Hurting today...

My legs hurt. My arms hurt. But I feel so freakin good on the inside. Honestly, I think that when you work out and start getting in shape, it must send something to your brain that tells you to feel happy or something! I walk with a little more confidence and I look at myself with a little bit more love. It's hard, to look at yourself in the mirror - when you're standing there naked and love every piece of yourself. You should try it. Next time you are heading to take a shower, actually look at yourself - it's really hard but i find it encouraging. I can see changes taking place and maybe you will too if you open your eyes and actually start loving your body for what you are right now.

Where do you go buy a corset?? The first place that comes to my mind is Frederick's of Hollywood - but I don't know if you wear like a sexy time corset for a wedding or if there are others that you buy??? :)

I made the best Chili last night for dinner and when I factored the points for it, it was like 7 points for a HUGE bowl of it. Here's what I did:
20 oz's of meat (I used venison since I have an abundance of it in the freezer)
(2) 25 oz cans of tomatoes (1 crushed & 1 diced)
1 jar of salsa
3 cans of beans (kidney, pinto & black)
3 tbs chilli powder (though I don't really know since I eyeball it)
1 tbs cumin powder (though I don't really know since I eyeball it)
few dashes of salt
few dashes of cayenne pepper
4 cloves of garlic
1 tbs onion powder
I just simmered everything on the stove for an hour and ate. YUM.

I decided on my wedding colors finally. We're going with Black, white, silver & red. I was nervous about the white because my dress probably won't be white since I look like an idiot in white but our reception hall provides us with tableclothes & napkins in white. We're going to have red runners on top of the white tableclothes and then a black sheer overlay on top of that. Then we're going to have white chair covers with black sashes. The silver will come in with centerpieces and decorations. I'm still struggling on what to do for decorations. It'll be more cost effective to make the centerpieces ourselves and since my mom is so crafty, she'll totally be a big help. I just don't know what to do. Vases with Christmas bulbs? Vases with floating candles? Vases with twigs coming out, spraypainted silver with ornaments hanging from them?? I really like that idea but I have no clue where to start. A family friend said a really cool idea would be to have my nieces and nephews work on little snowflake cutouts on red, black & silver tissue paper and hang them from the little branches. They would give the kids a piece of my wedding and also the pieces would create motion and substance to the centerpieces. I really like that idea ;) What do you guys think?

Anyway, today I plan on running on my lunch hour. My goal is to run for 7 minutes straight at a 4.5 speed. I'll walk for 7 minutes and then repeat. What are you doing? Share with me any cool workout ideas or yummy natural recipes!