It's Here

Well. This is it, finally here. I am on emergency bride diet currently since monday...1 banana/ 1 apple/ bran/ and broccoli and water water water! I have lost about 5 pounds of water weight in 2 days :) Keeping it up till Friday where at rehearsal dinner I will have some food (I need the energy for wedding day!)

So, with that, i am hoping to be 169. I did not reach my goal of 150, BUT I did lose about 18 pounds in this journey. I went from a 14 to a size 10/12. I hope that even after the wedding I can still keep it up and reach that goal of 150...only 20 pounds to go. I know its possible! This blog has definitely helped. I will prob change up and basically make it "Avioding the Newly Wed 20".

I am hoping that over the honeymoon I will lose weight too. We will be awfully busy, and I don't think New Zealand food is that appetizing! Fiji I will be in a bikini the whole time which definitely helps to not stuff my face, and Austrailia...well...with NYE i might have a drink-fest, but hey...thats what vacations are for after all! Plus...there will be lots of physical activity ;)


Well thanks for sticking with me! I hope that when i come home I can post some pictures of the wedding and my final look.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Erica

1 Week

I can NOT beleive how close the wedding is!! I am too excited...just like...OMG. Anyways, here is a run down of my 1 Week water Weight Diet (thank you Alyson!) I will eat this everyday starting sat

2 bananas
1 apple
1 cup of oatmeal
broccoli
black beans
spinach
water, water, WATER!!!


yummy, right?? Whatever, it will be TOTALLY worth it when I wear my dress comfortably and feel spectacular! No worries, the day before the wedding (next friday) I will up some more food there to give myself the appropriate energy for that weekend :)

Wow, this blog has been super helpful these past months, I haven't really lost much since September, but at least i didn't gain! I hope to maybe break 170 at least with water weight by wedding day, only 2 pounds there anyways

So excited for the most wonderful day of my life, and then the most amazing honeymoon with my bestest friend in the world!!

11 days

11 DAYS!!!! I am on emergency diet time now. I want to be at LEAST 170 day of, even if it is water weight I lose.

I can't believe how close it is! Time is going by SO FAST! Marriage...ahhhhH!!!!!

Also, super stoked for 4 weeks off of work and traveling around the South pacific in 80 degree weather!

week 3 (3 weeks left)

OH MY GOSH! 3 WEEKS TILL I AM MARRIED! WTH!?! This is so surreal to me, its something I have thought about and planned for sooooo long, and now its 3 weeks away! Due to the absolute busyness that is wedding planning and honeymoon planning, gym time has been short and few and far between. I did go last night for an hour running on the treadmill and situps, though I got a terrible cramp in my side from being so out of shape! So anyways, hoping to go back on WEdnesday.
So anyways, because i cant go to the gym as often as I should, I have decided to adjust my eating habits. Basically it will go like this: Starbucks for breakfast/ sandwich for lunch (prob turkey & stuffing from Cosi) and then either salad or nothing for dinner. ONly 1000 calories a day. Hopefully that will help.

Also i am in a biggest loser competition with a bunch of friends. The pot is up to almost $300 for the person who can lost the highest % of body weight (second place is $50 and third $25)! Looking forward to that! If I can, since it goes on till after the honeymoon, though I anticipate losing weight from walking around a lot and prob not eating a whole bit, as well as participating and a good amount of physical activity ;) hahaha

Ok, long post, but I still am in shock on the closeness that is my wedding, its weird, scary, exciting all at the same time!

Week 1 and Goals (out of 6 weeks left)

Monday- Run - YES! Ran for 35 minutes, 15 min of situps!
Tuesday-a.m. workout - NO :( sooo tired, and will be up late tonight so decided to sleep in, keeping cals to 1400 today...no dinner
Wednesday- Run - YES! ran for 35 min and 15 min of sit ups (my abs hurt!)
Thursday- a.m. workout - YES! I literally took 15 minutes talking myself into gettin gup at 6am...but well worth it! 10 min treadmill and 30 min weights
Friday- Run
Sat- OFF
Sunday- OFF

Doin It!

stagnation...

Ugh, i am sooo stuck at 174. Though, if I am truely honest, I haven't really been trying. I have been goign to parties almost every weekend where there is cupcakes! This past weekend I had a surprise bridal shower and I was so nervous that I just kept stuffing my face! Though, I guess the good thing is I haven't GAINED anything...what I really need to do is re-commit to the gym and bump up that metabolism....if I could just do it enough to get those pesky 5 pounds off...which I know I can do, I have done it before...that would be splendiferous! But I can't do it without the gym. So I will be going at least 3 times before Sunday. As well as 1200 cals a day :)

Rise before the fall?

So this morning i was 174! UGH, i had only 1000 calories! is this the "starvation mode" i hear so much about? I am going to say yes...i will do 1200 today, lower on the carbs, see how it goes tomorrow a.m.