WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LACK CONFIDENCE AFTER WEIGHT GAIN

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In this video, featuring a very special guest: my dog Loki, I am discussing what to do when you are feeling lacking in confidence after weight gain. I get asked about this a lot when people enquire about my styling services, but also something that I have had considerable experience with when working with existing clients. Often, people find themselves in a position where they’re just not feeling good about themselves and are struggling with how to deal with that regarding their wardrobe.

So there's a couple of things... Firstly, I want to say that one of the things that really helps is just to get a reality check.

If you're somebody who gives yourself a really hard time about your weight or appearance, it's definitely not the time for that. This is a time for a lot of self-care and to be gentle to yourself for whatever reason you've gained the weight. Self-doubt and lack of confidence can have such a severe knock on effect other areas of your life. It can make you stop wanting to go out and see your friends or it can hold you back at work, to name a few.

I would first recommend a reality check. Look in the mirror, try the clothes on that you've got and really see what you've actually got in your wardrobe. Anything that fits you right now, can stay. Anything that doesn’t, put to one side.

If you're in a position where you've gained a lot of weight over quite a long period of time, you’ll have accumulated a lot of clothes that are of a size that you are not and haven’t been for a long time. These are the clothes I’d strongly urge you to get rid of for your own sanity. Having them hanging there, in a size that you're probably never going to get back to, does not make you feel good about yourself at all.

If you’re not ready to let go of them completely, at least box them up and have them out of the way. So after you've had a good clear out, everything left is stuff you can wear on a day to day basis. This will allow you to also see what you're going to need to buy.

However, if you’re an emotional eater or you've put the weight on for other reasons, waiting never comes. This means you're still not feeling good about yourself, and wearing clothes that don't make you feel good about yourself; which inevitably leads to you eating more, doing less, and continuing the cycle.

I have had so many clients who were carrying a little more weight than they’d like, but found that when we've gone shopping and bought new clothes - the weight actually comes off much easier, as they feel better about themselves.

Even if you are struggling to accept your size, wearing clothes that you actually feel good in will increase your confidence tenfold. Self care and love makes such a huge difference. Be kind to yourself in your current body - not the one you are wishing for!

If your shape has changed, the style that you once loved just might not suit you anymore. This is easily solved with a little bit of exploration - as there's really no better way than to physically try and test. Spend a day trying on, with no intention to shop, so as to remove the pressure. Be experimental, open minded, and go with no expectation to buy so as to avoid any disappointment. Take a friend to provide a second opinion also.

I always recommend to go online first and just have a look at the brands. Get creative and do an inspiration board! Rip out your favourite magazine pictures, or go onto Pinterest. I know it’s sometimes hard to feel size is well-represented in the media and on socials, but you can take inspiration from almost anything! An easy starting point is to pinpoint a celebrity you like, or someone you aspire to dress like.

If your new size is a long time reality, the above steps should help you on the journey to accepting your ‘new normal.’ If it’s more temporary weight, that’s likely to be lost, you should also still buy yourself some new things - as clothes can always be altered at a later date.

These are my tips for how to deal with lack of confidence after gaining weight. I hope it’s useful to you, and if so - I’d love to hear from you. Hopefully I’ve, at the very least, provided a little bit of encouragement for someone…

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