Ode to a pink dress

You know that dress you can wear to any occasion?
Everyone has one...
Most people call it their little black dress.
In my case, it’s my little pink dress.
(So Legally Blonde, I know haha)

I really do cherish this little pink dress and I've thought of how it’s been with me for many years.
I can literally wear it anywhere...

With some higheels and cute jewelry to celebrate my 17th birthday!

Feb 2008

haha making fun with one of my best friends.

Feb 2008

Vodka at the beach ;)

Gotta love PR!

Summer 2010

My little pink dress has seen the tough times.

Stumbled upon this car on a mini-roadtrip.

Hippy look: flip-flops and headband!

The skinniest I've been.

Just out of the hospital because of crohn’s disease.

I was anemic and needed blood transfusion.

Lil sis and me at the mall

Winter break 2010-2011

Some pics I don't have.
-I wore this dress during fall and winter 2009 when I lived in Philly with boots and tights. Shame no pic was ever taken.
-For my 19th bday, an artist friend of mine drew a pic of me...in my pink dress. Haven't found it but will post it once I find it.
-I also think it would be a nice maternity dress/shirt..but that won't happen in a looooooooong time! lol

I found the dress in a little store in the center of Mayaguez, a municipal on the west coast of Puerto Rico. It was cheap and cute. I bought it!

On a side note..
I was showing this blog to my mom. A little weird since she didn't exactly looovee my tattoo and it's the first thing that appears on my last post. She likes it..phew! Anyways, she mentioned I should show another pic of my tattoo. One where I'm not in the tattoo shop lol.

Celebrating my 20th bday with my boyfriend in Ocean Park <3

Feb 2011

My tattoo was done by Che. Great award winning Puertorican artist from Rebel Ink.

Check his stuff out!

http://www.tattoosbyche.com/

Oh and yes..I'm currently blonde.

Lots of love...mua!

optimist for a change..

The pros of gaining 40 pounds.
-Bigger boobs
-I get to wear my mom's awesome clothes.
-When I lose weight I know what clothes will be useful during maternity.
-Fun to think if the dryer shrunk it or if it's just me...
-I have a skinny face
-Wardrobe challenge! How many dresses can I use as shirts?
-I can make my friends laugh by quoting Mean Girls' Regina George: "These sweatpants are all that fit me right now."

FUUUCCCKKK!!!!!
now. to the good stuff.
WHY IT SUCKS!!!!
-Once a week somebody asks me if I'm pregnant.

-Entire wardrobe filled with beautiful clothes I am not wearing.
-Going to the mall is no longer fun.

-Getting dressed every morning is an ardous and depressing task.
-My family feels the need to point out the weight I've gained or either question why I'm eating whats on my plate. (Wow! Thankyou for pointing that out. I hadn't realized I'd gained all that weight. It's not like I don't weigh myself everyday before eating, after eating, before shitting, after shitting, before exercising, after exercing, while ovulating and during my period.  Why am I eating this? I don't know... Why did you arrange a family reunion that REVOLVES AROUND FOOD? But please, lets discuss this further.)
-General self loathing.
-I get sad when I'm hungry.
-Just feel heavy.
-$100 short for joining WW and weighing the same.

I'm 5'7 and last week I weighed 157
Dream weight: 127
Will conform with 130/135
I know weight gain happens it just occured so fast. One of my doctors recently told me that a med I'm taking lowers metabolism and he has seen weight gain in all his patients.
Ummmmmm WHY DIDN'T HE TELL ME BEFORE.?!?! I've been taking the med for a year now. I feel I gained a lot and was just eating as I normally do. My mom calmed me down by saying that last year I was extremely weak, needed blood transfusion, and was VERY skinny. The doctor wasn't going to tell me to go on a diet in those conditions.
However, it is a relief. There is an answer to WHY I've gained so much so fast and why it's been particularly hard to loose. Now I have a focus point: metabolism.
Although I'm no longer going to WW I will keep track of points as I can and have bought a Reebook exercise video that really gets me sweating. I've also promised myself to weigh in only on Sundays.

This is a blog about me, not about weight loss. I will post my progress and if i need to vent, I will. When I succeed I'll post before and after pics. That will be awesome.

This week I cheated. I got on the scale today, Saturday. Whatever.  Apparently I've lost 2 pounds. Yay! Little by little.