Success is the confidence to wear a bodysuit in public

This may seem completely gratuitous and in one sense it is, however I am pretty proud of myself. I think it not only shows how far I've come physically, but also mentally. I'm considering this a non-scale victory.

I was invited to a Halloween party last weekend and one thing I hate is having to wear a costume. I had no inspiration about what to wear, so I just went to a giant Halloween store in Manhattan determined to buy *something*.

I was drawn to the flapper costumes (no surprise there, but I already dress 'retro') and the Statue of Liberty (something I always wanted to be, but hate the idea of looking like I'm wearing a mumu), or Wonder Woman (but her dress was too short). Getting frustrated, it then hit me: I want to wear a bodysuit!

Now you may not realize this, but I never wear pants. That's because since around age 9 when my thighs started filling out, buying pants has been a very traumatic experience and by age 14 I stopped wearing pants all together. To this day, I can never find pants that fit me correctly (small waist, big thighs and ass, short legs). And despite my weight loss success, that's still the body part/area I'm most self conscious of and I am very particular about how I dress it.

I don't know what suddenly possessed me to embrace my least favorite part, but I was so excited about my decision. I've worked on my body so much and despite the fact that it's not my "dream body", I'm so proud of what I accomplished so far. And I was ready and comfortable with the idea of wearing a bodysuit in public!

So I found the superhero section and grabbed a Catwoman suit. One size fits all. And for the first time in my life, I realized that "one size fits all" might be too BIG for me, instead of too small.

I brought it home and tried it on. It was more than roomy. In fact, it would have fit the old me (with the extra 50 pounds). But I wanted it super tight, so I did a haphazard job sewing it, making it smaller everywhere - the arms, the legs, the sides and back. And it worked! It was so tight, I could hardly get it on. And that was exactly how I wanted it to fit.

Here I am before I left the house for the party -

I think I look adorable here! I love that straight line down the left side of my back to the curve around my ass!

This picture blew my mind though - I honestly can't believe how *small* (stop laughing) and, well, nicely shaped my ass looks here! I thought it was MUCH bigger than this!

I even think I look pretty good in this bent over position! (Hoegaarden, where are you?!)

and other than having to pull up the crotch of the bodysuit in this shot, I am very pleased with how the suit looks!

So that's something I never thought would happen - me not only wearing a bodysuit in public but feeling super hot in it. I love it so much, I want to wear it to work. In fact, I have a good feeling Catwoman will be commuting through Grand Central Terminal this Friday. Meow!


PS! Re: the Wii Fit - if some of you can chime in - is this the right Wii I need to buy? I want to make sure I am getting the right console/set. Thanks again for your input!