Is Your Life on Hold until you Diet?

I lived with the doctrine of waiting for life until I was the right size. Every day I said to myself, when I lose weight I’m going to.   Here’s my list of 10 things I thought I couldn’t do until I lost the weight:

• Take Dancing classes
• Wear sexy clothes
• Stand up for myself
• Tell off my principal,  Ron Tuff
• Take time for me
• Stop being a doormat for everyone else
• Let Cyndi, my cousin, really have it
• Finally go on a honeymoon with Joe
• Wear make-up and look pretty
• Follow up my  life’s ambition and become a chef

Guess what?  I found the person I wanted before I hit the magical number on the scale. Watching the changes in my life was like seeing  dominoes fall on top of one another. One thing led to another. Dieting became part of the process of paying attention to my needs and making me a priority.

There’s a new book coming out this fall, called, 101 Things to Do Before You Diet: Because Looking Great Isn’t Only About the Weight. Mimi Spencer, fashion writer for the Daily Mail suggests we look our best right now and buy the dress we love instead of waiting.

She advises, “Stop measuring yourself against a warped societal norm, and start enjoying what you’ve got.”

I hope you enjoy the philosophy and the book. Check out her column for fashion suggestions too.