The Little Black Dress

This is the dress! Though, it looks much better  on.

Ok, so the dress isn’t completely black. But it certainly is little. In fact, it’s so little that I expect I’d need to lose another 5 to 10kgs to fit into it.

The thing about this dress is that we have a history. I bought it at H&M in Berlin in July, 2010.

When I tried it on, it didn’t fit me. The zip didn’t go all the way up, but it showed so much potential. I’d never actually tried on a short dress -- before or since -- that I looked good in. So, I bought it. And just as the sales lady swiped my already-strained bank card, I thought: “I’ll lose some weight. It’ll fit me in no time.”

Right there, I should’ve known better. Fast-forward almost two years later and I’ve never worn that dress. It’s been banished to the deepest pit of my cupboard where I keep old high school love letters and faded Linkin Park posters from back when I thought they made good music. 

Luckily, it’s not the kind of dress that’s only trendy for one season. I was cleaning out my cupboard in December when I again came across THE dress. At that point, however, instead of losing weight since returning home from my trip, I’d gained 6kgs. The horror!

It was then that I made the decision. I would lose enough weight to fit into my precious -- insert Lord of the Rings Smeagol voice -- dress, no matter how long it took me. And I must admit, it’s taking me pretty long.

So far, I’ve lost 11kgs (roughly 22 pounds). But I only recently sparked the brilliant, revolutionary, very original idea to chronicle my weight loss journey in a blog. You can expect three major themes in this blog: food, fun and fashion. Also, quite a lot of alliteration; I love it loads.

Chat soon,

Leila