So things in the wedding arena are going well. My dress debacle seems to be taken care of. My mom's and friend Nicole went with me this weekend to see about swapping the dress for a different size. I put the dress that was ordered for me on and it looks so pretty (minus my flabby arms). The dress was a mess though, there was a lipstick stain on the top, beading falling off and the train was ripped not on the hem! So regardless, I would've sent that dress back for a new one. It was a bit of a disappointment to see that they would send a dress in that condition for a bride. But, the manager was really nice to me about size swapping for a size that I am not and it was a pretty smooth process. I just need to make sure I don't dip below a certain weight level though because we ordered a size 16 and the dress can only be altered and look good to a size 12. Thankfully, the dress is small, so a 12 would really be like a 10 and even when I was thin, I wasn't a size 10.
We had some really great news last week. We kept having a hard time tracking down a minister/officiate who would be able to do the wedding. The people I called were either retired or wouldn't work on NYE. Well, I had this idea to contact the minister who married my brother and his wife - thankfully they were cool with me using the same minister.. I just think that could be so cool, to work that into the wedding somehow. Anyway, I contacted her, and she agreed to do the wedding!!!! :) I'm really pumped. I don't even know how much she costs, I just know I want her to do the wedding because it would mean so much to me and to my big brother too!
So, the diet thing is going OK. This past week was a little difficult but whatever. I just felt bad eating some of the things I ate. I stayed within my points range for most days (used flex points 1 night) but I just ate crap and that makes me feel bad. I wonder when my brain will start wanting cucumbers instead of cheesepuffs? How about eating an orange instead of that 1 point scoop of ice cream? I really need to start thinking that way, because only then, will I survive on this lifestyle change. If I don't survive, I'll just end up right back where I was 2 months ago and I never want to see that person again.
The kickboxing place is going awesome. Tonight is the fitness test. I'm a little nervous about that but I think that I am pretty strong. I know I can do more situps and pushups than some of the people there. That's encouraging.
K, off to go workout and get this weekend weight off me.
L.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
getting back into it
Alright, so I have NOT been diligent about posting new threads to this! Man, keeping up a blog is hard work. Like, when am I supposed to find time to write when I'm working 9-10 hour days, running home, making dinner, working out, and then chilling out. Whew! Hopefully when I'm thinner I won't have to work out as crazy as I have been. I hope there comes a point when I'm just doing a 30 minute a day workout to maintain. I wonder if that's possible?
We had our second weight watchers meeting today and I lost a grand total of 4.6 lbs in week one! Excellent if i do say so myself. I would've loved to have hit the 5lb mark and got a gold star in the meeting, but there is always next week to accomplish such goals. It's just not as impressive week 2 since I'm sure a bunch of people will have hit 5lbs week 2. BUT, between me and one other lady, we made up 1/4 of the weight loss for the whole group (about 18 people!) That's pretty impressive! :)
Here's a funny story about my wedding dress and let's hope Matt never stumbles upon this blog and reads about this. DISCLAIMER: Matt, if you are reading this, spoiler alert!!! You are about to read about my dress. Alright, now that I've done my due diligence on keeping matt's nose out of here, let me tell you about what happened. So, TLC has this TV show called Four Weddings. It's about 4 ladies who are getting married. They attend each others weddings and then rate those weddings based on food, entertainment and overall experience. Kind of a lame show but at least you get to see cool centerpieces and maybe a neat idea or two. Anyway, back to the story. I'm watching the show and Matt walks in and starts watching with me. One of the brides shows up on the TV and she is wearing MY DRESS!!! My dress to a tee!! I couldn't believe it. I wanted to jump up and down and scream out, THAT'S MY FREAKIN DRESS!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING!!! But, Matt was there, so I pretended to yawn while my mouth was just open in awe. Matt looks at me while I'm fake yawning and said, "is that what your dress looks like"? The odds... really? You have to ask that question when the girl on the TV is wearing my actual dress!?! I responded with a shake of my head and said, no, not at all. HAHAHA. Thankfully, Matt replied by saying that the dress was really pretty. PHEW! If he had said, that dress is terrible I would have probably cried. :) I cannot wait to tell him about that on our wedding day. Knowing Matt, he'll remember the exact moment and think that it's hilarious.
Well, I'm going to sign off for now. Tonight I'm signing up for the martial arts studio, I'm super pumped about that. I'll let you know how tonight goes there!!
L.
We had our second weight watchers meeting today and I lost a grand total of 4.6 lbs in week one! Excellent if i do say so myself. I would've loved to have hit the 5lb mark and got a gold star in the meeting, but there is always next week to accomplish such goals. It's just not as impressive week 2 since I'm sure a bunch of people will have hit 5lbs week 2. BUT, between me and one other lady, we made up 1/4 of the weight loss for the whole group (about 18 people!) That's pretty impressive! :)
Here's a funny story about my wedding dress and let's hope Matt never stumbles upon this blog and reads about this. DISCLAIMER: Matt, if you are reading this, spoiler alert!!! You are about to read about my dress. Alright, now that I've done my due diligence on keeping matt's nose out of here, let me tell you about what happened. So, TLC has this TV show called Four Weddings. It's about 4 ladies who are getting married. They attend each others weddings and then rate those weddings based on food, entertainment and overall experience. Kind of a lame show but at least you get to see cool centerpieces and maybe a neat idea or two. Anyway, back to the story. I'm watching the show and Matt walks in and starts watching with me. One of the brides shows up on the TV and she is wearing MY DRESS!!! My dress to a tee!! I couldn't believe it. I wanted to jump up and down and scream out, THAT'S MY FREAKIN DRESS!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING!!! But, Matt was there, so I pretended to yawn while my mouth was just open in awe. Matt looks at me while I'm fake yawning and said, "is that what your dress looks like"? The odds... really? You have to ask that question when the girl on the TV is wearing my actual dress!?! I responded with a shake of my head and said, no, not at all. HAHAHA. Thankfully, Matt replied by saying that the dress was really pretty. PHEW! If he had said, that dress is terrible I would have probably cried. :) I cannot wait to tell him about that on our wedding day. Knowing Matt, he'll remember the exact moment and think that it's hilarious.
Well, I'm going to sign off for now. Tonight I'm signing up for the martial arts studio, I'm super pumped about that. I'll let you know how tonight goes there!!
L.
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