Here We Go

My intention with this blog is to document the process of reinventing myself.  This could take a lot of avenues but to start, I am concerned with the exterior.  I have a blog that is all about my family, here.  Reinventing This Girl is all about me.  No holds barred, a completely selfish and self centered view of the world.

I have a six week old baby and two older children.  Part of this process will be to relieve myself of baby weight for the third time.  In the past I have always gotten the weight off, and then some.  Which has been really nice.  Here is my progression in rough numbers.  (Just for the record, I am 5'11" tall and 36 years old.)

2004 - pre baby 170ish, probably a size 12 or 14
2005 - highest weight with baby 215 or so
2005  - post baby weight 165, I had no real difficulty maintaining this.  Between a 10 and a 12.
2006 - highest weight with baby 195 or so
2007 - post baby weight 155, between an 8 and a 10.
2008 - lowest point was 152 and I was wearing size small shirts, but still mostly an 8 on the bottom.  Occasionally could fit into a six.
2009 and 2010 - gained a little back during exercise hiatus to 157 or 159.
2010 - pre baby moving back to 155 and feeling really good.
2010 - highest baby weight 192
2010 - post baby 6 weeks 166

I believe in goals.  I am a goal whore.  I love my goals.  If I don't have a goal, you will probably find me sitting on my couch in my pajamas at 3:30 watching daytime TV.  I need goals.  That being said, I hesitate to share my goals.  I want to share them, but I am worried that they are too aspirational and I will fail if I utter them outloud. 

But here goes. 

Goal 1 
140 lbs, which is what I weighed as I headed off to college.  I would also like to have a waist size that is less than 27 inches.  I have not in recent years been able to get below a waist size of 29 inches.  My hips follow slowly 11 inches bigger than my waist at 40 inches.  This to me would translate into a size 6 or maybe smaller in some clothing.

Goal 2
Define my personal style.  This includes knowing where I like to shop and knowing what items look best on me.  This also includes defining my "uniform", the clothes that work best on me for my lifestyle.  I have difficulties shopping which include; three small children, being 5'11", getting overwhelmed in discount stores like TJ Maxx and of course the all important lack of money.

Goal 3
Hair and makeup makeover.  I love makeup, so this one is so much fun (compared to the other two).  I don't plan on changing my hair drastically, but who knows that may change.

In pursuing these three goals I hope to breakdown, what I perceive as complicated girl stuff into easy manageable bites.  I envision this taking the better part of 2011.

Welcome, I hope you will join me in this journey!  Who knows, you may learn something or be inspired to learn something.