Dressing a Changing Body | Sorting My Wardrobe Edition

My aim is to have more clothes that I actually wear, and that fit me at this stage of my weight loss journey. There are still some clothes I'm looking forward to fitting in but we are getting close to fitting into them. 

It still feels frustrating not to be able to wear what I like, but hopefully I can soon. 

I want to wear more feminine, sexy outfits now. And I always have to take my postpartum belly into consideration. This makes dressing up complicated because I can't find the outfit that would give me femininity and sexiness without showing my stomach is still big. 

For my wardrobe organisation this time, I took out old, less flattering items. I also took out things I haven't worn in a long time. This was emotional because I had some jeans I hadn't worn for over five or six years. I hoped I would be slim enough to fit into them properly, but so far it hasn't been the case. They occupied my wardrobe all this time, and I transported them from one apartment to another for nothing. It was time to let them go. I'd rather keep the things I can wear right now. But this didn't apply to everything though. 

I had a very hard time discarding some clothes I had never worn. Clothes I dreamt and imagined how I would look in them after losing weight. Clothes that I used as motivation to stay focused and get in shape. I'm still disappointed that I still can fit into them, and it seems there's still a long way to go, but I couldn't get rid of them. I kept them separately, like I always do, and will keep trying them on to see if it's time. 

I must admit that it's easier to find something to wear now, especially to stay home or go out for short errands. But the challenge is finding something to wear for a proper outing, like a date or visit. It's not easy. I usually have nothing to wear and have to think so much. Indeed, I'm no longer used to dressing up for dates and special occasions, but my belly is really making it difficult to find a good style. Even when I can get into something, my post-pregnancy belly is always coming out to say hi. It's so visible and pronounced, and I don't really know what to do most times. 

I know there are fashion tips for big bellies, but I don't have many clothes that camouflage it, and I no longer want to wear big clothes because they make me look heavy and old. 

I'm thinking of developing a new style, but it's hard to detach from the style I know, which dates from before I started having kids. I'm still in that era of mine mentally. And that's because I have been looking forward to losing the postpartum weight and getting back to wearing those clothes again till they get old. I guess if I did, I would have been over that era by now. I would have developed another fashion style by now. 

I'm glad I took the bold step to select my wardrobe because its the first step to developing my style again. A style that corresponds with me now and makes me feel confident, comfortable, and sexy.