A Promise To Myself (Inspired By A Fellow Plus Size Hottie)

At this time of year it's traditional for people to promise to punish themselves through the mediums of diet and general body facism, sweating for hours at the gym and drinking odd, green liquids. Whilst that sounds attractive to me ..... er really... I have instead resolved to generally be nicer to myself. I've never shied away from the fact that I'm fat and *shock horror* still like to wear nice clothes and pretty make-up see my previous blogs My Mad Fat (Not So) Teenage Rant & My Big Fat Rant (yes I like to rant). 

This year I've continued to be really inspired by Betty Pamper's tweets and blog http://pamperandcurves.blogspot.co.uk/ I've mentioned before that she champions 'Plus size hotties' and reminds us all that whether you're a size 6 or 36 you are still gorgeous and deserve to be treated as such. Today in her blog she reviews her year in fabulous outfits and lots of glitter! A Year In Pictures. And today I want to try and do the same, I'm sick of beating myself up over how I look. I've had years of bullies in and out of school telling me that because I'm fat I will never look good or attractive and the worst of these bullies is me.

So I am giving myself a kick up the (rather generous) arse and my new year's resolution is to be nicer to myself,  I am well aware that I need to eat more healthily - surprisingly my recent diet of Quality Street is not recommended! However the healthy eating is more about keeping what's inside healthy than outward appearances; and the first step to a healthy inside is to give my mind a health kick about the way I think about myself. So rather than beating myself up about my appearance I resolve to tell myself just occasionally that you know what? I'm not that bad looking and I can always cheat with my, obviously, great sense of style. Us big gals can rock a look just as well as skinnie-minnies and have you not see Miss Piggy's amazing Chanel wardrobe in the Muppet movie?

So as a F-you to all the fat-hating body facists out there who have ever put me down, here is my year in pictures. They all feature moi and do you know what? I love them.

Naturally I always like to accessorize where possible with a cup of tea!
 

 

If you can accessorize your photo with your favorite band then I strongly recommend this

Obviously the best accessory a girl can have whatever size she is are her friends!

 

 
 

My girls will disapprove of me no matter what size I am!

I'm not going to hide behind the camera anymore

It's impossibly not to feel glam on a riverboat

Hiding behind a beard may have been a bit extreme

Wearing my Killer Curves top to London

Queen for the day at my Alice In Wonderland birthday party

Halloween glam with my home-made jewellery and headpiece

Yes I braved a selfie

And remember if you were ever in any doubt that only skinny girls were beautiful then take a look at this ....

Big, squashy love from Jen

XxxxX