Ok ladies…are you ready to hear who my Mom Sexy Blogger of the Month for May is??? Because I am SO excited to announce her and to feature her button on my sidebar for the entire duration of May!!
First of all, let me just say that it was extremely tough to single out just one winner! There were so many terrific Mom Sexy posts and comments and all of them made me get up out of my chair and applaud! I absolutely love that so many of you are embracing your inner Mom Sexy and are coming out of your shells and accepting yourselves for WHO YOU ARE, in any WAY, SHAPE, or FORM! Thank you SO much to each and every person who participated. I hope that you’ll come back next month too!
I am still just completely overwhelmed by the support I’ve received from all of my wonderful readers for my Mom Sexy Revolution. I am 100% confident that we can make a difference in the lives of women everywhere and encourage them to love and appreciate the way they look and feel. This month’s response has made me incredibly excited to see where next month brings us, and the month after that and so on and so forth. MOM SEXY HAS OFFICIALLY MADE A COMEBACK!!!
With that being said, I could not be more ecstatic to announce that my Mom Sexy Blogger of the Month for May is…
DRUMROLL PLEASE….
Mandy P. From Suburban Stereotype!!!
I have had the pleasure of getting to know Mandy through the bloggy world and through Twitter, and I am so happy that we’ve become friends! She is so down to earth and laid back, and I know that we would totally be buddies in real life if we lived closer!
Now, we all know that I broke up with my scale this month because I’ve decided that Mom Sexy is not a number. Getting rid of the scale is one thing, but I failed to realize that there were still other numbers in my life that were controlling the way I feel about my body. I thought that Mandy’s Mom Sexy post was a huge wake-up call for me, because she talked about how she has let the size on the label of her clothes hold her back from feeling good about herself. And you know what? I am totally guilty of the same thing! I just HAD to pick her as my winner this month because our posts absolutely went hand in hand.
Mandy talked about trying on clothes in her closet that were from her pre-preggo days and hating herself and feeling like a total failure when they didn’t fit because she was just so obsessed with the number on that label. As I read her story, I started thinking about how many times I’ve reached into my closet and pulled out this one certain pair of shorts that I can remember wearing on my honeymoon. They are TINY. And SHORT. And SO CUTE. And a REALLY SMALL SIZE.
I wore those damn shorts on my honeymoon, and I don’t think that I’ve actually worn them since. And I’ve been married for almost seven years. SEVEN. Honestly, by the END of the honeymoon I don’t think that those shorts fit me anymore because of the complete and total hogfest that I treated myself to while we were vacationing on Little Palm Island.
Still, I tucked those shorts away in my closet, only to pull them out each and every Spring, and vow that come hell or high water, those shorts would somehow fit again by summer no matter how much I had to deprive myself. And then every year, in late August, when I would try them on for the umpteenth time and find that they were still too tight, I’d wind up being depressed and feeling like a complete and total loser. Just like Mandy felt with her clothes.
But Mandy decided to make a shift in her attitude and not be a slave to those labels anymore. She went shopping and bought clothes that fit her well, and now she’s feeling like the confident, sexy mom that she IS. And she inspired me to do the same. And I think that it is only fitting that I break up with these damn shorts now that I’ve broken up with the scale.
Just for shits and giggles, I tried them on a few minutes ago just to prove to myself that I would not let the fact that they will probably never fit again defeat me. My suspicions were correct. I somehow managed to get them over my ass, but there’s a good five inch gap in between the button and the button hole.
And sorry folks, but that photo is the best that I could do without someone here to hold the camera for me. Normally, I would just take the shorts back upstairs and put them in my closet and pledge to take them out in another couple months to see if I can manage to stuff myself into them and then I would spend the rest of the day crying about how I looked so good when I got married and now the only evidence I have of ever looking that good is in wedding photos.
But that was before Mom Sexy came around. And just like I said in Monday’s post, I AM NOT GOING TO BE DEFINED BY A NUMBER. So these shorts are just gonna have to go.
Thank you, Mandy P. for helping me to let go of the labels and sizes and to focus on what looks GOOD and FITS! Because if you LOOK good in your clothes, you FEEL good in your clothes, and if you FEEL good in your clothes…you are Mom Sexy! And Congrats on being my Mom Sexy Blogger of the Month!!
Make sure to check back with me on Monday, May 24th for the latest installment of Mom Sexy, and to find out how you can be my Mom Sexy Blogger of the Month for June!
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Congrats to the winner, I’ll pop across and check out her post now! See you next month!!
Congrats to Mandy! That is awesome. I so wanted to participate more in momsexy but my schedule is crazy busy.
But I love reading about it so keep it coming! I agree sizes and labels can be so discouraging.
I cannot tell you HOW EXCITED I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! DO I have to get a new dress now to give my acceptance speech? Oh man. This REALLY boosts my confidence! =) I ran outside in my bare feet to tell my husband that I was chosen and he was not nearly as excitd as I am, but whatev!
