Healthy Fashion

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There is no arguing that you feel better on days that you look better. If I walk into work with draw-string scrub pants, no make-up and a loose fitting shirt, its safe to say that I woke-up feeling like a fat-a$$ that day. However, if I have on some fitted pants or a high-wasted skirt with shirt tucked in, its safe to say that I've had a good week!

What you wear on a daily basis can have a lot to do with what you eat. The things that you wear and the things that you eat, alike, show to the world how you feel about yourself. Clothes in general, better than actual weight, can tell you where you are with your health status. If you have to wear dress pants on a daily basis, and all of a sudden those dress pants aren't buckling, you know that something is changing. However, if you wear scrub pants on a daily basis, you can just keep tying them a little looser, a little looser, and a little looser. Its much harder to grasp the idea that your waste line is getting bigger.

Mental health wise, "dressing in clothes that make you feel confident can make you want to take better care of yourself all around. Its nice to wear pj's, but everybody likes to feel professional every once in awhile," says Lauren, a college admissions rep. in the Louisville, Kentucky area.

Lauren is exactly right! You have to spruce yourself up every once in a while and put on clothes that "don't give" in order to keep your body weight in check.

If your job requires these detrimental "unhealthy fashions," try and dress up when you run errands, go to the doctor, go to meetings, or go out to eat. Its easy to fall into a pattern of scrubs and pj pants. DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU!

Moral of the story: SCRUB RESPONSIBLY