Friday WI-The argh edition

170lbs. There is yet again a 7 in the 10's place. That is why this is the argh edition. So much for maintaining. I have been exercising pretty well, but the eating has been out of control! I don't really think about what I am eating I just eat. I mean, I am not eating a bag of chips and a whole cake everyday, but I am not making the best choices either. 170lbs means a gain of 2.6lbs! That is a lot! I am so disappointed in myself. I knew the maintaining I have been doing couldn't last forever. Now I need to get back to paying attention to what I am eating and doing more exercise.

I am a member of CalFit now and the other day I had my first swim lesson with my friend Yvonne. It is great to be a member of the same gym as a friend. It really motivates me to get there when we are going to be working out together. Yvonne is teaching me how to swim so that someday I can do a triathlon! I am pretty excited! I have no clue when this someday is, but the day will come. I need much more swimming practice before I can even think about signing up for one! Swimming is hard!

The fall/summer season of SacFit starts tomorrow! Yvonne has signed up which makes me super happy. It will be great to have another friendly face out there! I am going to be coaching the 14:30 group along with Tracy who was my coach last season in the 14:00's. I am pretty stoked to be coaching along with Tracy and ready for the season to start. Of course I will only be there this week and then gone for 3 weeks after that because I am getting married and going on a 2 week honeymoon! :D The wedding is only 8 days away!!!!! AHHHHHHH! Tomorrow is a week and I am sure I will be freaking out!

That's all for now. I was supposed to be at the gym at 9:15 for a class, but I slept in :C Not a good start after an almost 3lb gain! Luckily there is a class at noon I want to try, so I will make it to that one for sure! Happy Friday!

Friday WI-On the eve of my wedding dress fitting!

The scale today did not surprise me in the least. I have done my best to maintain and not lose or gain too much these past few weeks as I am going for my wedding dress fitting tomorrow! :D I am pretty excited! I am having a hair and make up trial done too so it will be the full look tomorrow, or at least a preview! The scale said 167.4lbs which is a gain of 0.6lbs. Not too shabby! I think I am actually back to exactly what I weighed when I tried the dress on at the seamstress a few weeks ago. I like maintaining, it is sort of fun!

Today Matt and I had a day off together so we went to get our marriage license! Now all it needs are a few signatures on the big day and we will be official! It is getting so close! Only 15 more days! Tomorrow it will be exactly 2 weeks! People keep asking if I am nervous, but I'm not really nervous I am more ready to get it over with already than anything else. We have been engaged since April 2008, so a little over 2 years of engaged life. That's a long time! Plus we have been "living in sin" for most of the 4 years and some odd months that we have been together, so not much is changing in that regard. I am just ready to call him my husband and to have it be all official! I am not looking forward to running around town trying to get my name changed! That is going to be fun...NOT!

May Activity Calendar

This month started off awesomely with my first ever 1/2 marathon! Then I had some motivation issues after trying to start doing the 30 day shred for 30 days straight. I think it was too much pressure for me to handle. Too overwhelming. I got some activity in during the week, but nothing close to my 4 day a week goal. At least I did a little bit of something every week. This next month is going to be harder to track as the last 2 weeks of June I will be on my honeymoon! Only 18 more days until I am a married woman!

Friday WI surprise!

I had very low expectations for this WI. I have been in maintenance mode so that my dress will fit next Saturday when I go for my fitting, which basically means any exercise I have been doing has been immediately followed by lots of food! I sorta like maintenance mode! :D That is why this week's WI is a surprise...I am down 0.8 lbs to 166.8 lbs! That is the lowest I have ever been! Seeing two 6's on my scale this morning was quite the shocker! Not to say that I am not pretty dang happy, but I guess I need to eat even more? LOL

I joined a new gym as well, which was probably a bad idea while trying to maintain, but I got a killer deal through my school district, so I had to do it! I am taking my 1st group class tomorrow morning! I am going to try a Zumba class since everyone seems to have Zumba fever I figure I might as well give it a try. I am pretty excited!

That's all for now I suppose. Tomorrow night is my bachelorette party, as well as Matt's bachelor party. I am looking forward to hanging out with all of my girls and hopefully not getting too drunk! It's part of the reason I am taking Zumba in the morning; to counteract the empty calories from the alcohol! I will post on Sunday with a recap of the night and maybe some pictures if they are not too embarassing! Happy Friday everyone!

30 day shred

I have decided to try and do a true 30 day shred this time. Today was level 1 day 1. If I do 30 days that will put me up to almost my wedding day. As I said in my previous post I do not want to lose more weight as my dress is being altered to my current size as we speak, but I do want to tone up and hopefully have nicer looking arms by June 19th. I hate that I have jiggly arms, I really do. So, check back tomorrow to see if level 1 day 2 becomes a reality...I am really going to try hard!

It is time to stop...

I have only 8.6 lbs to go until my goal weight of 160 lbs, but I have to stop losing weight. I went for my dress alterations appointment today and the dress that was snug on me a year ago needs 2 1/2 inches taken off around the top! 2 1/2 inches! I could have bought the smaller size! But then of course if I had done that I wouldn't have lost any weight, stupid Murphy's Law! LOL Anywho, it is being taken in and I have a fitting on June 5th to see how it looks. That is cutting it awfully close to the wedding date, so I have decided to stop trying to lose weight and focus on maintaining and toning my arms and shoulders. I am happy being around 167-170 lbs and would be comfortable staying around that until after the wedding, so that is the plan. I am spending a pretty penny on the alterations, so I want to make sure my dress looks absolutely perfect! I will continue to do my Friday WI's as usual, I just won't be as focused on losing as I have been. I will be focused more on staying where I am at and making my arms look like Jillian Michael's LOL :D

2 more months!

