So I Was Thinking........

Anytime our oldest daughter starts a sentence with.... "so, I was thinking..."
we know we are in for a Big Idea.

Well, lately I've been thinking.
I've been thinking about what some of my goals are for this blog.
After a lot of thought and consideration this is what I have decided.

This was really hard for me to write. I feel vulnerable knowing it's out there for all to read. However, I really feel like it's what I'm supposed to do. So, here I go......

When I was growing up I didn't have very good self-confidence.
I was really shy. I was the smart girl with glasses and braces. Sometimes I didn't think I was good enough and I just knew I wasn't pretty.
I think from time to time we might all feel that way a little bit. I didn't always feel this way. It just crept up on me from time to time.
Well, by the time I got to college I had convinced myself that maybe if I was thin enough
I would finally be pretty and "good enough". People who know me know that growing up
I was never over weight. I was actually always a bit on the skinny side. My first year of
college I gained the college 10-15 and wasn't really liking what I saw in the mirror. I had never weighed that much before.
I started running and working out and eating....well sort of eating. By the time I started my second year of college I was 5'5 and weighed about 110 lbs I had lost 25 lbs over the summer. I thought I was doing good. The only problem
was I had started an unhealthy eating and exercise pattern that led me to be barely 90lbs over the college semester. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was anorexic. This is something I really don't talk about very much. It was a very difficult time in my life. It's been a bit of a tough road. That was a husband, 3 beautiful daughters and 16 yrs ago. Not to mention some weight ups and downs. Now I'm a healthy weight for myself. I've been able to maintain my weight for over six years. That's not easy for someone who's brain has had them addicted to constant weigh-ins and calorie counting and calculating. Now when I look in the mirror I love what I see! Not just because of what I see on the outside, but how I feel about myself on the inside. I'm still not perfect, and that's ok. ]It really helps knowing that I am a daughter of a Heavenly Father that loves me.

Having my own daughters, I very much want
them to have self-confidence and a healthy body image. So one of my main goals for this blog is to help women look as good on the outside as they feel on the inside. Or, maybe if your
still working on your inside..like most of us. You can help your inside by feeling good about what you see on the outside.
It's not about the cost of your clothes, or the size or brand on the tag. It's about how you feel about yourself when you're wearing them. Some days I wear sweats and a pony tail and I feel just great! I also know that on the days I take a few extra minutes
to look a little cuter that I do feel better about myself and have more self confidence. That makes me a better and happier wife and mother too. If I can help even just one woman or girl feel good about her body or help improve her self-confidence then I have achieved one of my greatest goals for this blog.

Stay Fashionable! Love, Candy

I couldn't resist...I had to show off just one more cute pic of my model for my "hair candy."
She told me that the janitor at school today said he liked her hair stuff and that he had seen it on her mom's website. lol Don't worry he's not creepy;) I know him from substituting at the school and he is a really great guy and role model for the kids.
I will post more goals in future posts. In the mean time..don't forget to leave a comment on the post for my earring give-away. It closes tomorrow at midnight.
Stay Fashionable! Love, Candy