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.

SO CLOSE

172.8 this morning! Got the gym last night FINALLY...I did 30 minutes on this total body thing where you move your arms and legs...i watched 1/2 of the City and 1/2 of the Hills...nothing gets you motivated like seeing other skinny pretty girls wearing cool clothes and wanthing to be skinny like them!

Anyways, again...1200 calories today...no gym though :( maybe I will knock it down to 1000.

So my deadline for 5 pounds (to be at 168) will be Nov. 1. Nov. 7th is my second dress fitting. I hope that it will fit a little better once i get these pesky 5 pounds off. I really only have until Nov 25 (day before Thanksgiving) to be at the weight I will be at for my wedding day as that is my last dress fitting and i dont want alterations to cost anymore than they already are. But anyways, yes, 168 by Nov 1st. Not only is 168 great beacuse its in the 160s (which I haven't seen since 2003!) but it is also the weight where I will be at a healthy BMI! Losing this weight has felt so good, i defintiely feel more confident, and I love wearing clothes more. Going to the gym last night reminded me how much I actually like going to the gym! I haven't been eating much due to stress/time/and money, but i don't really seem to notice and than helps lose this weight too.
on a side note, i am now so excited for the wedding that when i think about it my heart flutters, the same feeling I used to get when I would pass Andrew is the hallways in high school when i had the biggest hugest crush on him. I can't believe that its been almost 10 YEARS. not only that, we really are planing the wedding and honeymoon of our dreams. Its really all I can think about these days. I want to be the most beautiful bride ever come Dec 12th...and this blog has really helped with my motivation, thanks to everyone who reads if you comment or not. knowing that friends are following my progress really is a motivator!

ok, so, here's to 168! HERE WE GO!

doing good

I am doing good so far. only had 1000 calories already today (its 5pm). going ot the gym tonight and then having a salad for dinner. I am hoping to be 169 after the weekend....i have 2 parties this weekend, but I think i will be able to control myself for both :P

Blog Crazy

Today's Goals:
1200 calories, veggies only for dinner (or no dinner if home too late)
Gym it up tonight for 1 hour....30 min cardio, 15 min abs, 15 min arms and misc. (gettin gback into it after 4 weeks hiatus!)
healthy low carb foods only

Update tomorrow to see how I did! 9 weeks...gotta be committed! gotta be focused! 10 pounds to looosssseeeee!

PS- nothing will get you to the gym more than no water in your house...so might as well work out and shower tomorrow at the gym!

9 Weeks

Countdown...weeks in the single digits now. I am starting to sweat a little on my brow, but its not from working out! But that all changes this week. Gym 3x a week, and 1200 cals a day. Life have just been crazy lately! There is a lot to do for my work and for the wedding and I am just starting to feel a little stressed. But nothing de-stresses better than eating right and working out. I have 4 weeks till my next dress fitting...i hope to lose 8 pounds by then. that would put me in the 160s...I wouldn't mind being 165 at the wedding, but I think in 9 weeks I could be 160. That would just require focus. commitment. and will power. All of those I can do in the name of a knock out white dress and a skimpy bikini in Fiji. Yes? Just for like my Steelers...HERE WE GO!

Dang Flabbit

I am SO good during the week, and then ruin everything I did for that week with the weekend. Darn football season! So Basically I have lost NOTHING, but I haven't gained either, so...bright side. And honestly...i haven't been the gym in a WEEK (or more). So today i am getting on that treadmill once more, hopefully will stick to my at LEAST 3 days a week self promise. Sorry this blog has been just plain boring, i have had no real weight loss progress since the begining of August...those first 10 pounds were the easiest...now its slow goings. Well, I promise you all an eventful update by next monday or shiver me timbers I'll walk the plank!

Happiness!

You thought I meant about weight didn't you? Well let me tell you something. I had a bachelorette weeekend at the beach and blew my diet away!!! Like, whoa!! But, it was sooo totally worth it! I had the best weekend! and i have the greatest friends! :D So anyways, today I feel energized, and totally jazzed to look like the hot bride I know i can be! I havent eaten a lot today, going to get some salad for dinner, (J&P was closed for the past 2 months!! AHHH it was AWFUL!!) and plan on running 3 tmies this week....

Just for some stats, i started this thing at a size 14. Now I am a 10/12. I started at 185 and now am 173. I could only run for 10 minutes, now I can run for 30. Its small steps, but seeing progress. I need to hard-core diet/exercise for the next 2 weeks to jump start me into those 160s...hopefully no more surprise alcohol/junk food weekend excursions! well, I will def take then if they come along though! hahaha

ps- this has nothing to do with weight, but Andrew and I just got a wedding gift from his parents of the Resotriation Hardware Maxwell leather couch!! The most comfortable couch ever in the history of TIME!! I am SOOOO excited to sit in my new couch with my future husband!!! YAY!!!

