WEIGHT LOSS TIPS

Sexy Halloween Costumes in Plus Sizes

There's a really good selection of plus sized Halloween costumes available online these days. If you're planning on attending a Halloween party and want to shell out about $40 or $50 for an outfit, you'll have no end of outfits to choose from. Here's just four samples from the 'sexy adult' costumes' category I found in the plus size section at Annies Costumes.

The black one on the top left is a Warrior Princess costume. For under $40, it includes the teddy, kilt and guantlets. It's only available in dress sizes 16-18.

The "Sexy Robe" costume on the left is available in dress sizes up to 22. It includes a black double knit robe with an attached hood and red lining and costs about $44.

Ruby, The Beauty Pirate costume is a corset top with attached sleeves, a skirt, hip wrap and head tie. It's available in sizes 18 to 24. It's $38.

Lastly we have the sexy prep school delinquent. This costume sells for $56 and includes the jacket, shirt, a pleated skirt and a neck tie. It's available in XXLarge and 3X sizes.

As the days get shorter and colder, I reach more often for the chocolate. Especially the dark and heavily caffeinated kind. It's been one of those days.
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'Self explaining addiction' photo by Procsilas

Angie Brown, 28, was forced to change her diet when her gallbladder began giving her serious health problems. At 5'4", she weighed 200 pounds at the end of 2004. That's when she found out she had gallbladder disease. But instead of having surgery, she decided to radically change her diet. She cut out most saturated fats from her diet and all soft drinks. And after losing thirty pounds, she started walking and jogging regularly. She now weighs 130 pounds. Congrats to Angie on her newfound health and weight loss success!

Walking for Weight Loss

Walking Clubs for Fitness Motivation

I know a woman, a friend of a friend, who has a gorgeous figure. She's slim and has a very healthy glow about her. She's no young pup in her twenties. She was born the same year as me.

And the secret to her fit body and vibrant looks is a regular walking regiment. She started this a few years ago, when her two kids were still in elementary school. She wasn't the type of person who enjoyed solitary walks so she joined a local walking club. She's been very serious about it since and walks at least twenty miles a week. Although she's a very social person and has always attracted lots of friends, the four or five women she walks with regularly have become her closest friends by far.

The walking club seems to provide much more than a way to get fit and healthy. The friendships that she's developed there go a long way in making life much more interesting and joyful. Why pay a psychiatrist $150 an hour to discuss your problems when you can walk and talk it out every day with an understanding friend?

I set a goal of walking at least twenty miles a week almost a year ago. But I've failed to do this. Maybe I should consider a walking club. It's not easy to do when you've got a toddler but this is what I've been thinking about lately. These days it's easier to find the local walking clubs in your area. You can just type in 'walking club' and your city name and get some good leads. But the local community centre is probably the best place to start inquiring.
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The lovely duck walking photo above is by Pieter Pieterse

Girdles and BodyShapers

Girdles and the Post-Baby Flabby Stomach

While we're on the subject of girdles, I just read at The Mirror about another celebrity who says one of the secrets of looking fabulous just four months after giving birth is her expensive girdle from Agent Provocateur.

Nancy Sorrell says, "I wore them every day except when they were in the wash. They basically just pull everything in. I'm not sure if they worked or if I would have lost the weight anyway, but the whole area has tightened up."

Agent Provocateur has this to say about post-pregnancy flab and their $120 girdle solution; "After birth a vacuum in the womb is created. This waist cinching brief features a band of super elastic applying pressure to the lower ribcage without being constricting. The brief flatters the waistline and has sexy detachable suspender straps."

Mind you, Sorrell, 32, who is 5'9 (and gained only 28 pounds while pregnant with twins, and is now a British dress size 10), has worked very hard to get back in shape. It's not the girdle she puts on every day. She also walks a mile a day with her stroller, goes swimming twice a week, and lays on a Swiss Ball and does sixty sit-ups daily. (Phew, makes me tired just visualizing all this.)

Here's the likely girdle she wears from Agent Provaceteur (bottom photo) and a second post-natal girdle for about half the price that's very popular on Amazon right now.