Decluttering my soul

After a sit back approach the last few weeks and watching what others have done for themselves in regards to what they eat and how they look after them selves mentally and physically I have decided to declutter a few things.

MIL told me how after so many years of having so much in her home (horder central ;) ) that she feel's like by cleaning one section at a time that she is clearing herself mentally.

Now this got me thinking big time.

How many of us hold onto those old tracky dacks and BIG tops to hide in?
Be honest now.
Its blasted hard to rememeber the person under all that and its also a hard thing to come to terms with when we are NOT happy with how we see our reflections in the mirror. We dont just feed ourselves comfort food...but we feed our bodies comfort clothes because no one can see how we feel or actaul look this way.

I am hell bent on making 2011 healthier for me and that means eating correctly and getting back into the gym.

BUT

for me to accomplish this I had to get rid of all those 'comfort clothes'

5 bags full :o

Now im not saying it was easy..hell no but I feel like Ive taken a step closer into getting myself on the right track to get into shape again.

Now if only I could get the same motivation to get back to the gym I'll be right :lol:

I think that worked the treat for me too after having DS.

I figured that I was still hiding in my maternity clothes so I packed them away and forced myself to wear my normal clothes, I felt much better about myself, but saw a bit of tummy bulge - which had the dual effect of motivating me to exercise.......Then as you know, those clothes became too big and a shopping spree for a new wardrobe was in order!!

Love your positive attitude Maz!!

maz that is an awesome thing to do!

I know I caught myself once thinking "oh, but if I lose more weight, these gorgeous pants/skirt/top won't fit any more" - it actually was the beginning of my op shop addiction. I bought all my clothes second hand and cheaply, because I knew that I'd have shrunk out of that size soon anyway, so no point buying anything really expensive.

It worked.

I have already packed away all of my maternity gear, and I'm pretty close to packing away the "fraction too big for my normal size" clothes, with the same idea in mind.

So proud of you for recognising that thought pattern!

My clean out ended up with about 10 bags of clothing going to vinnies or friends.

I've just scored some wild clothing from a gorgeous BBer that will fit the "in between" me.

I also went through my whole place and threw out a lot of stuff from the past, looking forward to unpacking what is left in our new home in a few weeks time and being able to share with my gorgeous friends.

Great idea. We clear out clothes regularly. I just found myself shopping for 'fat' clothes yesterday and decided to stop. I'd rather lose the weight than go up yet another size. I feel like buying those clothes is giving in. So I'm stopping the comfort eating and getting back into what ever exercise I can painlessly do. It has to be better than nothing.

I need to do this too Maz, and my two weeks break is my opportunity (I should have started today :hide:) it's not just clothes either it's loads of clutter that needs to be sorted and thrown/given away and a bunch of admin (ie tax returns) that MUST MUST MUST be done!
Hoping it will feel like a fresh start and a clean slate for the new year.