirts.

BUT, the styles today for women are actually quite flattering. I love the new modern cut shirts. They really accentuate my waist and make me feel very feminine. You might give them a try.

What non-sale goals do I have in mind right now? I guess the only one that really comes to mind is running a 5K at 6.0. I ran 1.5 miles yesterday at that speed.

My real goal is scale related. I really want to get to goal already and go shopping!

[seagirl]

Mine is to throw away the saggy-bottomed jeans (once I actually fit well into the few pairs waiting in my dresser.)

[Rana]

Wear nicer clothes. When I was at my highest, putting on clothes and seeing how tight they were just made me so frustrated that I never felt or looked good in my clothes. I didn't want to buy bigger sizes but nothing looked good either when it was that tight.

Now that my clothing sizes are going down, I want to wear clothes that fit and make me look good. I want to get the compliments on my fashion sense, I want to have a "look" that is exclusively me.