00:00Sometimes you want to go out to dinner and eat a huge burrito and not worry
00:03about your jeans digging into your stomach. That's a choice that you make as
00:07an adult. For this Try This Challenge, I'll be wearing leggings for the next
00:12three days. Three whole days? Ugh. I don't judge people who wear leggings out of the
00:19house whenever they want to. I just figured, you know, pants are pants. There
00:23are crazier things that you can wear than leggings. I think leggings are for
00:26when you're at home or in your room dancing privately to things. I'm nervous
00:30about the stigma that surrounds leggings because, like, I don't have a typical
00:35athletic body. I don't like the attention from the leggings. I think leggings
00:40accentuate certain parts. Guys, if you want to say damn girl, keep it in here. What I
00:47hope to get out of it is just, like, stretching my fashion sense a little bit
00:50and getting outside the box and figuring out fun ways to wear leggings that aren't
00:55just for comfort. Anyone can or should wear leggings. I just feel like nobody
01:00should be body shaming for it, ever. So I'm really excited to start this. Why
01:04don't you follow me along while I wear leggings for the next three days?
01:08Hey guys, it's day one of the leggings challenge and I woke up this morning to
01:14realize that all of my leggings were dirty. So here you go. Black leggings, my plaid shirt,
01:20my plaid shoes. Okay, this is actually a lot harder than I thought that it was going to be. I
01:25tossed
01:25on my favorite trusty Joy Division t-shirt and then threw on this
01:30chambray shirt and then finish it off with some cool Adidas sneakers. Day one,
01:35surprisingly, has been really good and really fun and I've only been adjusted
01:39myself once. Let me just tell you, I have never gotten so many looks on the subway as I
01:47have, like, as I did just now. Day one did not go as bad as I thought it would. It
01:53actually went pretty well. It was a lot of fun. I have no idea what I'm gonna wear
01:58tomorrow. Good morning guys. Today is day two of the leggings challenge. So today I
02:05really leaned into the athleisure thing. I decided to go for this mesh sweatshirt
02:12thing. I call them my disco pants. They're pretty dope, right? And then I wore the
02:17Adidas sneakers again. I'll be honest, I don't feel as confident and comfortable as I did yesterday.
02:23I don't know. I don't, I don't feel the best right now, but I'm gonna, you know, plow through
02:29it and see what happens. Maybe fixing up my makeup and my hair might make a little bit
02:35of a difference. So on my way into work today, I was getting so many double takes on the subway.
02:43Feels kind of good. Feels a little good. I'm gonna be perfectly honest, even with the makeup and,
02:48you know, adding the boots, I still feel the same way. I don't feel as confident or comfortable. I feel
02:56like some body issues are coming to the surface. The good thing though is that I haven't had to
03:02readjust myself very much. I think there's a slit and just how it accentuates everything. I'm not
03:11up to my apartment and I changed from one pair of leggings into another pair of leggings, which I
03:19can't tell is the silliest thing I've ever done or like the most badass thing that I've ever done.
03:26This challenge is warping my sense of clothing. Today really hit me or hurt me in places that I
03:32didn't, I haven't even thought about in years. Embrace and love the skin you're in
03:36and make goals for yourself. I need to embrace it. I need to accept and love myself a little bit
03:43more,
03:43but it's hard. Hey guys, it is day three of the leggings challenge and can I just say thank
03:50God. Like, I feel like I haven't had good style for the past three days and like, I really enjoy
03:59getting dressed in the morning and like putting on an outfit. So it's been strange. I'm wearing this
04:05like neoprene, like sweatshirt situation with the shiny leggings. Again, the disco leggings
04:14and I'm jazzing it up with some Birkenstocks. I feel better. I know earlier I felt neutral,
04:20but I actually feel really cute and feel really good. I love this dress. I've had my ups and my
04:26downs with this challenge, but I feel like I feel pretty good. I feel good and it feels nice.
04:33So I'm back home. I'm done with the challenge. I'm out of my leggings. I'm actually in pajamas that
04:40aren't leggings today and I'm so excited to go back to jeans. Thank God. I have to say I did
04:49learn
04:50that I need to embrace and accept my body the way it is and be positive. I see the spectrums
04:56of both
04:56sides where I felt really good about myself or I didn't feel so good about myself. I explored both
05:04sides of that and thinking about it made me realize a lot of things. I need to be more loving
05:10and caring
05:11towards myself. I gotta love myself before I can love anyone else. It was a very interesting challenge
05:15and I'm glad that I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and that I was able to challenge myself
05:21in that way.
