regular clothes

go ahead and call me vain for getting excited about this, but today was the first time i've felt like ME in quite a while. towards the end of my pregnancy, it became harder and harder to get dressed without just wearing the same maternity clothes over and over. and as much as i tried to stay active and watch what i ate during the third trimester, there was only so much control i had over how much my body changed. people would always say, "you're pregnant, you're supposed to look that way." but unless you're the one personally going through it then it's not so easy to accept. and THEN after giving birth, i was severely bloated (i was hooked up to an IV during labor due to the complication) and extremely sore, so i had anthony go to target to buy me every color nursing cami they had. that's all i've been wearing ever since.. simply because i'm too sore to wear anything else. well, today i finally started to feel better physically. i stopped taking my pain meds yesterday, and am slowly becoming comfortable again. i've also been watching the scale and am pleased to say that the pounds are dropping. obviously it's going to take time (and exercise) to get back to where i was, but so far i've lost 20 of the 42 pounds i gained during pregnancy. i decided to try some of my old clothes on just for fun, and was amazed at how GOOD it made me feel. yes, pajamas and maternity clothes are practical, but putting on regular clothes really made me feel ten times better. as much as i love my new role of being mommy, it was nice to have a temporary escape that made me feel like ME again.