Today is April 19th which means that in 2 months from today I will be married! :D I am getting pretty excited! I am also nervous about everything getting done on time and overwhelmed with all of the stuff I need to do! Planning a wedding is stressful! My MOH threw my bridal shower for me yesterday and it was awesome! I had a great time! I will post pictures as soon as I get them. The main purpose of this post is to set some goals for myself that will help me be who I want to be on the day of my wedding. This may sound strange, but I am going to be on display and I want the best me possible to be up there saying her vows. I am 9.8lbs away from my 160lb goal weight which is so much better than I even expected for this time frame. It is possible for me to get there in 2 months, but probably not realistic, and I am recognizing that. My goals are realistic and ones that can be easily attained so I am not disappointed on my big day. So, here they are...

My 2 month goals:

1) No more nail biting
2) 30 day shred twice a week
3) Body ball arm workout twice a week
4) Food journaling every day
5) Water, water, water!

Those are my goals for now. I hope that they are easy enough that I can handle them. I am also hoping to post a weekly post that keeps me accountable. That's all for now. Next week I will let you know how I've been doing!

Friday WI

Check out the ticker! 170.6lbs! That is the lowest I have ever been that I can remember and a 3.2lb loss from last weeks disappointing weigh-in! I am a pretty happy girl right now! See what happens when I stay on track and count my points and drink enough water! This is a great end to my otherwise not so great week. I am so glad it is Friday, and not only that I am giving tests to my students today, so it will be an easy day, or at least I hope so!

I am doing a hair trial for my wedding tomorrow with my stylist, Kasey. She has been cutting my hair for a few years now and I love her! I will take before and after pics and post them here to see what y'all think. Hopefully I can get Jen, my bridesmaid, to do some make-up trials for me soon too. I am pretty excited about being all pretty and done up for my wedding. I can't wait!

The ZooZoom 10k is on Sunday. I am running/walking it with Matt and his dad. I am still having some slight IT band issues, but when I ran on Tuesday it was bearable, so I think I can survive the 6.2 miles. Plus, I think it will help to have company and not just be by myself. I am hoping that I can finish strong with minimal pain! I am definitely going to be foam rolling everyday between now and Sunday. I took a class last night on foam rolling and learned a lot, now I get to use it and see if the benefits are as great as everyone says they are.

Wow, that was longer than I expected. I need to make some breakfast, coffee, lunch and get my booty out the door! Happy Friday!

Wedding stuff...finally!

So this is more of a wedding rant than an update, but it is what it is; take it or leave it. Basically I am really trying hard to not go into thousands of dollars worth of debt over 1 day of my life. Sounds easy, right? WRONG! I have no clue how much I have spent so far (I am making an excel chart later with Matt's help and we shall see...) but I know it is a lot. My credit cards that I wanted to have paid off by now are only getting worse and worse as the wedding gets closer and closer. I know these things aren't cheap, but for God sakes why does it seem like anything with the word wedding in front of it, or even near it, jacks up the price? (sorta like putting running or cycling in front of anything too I've noticed) This is not to say that I haven't been trying to do a "budget wedding", because I have, but things just keep coming up and adding up and I am going insane. This blog rant stems from our decision today to hire a live band for the reception. The guy who owns the catering business we are using has a band. They are a great classic rock cover band and I think it will be a blast, but why does it have to cost $900? That's so close to $1000 I might as well throw in the extra $100 and call it a day. I know I am probably being stupid and need to stop complaining, but I just feel irritated. I have a great family who is being as helpful and supportive as they can be, but I just feel that most of the financial burden of this wedding is falling onto me. I know I have a great new job and make pretty good money so I shouldn't complain, but I do want to buy a house soon and maybe even think about having babies, both of which cost a lot of money that I won't have if I keep putting wedding stuff on my already crazily high credit card bill. Sorry to be so negative. I guess my ranting is over. I am off to make an excel chart that will show me exactly how much this 1 day is costing me...

Friday WI and other things

I did it again this week, I cheated. I stepped on the scale yesterday morning and it made me excited to get on it again today. Luckily, for the 2nd week in a row, I had a reason to be excited! I am down 1.6lbs to a weight of 171.2lbs! That is so close to having a 6 in it I could jump for joy! I told Matt this morning after I weighed in that I should have recommitted for real a long time ago because this time around it seems to be going fairly smoothly and easily. Of course things can change, but I feel great and I know that all of my food journaling is paying off in a big way! :D

In other news, my IT band is still bothering me. I rested it for almost a week and tried to get back out there yesterday afternoon, but I could only go for 2 intervals before there was pain and I had to stop and walk the rest of the way. I still did my 28 minutes, I just didn't do it running. At least I got the time on my feet though, and I managed to make it about 2 miles, which is better than nothing!

And now some wedding related stuff...I am getting married in 3 months! :D I am pretty excited and I am starting to get a little frazzled by all of the little nit-picky stuff that needs to happen between now and then, but I am trying to be as low key as possible. I just wish everyone else would be too! Why is everyone else more stressed out and worried about my wedding than I am? Who knows? All I know is that I am happy and excited and ready to be married already. Maybe we should have eloped? LOL

Hope everyone has a Happy Friday! I know I will! Girl's night tonight at the Pyramid Brewery!

Finally a wedding related post!

Matt and I have a wedding website. Here is the link, check it out!