Any change requires some motivation to help us pull through
the adjustment period of ill-ease. You have to overcome the initial inertia of
letting things continue as they were. I had been ‘trying’ to lose weight since
the last couple of years without success. Partly because the ‘methods (read:
diets)’ I tried were wrong bio-chemically and also because results on those
diets were so less and took so long that I invariably gave up.
Everyone has different drivers aka reasons for losing
weight. At the most basic level it could be to be healthier & build greater
endurance. For me, it was Fashion. I love reading about fashion, and though I’m
hardly the fashionista myself, I do enjoy dressing up. Some things really catch
my fancy (like colored denims) others I dislike a lot (peplum & boy-friend
jeans, anyone?). I don’t mean to imply that fashion is the sole prerogative of
those with a certain body type. As fashion bloggers will tell you, it is just a
matter of fit.
Anyone can carry off anything.
It has been my experience however that I feel more confident
about sporting trends now that I have lost weight. And maybe because of that
confidence, it looks good. As I have lost weight, I have observed certain
beauty benefits have accrued.
1. I no longer need to stick to Cat-Eyes all the
time. A plump face is generally soft & round. It is my experience that
angular faces photograph a lot better as they appear sharper in pictures. In
order to introduce some structure to a plump face, one very abused technique is
the cat eyeliner technique. Aishwariya Rai wears it all the time. So did I for
all important functions.
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| That's me!! Finally sporting colored denims, a high ponytail and some blush |
2. I can tie my hair away from my face in a pony
tail. Hair styles were a major issue for
me when I was big. If it was open coz my hair is frizzy – it made my face look
very big, but at the same time I wanted to leave it open to make the face
appear slimmer by hiding the ears & sides of the face.
3. I can apply blush again. I had stopped using
blush for a few months (Ironic? I know! The blog is called Addicted to Blush!),
as I felt that when I applied blush it called too much attention to my chubby
cheeks. So I mainly concentrated makeup on the centre of my face – aka lips. I
used dark colors on the lips to make them appear bigger so that the face looked
smaller in comparison.
4. I can now apply makeup on the lower lash line.
One of the tricks to make a face look slimmer is to make the eyes look big.
This is done by concentrating makeup on the upper lash line & lots of
mascara, but leaving the lower lash & waterline bare.
5. I can smile in pictures. I used to avoid smiling
in pictures as I felt it made my cheeks look even more chubby. Of course I was also very reluctant to get pictures taken. Somehow I had deluded myself that I wasn't really *that* big. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I thought I looked good, a bit plump but fine otherwise. But I could hardly recognize the person I saw in pictures. I wondered why I looked so bloated and always put it down to being unphotogenic.
6. This benefit is exclusive to following the Wheat Belly Diet: No acne! I've been acne free since I began the diet 5 months ago. No more pesky pimples at that time of the month & no more marks to deal with. Also due to the high fat content of my diet I no longer suffer from weak-split nails, dry skin, rough hair.
Btw, I've lost a couple more kgs since I began posting about the diet. The tally now is 20 kgs in 5 months.
A big shoutout to Ankita of Ank's Ramblings who has also decided to try out this diet. Good Luck Girl! I look forward to reading your success story soon.
Have any of you lost weight? What was your driver? How did losing weight change things for you?