Biggest Loser

So last night i watched my first ever episode of Biggest Loser. That show is SO intense, and I am not really sure if a believe even a 400+ pound man can even lose 30 POUNDS in 1 WEEK. That is crazy, and how can that be healthy?? But anyways, its TV, i get it, but whether its true or not, it really shows that you can be really successful with as much effort into the dieting that you put into it. With focus and determination ANYTHING is possible, absolutely anything.
Also, i am taking a mental image of Jillian with me to the gym, so when i hit that 30 minute mark after running and feeling tired and want to stop, I will see her yelling at me calling me weak, and I am going to do it! If i could be 155 for my wedding, I think that would be the most perfect thing eevveerrr....and weighed in at 173.2 this morning...the 160s are so close i can taste it! If i can be good this next week, perhaps next wed i will be there!

90 days

90 days. Pressure is REALLY on...I am still at 175 which is why my posts have been so few....but i have to be honest...i have been going to the gym sparatically, and prob eating maintenance calories of about 2000 a day. Well that is stoping TODAY...as 90 days is not a lot of time. 3 months and hoping to lose 15 pounds.

going to the gym today to rock the cardio...30 min runing, 10 min walking about, and situps/push ups.

Hoping to enthrall everyone with an awesome update in weight next monday!

EEE GADS!

14 Weeks till the wedding!! i KNOW its going to fly by! I hope everyone had a nice end of summer holiday! I have 14 weeks to lose 15 more pounds.Thats a pound a week!! Which meeaannsss I HAVE to be super duper good! Back to the grind...and especually the GYM!!

On the good news, broke my 173-175 plateau with 172 this weekend!! 13 pounds lost! 15 more to go!!

ilovethethegymilovethethegymilovethethegymilovethethegymilovethethegymilovethethegym

I'm Back!

It's been a week since I have posted! And in that time I absolutely did not diet or exercise. I ate whatever i wanted and i did not go to the gym. Why? I will tell you why. last week, everyday, i was feeling extreamly exhausted. Iwasn't getting a lot of sleep from waking up so early and working out so hard. I also wasn't eating the best. i was keeping my calories to a minimum...but i think my body just said "hey! can I have a vacation! its been 7 weeks!". So i did. i gave myself a vacation. i slept in in the mornings, and i ate whatever my body wanted me to eat. I didn't go crazy, but i definitely relaxed over the week.

Now, i feel great! i brought my gym clothes and plan to hit the treadmill once more after work. I want to have another 6 weeks of focus. It was great to have a little hiatus there, but i am repidly approaching the 3month mark to the wedding, so i am quickly running out of time! I am so close to the 160s, and now is NOT the time to give up.

So 6 weeks from it will be mid October...U am quite excited! So here I go, pushing it to the finish line...hoping to be in the 150s for the wedding. 15 more pounds!

motivation acceleration

It's been a while since i posted. I am sensing that with the end of summer and begining of fall I am hitting a "i have been doing this for almost 2 months and i am tired" wall. I hope I can get through it. Luckily I haven't gained any weight, but I havent lost any either. Stats as this morning:
SW:185
CW:174
Weight Lost: 11

Soooo, I really want to focus this week and really watch what I eat so that I can get rid of those pesky 5 pounds and finally make it into the 160s. I wont be able to runa t the gym this week really at all because of being so busy...but I hope to make up for it in eating right. I am not eating carbs this week, hopefully to get that fat burning going on.

In other news: I have offically gone down a size :) I started at a solid 14...which i never thought was too bad...but now that I have been losing weight I am like "WHAT!?!" i am sooo happy to be out of those clothes and back into my 12's, fitting well into all of my college clothes, short skirts and such :) I love now finally being able to have legs that I feel like I dont have to hide!

Also, I ran a mile 1/2 straight on the treadmill. My endurance is really increasing! I just hope my hiatus from running this week wont take too much of a toll on my progress :)

OK, I hope everyone else is doing OK with their diet/exercise goals. There is no time like the present!

I take it back...

Ok...weekend water weight off, new stats:
SW: 185
CW: 174.2
WWL: .8 lbs
TWL: 10.8 lbs

:)

GHUAHAGA#P%&*_@#($#{($

UGH! So frustrated!!!!! I think I am plateau-ville right now. Currently at 177. I have not missed the gym, I actually did extra work outs this weekend.

ok...maybe i wasn't the greatest when it came to sticking with my 1200 calorie limit. I had dinner 4/5 nights during the week, and sat night had 3 Miller Lites late at night...beer = BAD. So i HAVE to be honest with myself. I can work out all I want, but if I am not including healthy eating in small portions, the weight will stagnate!

OK...so my end goal was to be 170-169 by the end of August. I have exactly 2 weeks to do that. I think i have about 3-4 pounds of water weight on me, which means I have to lose 5 legit in 2 weeks. I can do it, but I really have to stick to my plan and be good!

ugh, i dont want to, but here are the stats.

SW: 185
CW: 177
Toal WL: 8 pounds
WWL: 0