Congrats to Mandy
So excited for Mandy! Way to go on this Mom Sexy Revolution…I think it is the best thing to come to blogging!
Congrats to Mandy! I have to go check out her post/blog now! I love this revolution!
congrats to Mandy! I too have one pair of shorts in my dresser that I vow to fit in haha I think I have had them for 5 years!! lol thanks for sharing
Yay! Shes my bloggy mentor!!! I love her!
Congratulations to my Mandy P! I’m impressed she could EVER wear shorts that tiny. I may have been able to fit in those in the 4th grade but I have my doubts! Time to celebrate Mandy!
YAY, Mandy! So excited for you – can’t wait to see what you come up with for June!
Congrats to Mandy and great post. Damn all those numbers. I swear… this month has been an awful one for me (in terms of my stress-level and subsequent food intake). My numbers are BAD, and it makes me feel bad and that’s not good. That doesn’t help me feel better. This post helped though. So thank you. I am now going to check out Mandy’s blog. The end.
Congrats to Mandy!! Heading over to visit her blog now!!
Have a great weekend!
Love it! For a while I cut all of the sizes out of my clothes when I bought them…it really helps. Plus, you can really tell if you’re gaining or losing weight by how your clothes fit…now by what number some random store tells you you’re wearing!
congrats to mandy- and i want to tell you that i just packed up my cute, white honeymoon capri’s and put them in a big bag of all the other clothes from my honeymoon and pre-baby doys. big brother/big sister is picking them up!
I have a pair of Lucky jeans that I bought back when I finally finished Weight Watchers. I was so proud to walk into that Lucky store, FIT into a size 2, and even plop down the $100 that those babies cost. Fast forward 6 years and a half-a-country move and do those jeans still fit? No. And are they still in my closet? Yes, because I just KNOW this will be the year I can wear them again—not. But that’s okay with me because in a (sick) sort of way they are my motivation to keep pluggin’ along.
I love this Mom Sexy! Talk about a shot in the arm!!
Your series of posts on bringing Mom Sexy Back is inspiring so many people, including myself. So keep up the great work. So the scales and teeny tiny shorts are gone – what’s next?
Now I am going to check out your first featured blogger for May too.
If you haven’t read my most recent post, it’s about exactly this kind of thing. I’ve got to catch up with you and all the other Sexy Moms out there!
I love your story about the shorts…it really hits home!
Someone else I follow in the bloggy world has been doing a campaign similar to this for EVERY individual for a long time now. Her name is Caitlin and her site is:
http://www.operationbeautiful.com
She’s given me great inspiration for myself and to encourage others, and I hope she can do the same for some of you. We need all the encouragement we can get to overcome our issues with body image.
Good for her! That’s great that she’s able to move beyond the size on her clothes. I, too, am guilty of this. But now that I have a little girl, I’m really really trying to get over my body image issues. It’s still difficult, but I just keep thinking of my little one.
What a great choice! I’m so guilty of this, too. I worry more about the number on the tag than I do about how something actually fits.
Awesome! Ill head over to check it out!
Congrats to the winner! That rocks!!
Ooo congrats to Mandy!
I’ve had several conversation with myself this weekend…yes, I talk to myself because most of the time I’m the only one who really listens…so, I have finally gotten down to my pre-pregnancy weight, but I cannot fit in my pre-preg clothes. So annoying. I know, things change and the outcome is totally worth it, but I still want to fit in my cute little shorts! lol
~melody~
Congrats to Mandy! I know so many women {me included} are guilty of this…hard thing to let go but what a wake up call!
Congrats to Mandy! I loved her post, too. And yours here is great as well. I can’t tell you how many pairs of pants/shorts I have just like that in my closet. I should just get rid of them so they don’t make me feel badly!
Congrats to Mandy! Headed over to read her post now…
I hereby declare that the mom sexy revolution will strike ground in Belgium starting now and beginning with me (although right now it is the pregnant mom sexy revolution). First on the agenda : ditch that pair of diesel jeans which makes me depressed whenever I look at them.
Love the photo and the inspiration behind it. I own a honeymoon bikini that needs to GO. It’s gone – today.
Congrats to Mandy – she’s one of my favorites!
I have a whole wardrobe of clothes that need to go! I am way to obsessed over that little number on the label. Congrats to Mandy!
I went through a bunch of my clothes that I kept that fit me about 7 years ago last year. It was freeing to just get rid of them. I was done trying to force myself into fitting those clothes again. After all, our bodies physically change after you have kids.
No reason to keep something that makes you feel like crap. Good for you. And congrats to Mandy!
I love,love, love it! I’m gonna break up with a few pairs of shorts, capris, and white pants that are never going to fit again unless some major deprivation occurs. No time for that… having too much fun with my 2 and 3 year old! Love ya, M.!