RisingUp's Journal, 21 August 2014

Today I celebrated my birthday with my girls, mother & my sister, and it was truly incredible. My sister took me shopping for some new clothes being my clothes are looking pretty baggy on me now & I am proud to report that I have gone down another size! I have gone from 5x to 3x in plus sizes (34/36 to 26/28). I never liked shopping for clothes much at all I always had to settle for the styles in my sizes, but today honestly I didn't mind at all. I've always hated looking at myself fully in the mirror so I would briefly look over myself hesitantly when necessary. Even when shopping at the stores whenever I passed by any mirrors I would quickly walk by trying not to get a glimpse of myself. Just recently I have been able to really look at myself in the mirror and appreciate the progress I'm making. I'm realizing more than ever it's the journey along to reaching my goal that is transformational, the good and the bad.