Having lost 4.5 stones (28.5kg for those of you who think in new money), and with a BMI below half-way up the "normal" BMI range, you'd think I would feel all slender and light. The thing is; I don't. And when I look in the mirror, I don't see the difference from before the weight loss. Bonkers? Well, now I think I know how anorexics see themselves, but in reverse. It's not that I see a fat person now, it's that I never actually saw myself as fat. Confused? I am.
Conversely, I do see the wobbly bits that are left and think, "that shouldn't be there". But I suspect that's the part of my brain that has been conditioned by the media that women should be tall, excessively slim and with legs that go on forever. In that, I am oddly comforted by the fact that my CEO this week commented that I was quite tall. Maybe I look taller than I used to because I'm now less wide?
Still. I bought a dress today. A small and (relatively) cheap one. Thing is, when I looked it up on the shop web site to see what it is supposed to look like (on a model), apart from there being no naffing picture of it, it says it is a top. (I'm sure it's the right thing because these shops give their clothes names.) *boggle* It has a tie waist and comes down to my knees. I don't get it.
Now, of course being not all that up on The Fashion, I feel both silly and confused. But after a little research, I find that the "tunic dress" is supposed to be the next big thing. Allegedly. So, I'm calling this garment I've just bought a tunic dress and that's the end of it.
