Changing appearance

[Lou]

Anyone else completely fed up with how you look and want to change your appearance?

Since I got pg with Isaac I took out my nose ring, chopped all my hair off and threw away my big motorbike boots. Now I've had Isaac I don't know who I am anymore? lol

Thinking of dying my hair red

Well its a start!

Is it just me that feels a bit lost?

Lou

 

I feel totally lost too. No idea what my identity is,

 

[Kas]

Im with you on that, i feel the same way, aye go on dye your hair, a wee change aint it. I feel like a fat frumpy man LOL, I hardly get time to wash never mind put on make up, and i still got 10lb to lose so all my fatty clothes and they are gettin too big as ive almost shed 3 stone!! Im wearing jeans and combats all the time, i miss my skinny a** jeans and nice dress trousers and heels sooo much I can get my pre pregnancy ones on now but the dont look very flattering wiv me love handles. I though id cheer myself up today and spent a fortune on new night wear, my OH was complaining about the big baggy pregnancy ones i was still wearing, we gotta treat ourselves once in a while XkelX

 

[K X]

Me to, Im Paris Hilton stuck in dawn French's body!

 

[Cat&Noah]

Lol, yeah I used to dress really funky in surf and skate stuff, but most of my tops showed my tum, so with the stretch marks I got from noah I cant wear them anymore. So I bought more 'mature' clothes and I dont really like them now, I spent £1,000 and I dont feel they are very me!

 

[beanie]

Lol, yeah I used to dress really funky in surf and skate stuff, but most of my tops showed my tum, so with the stretch marks I got from noah I cant wear them anymore. So I bought more 'mature' clothes and I dont really like them now, I spent £1,000 and I dont feel they are very me!

I am exactly the same, I cried when I got rid off the clothes, they went to my sis who is a size 8 with a very flat non marked tummy

 

[Jo]

Yeah i know what you mean girls, before i got PG wi jack i was at gym 3 times a week and did tae kwon do.
Stomach was flat even got the start of a 6 pack!!!! real toned legs and stuff!!
not last summer the summer before i was always in little denim skirts with skinny vest tops and the like

fast forward and i can't bring myself to wear them vest, they show too much flab ewwww, and i don't think i have worn any skirt since he was born.
I am really glad that cropped pants/jean and long vests with belts are in at the mo thats all i live in now

 

[Lou]

lol your replies made me feel sorry for us all but made me laugh too. Especially Paris Hilton in Dawn French's body

I used to be really confident and had my own style if thats what you want to call it but now I feel too young to wear "sensible" clothes and too old to wear the things I used to. I threw all my clothes away when I was pg and now all I have left are my maternity clothes, a few bits my sister has brought me home from dp's where she works and a few bits my mum has got me from primark (not exactly camden market!). I never ever should have cut my hair off but I can't even wear it down anymore because its falling out and Isaac grabs it if I don't tie it back. My nose ring was something I had done when I was really young and I loved it but when I was pg it just didnt seem appropriate somehow? I felt like I had to be prim and proper when I was pg and I suppose I still feel like that now I'm a mum.

There is a girl I speak to occasionally on another forum and she is a sort of goth (you may have seen her, she auditioned on X factor or pop idol and she had long purple hair? anyway she has a daughter and she is still outrageous looking. Wish I could be like that!

rant over

Lou

p.s.... group hug

 

[Xena]

I feel so totally not myself anymore.

This used to be me:

this is me since having Lydia:

help me I've lost my identity!

 

[Lou]

That is EXACTLY what i'm talking about xena!

You look cool now but you looked awesome before!

Do we have to be boring and plain now we are mums?

I think my HV would have a fit if I walked into the clinic with pink hair. Would love to see her stuck up face though! lol

Lou

 

[Xena]

hehe I used to love my pink hair.
I feel so mumsy and frumpy now.

Actually it's been so long since we've been out that we've decided it's time to treat ourselves. DH's sister is gonna babysit Lydia on Saturday night and I'm gonna throw on my goth-type clothes (third picture down) - black lippy, dog collar, new rock boots, the works and we're gonna go out clubbing.
I'm soooo nervous about leaving Lydia overnight but I can't WAIT to get back into some of my "me" clothes again. I'm gonna have to wear stomach-holding-in-pants though lol!

 

[beanie]

I think we should do a before and after. I have to be not too outrageous because of work but I am definately going to try and find the old me.

 

I used to bre alot funkier, never gave a shit what people thought, but now I look like a slob or a mumsy frump. Not a good look for a 20yr old

 

[Urchin]

I had dreads for 11 years and got rid of them when Mason was about 1.

Now my mom's got a scanner I'll try and scan a pic to show you all.

 

[Strangeness]

I used to be a gothy girl and now I just look like a frumpy mum! I never look nice anymore. Thinking of treating myself to a new hair style to make myself feel better. I'm only 20 and I just feel old and minging lol! I need to do something to make myself feel better! I'm going out with my sister in law next week, leaving the babies at home with the daddy's so at least I get to dress up for a change!

 

[hannahbet20]

I used to be a gothy girl and now I just look like a frumpy mum! I never look nice anymore. Thinking of treating myself to a new hair style to make myself feel better. I'm only 20 and I just feel old and minging lol! I need to do something to make myself feel better! I'm going out with my sister in law next week, leaving the babies at home with the daddy's so at least I get to dress up for a change!

i used to be gothy too now i feel like a fat old plain jane i just wear whats clean and dont even think about makeup uless im going out im just in my dressing gown now lazy slob

 

[Xena]

seems there's lots of us former alternatives on here.
It's sad when you lose your identity *gives a sniffle*

 

[Flossy82]

Omg all what everyone has said so far reminds me of me if you get me there now im so lazy half the time i just cant be bothered i always used tp bother how i looked and now i look at myself and think what the hell have i turned into (apart form being mummy to my 2 kiddies) i think i have lost my identity too. wont post any pictires though now way

 

[Dee1985]

before i had kids i used to look at "plain Jane" mums and think im never ever going to be boring once i am a mum.... iused to make a effort every day and wear the lastest fashion, now im a plain jane, jeans vest flop flops and hair tied back. stil wear make up though and always will

since iv had Dior i took my lip stud out

 

[LouisecH]

I'm a former goth - although I wasn't a very god one because my freckles just didn't match the blue/black hair. I'm just a mishmash mess now.