Sarah, you my darling are a diva! Wow, I felt your excitement in your story and I even pictured you walking in and all those jaws dropping. I felt that way before, but it was the first time around that I did Atkins.
I was always part of the "It" crowd, invited everywhere, seen everywhere in high school. I had a tight little body, and an ass to die for. I was dating Leelan (my current beau of 8yrs) who happened to be the part of the same crowd, and he played hockey and football...so all the girls wanted him. My OAC year I had a blow-up with all of my best friends, there were 5 of us. To make a long story short, they all tried (at the same time) to gang bang by Boyfriend at a cottage party while he was passed out. That was probably the start of my massive weight gain (40 lbs-my highest was 146 lbs). On top of frequent emotional eating and partying hard in college (the first time around) I pretty much maintained my heavy set. I wasn't upset at my weight at the time, because my BF is very supportive and I had great, true friends. It was when I was hairstyling in an upper end urban salon. My clients were so glamorous and they always seemed like they had "it." They were beautiful, flawless and petite. So I was reminded of how awesome it felt when I was petite and then started binge dieting.
This was 5 years ago, I tried the cabbage soup diet, slim fast, diet pills. I started Atkins unofficially 3 years ago...it was a stop and go process. But summer of 2004 I did Atkins in a fierce way and got to 110lbs-very nice on me. I clearly remember 2 occasions. One was at a club and a group of hot guys were all giving my BF props for having such a gorgeous girl, and the other time was when my brother in law (Lee's older brother-I consider him fam) told a girl who was hitting on my BF that "You're not in his league, have you seen his girlfriend?" That was when I knew I had "IT". So I don't feel conceited in anyway when I say that, because I was so happy that summer. I looked great, felt great and it showed. I think because I felt so good about myself, it did something to my relationship.
My goal is get into tight white leather flares for next summer. I rationalize that you have to be pretty petite to pull of leather pants because leather is thick that it makes you look bigger than you are. Plus these particular pair are from Bebe and make my ass look great.