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