So here we are 18 weeks into weight watchers and 13 weeks at the gym. I have FINALLY hit my 20lb mark and actually with my 2lb loss this week i'm now at 21.5lbs. It feels like it has taken forever to get here, but I couldn't be happier and more proud of myself for sticking with it this long!
So yesterday was my bosses birthday. Of course what birthday would be complete without cake, chocolate fudge cake to be exact. So I decided early in the day that I wasn't going to have any cake. I simply wanted a small bite because I knew cheat day was near and to be honest that's all I really needed to satisfy my sweet tooth. So while the cake was being cut I got the same comment twice: oh that's right you're getting ready for your wedding. Yes, i'm getting married in 10 1/2 months, but dang it people I started this journey before a wedding was on the horizon and I would still be doing it even if I wasn't getting married. I'm not trying to lose weight because i'm getting married. I'm not sure why those comments bothered me so much but they did. But the whole point of this rant is to say that I said no to a piece of chocolate cake...... CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! That in itself is a huge victory for me!
Now onto one other comment that was said to me this week that kind of rubbed me the wrong way. A girl at work saw the picture of me in my wedding dress and felt the need to comment in a round about way how bad my arms looked in the dress. Thank you for your awesome comment darling! My arms may look bad but they looked a whole lot worse 18 weeks ago! And believe me, I will look fabulous on my wedding day even if I don't lose another pound! I am hard on myself every single day of my life, but I am working incredibly hard to change that! I am my own biggest critic but am starting finally learn to love myself! I am beautiful and that fact that I am working my ass off makes me feel so much better about myself!!
So anyway, my rant is over for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this again (if you've gotten this far)! Until next time.... stay classy! :)
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Weight loss and wedding dresses
Well I'm doing a fantastic job of keeping up with this blog. Just got home from zumba and had some extra energy so I thought why not grace you all with another blog. (Please contain your excitement)!
So i've been at Weight Watchers for 16 weeks. This past week I lost 3lbs which shocked me because I didn't do zumba all week due to hurting my back. None the less I still managed to lose 3lbs which brings me to 19.5lbs total. I'm so close to 20 I can taste it! Hopefully I'll get my 20lb gold star at the end of this week. So YAY ME!
So after losing my 3lbs I was a happy girl so I wanted to keep that momentum going so what did I do...... bought a wedding dress. We planned on going to just look. I had picked out 5 dresses to try on prior to going. They only had three. One was clearance and no longer available and the other was online only. So I starting looking through the catalog at the store and found a dress that I really liked. The consultant pulled 4 dresses for me (including the one from the catalog) to try on. I put the catalog dress on first.......I fell in love! I humored myself and everyone with me and tried on the 3 others. They were all pretty, but I just kept going back to the first one as did my mom. She would say that's really pretty but I like the first one better. I had no intentions of buying a dress but you really do just know that that's the dress when you have it on........so I SAID YES TO THE DRESS!!!
I know this blog is supposed to be about weight loss so i'll get back to that. The dress fit me perfectly and I mean perfectly no alterations needed. The only thing is I have 10 months until the wedding and i'm planning on continuing to go to weight watchers until I hit my weight goal. I started my weight loss journey before the engagement and before we started planning a wedding. I started doing it for me and for no other reason and that is why i'm going to continue to do it for just that reason. I wasn't going to be one of those girls that bought a dress a size smaller and prayed that i fit into it. I bought a dress that fits me perfectly and if I have to have it taken in then that's a great thing to me! If I don't lose another pound before my wedding day that's just fine with me too.
I've not been this happy with my life in a really long time. I thank God every day for my blessings. I may not have everything I want but I sure do have everything that I need!!!
So i've been at Weight Watchers for 16 weeks. This past week I lost 3lbs which shocked me because I didn't do zumba all week due to hurting my back. None the less I still managed to lose 3lbs which brings me to 19.5lbs total. I'm so close to 20 I can taste it! Hopefully I'll get my 20lb gold star at the end of this week. So YAY ME!
So after losing my 3lbs I was a happy girl so I wanted to keep that momentum going so what did I do...... bought a wedding dress. We planned on going to just look. I had picked out 5 dresses to try on prior to going. They only had three. One was clearance and no longer available and the other was online only. So I starting looking through the catalog at the store and found a dress that I really liked. The consultant pulled 4 dresses for me (including the one from the catalog) to try on. I put the catalog dress on first.......I fell in love! I humored myself and everyone with me and tried on the 3 others. They were all pretty, but I just kept going back to the first one as did my mom. She would say that's really pretty but I like the first one better. I had no intentions of buying a dress but you really do just know that that's the dress when you have it on........so I SAID YES TO THE DRESS!!!
I know this blog is supposed to be about weight loss so i'll get back to that. The dress fit me perfectly and I mean perfectly no alterations needed. The only thing is I have 10 months until the wedding and i'm planning on continuing to go to weight watchers until I hit my weight goal. I started my weight loss journey before the engagement and before we started planning a wedding. I started doing it for me and for no other reason and that is why i'm going to continue to do it for just that reason. I wasn't going to be one of those girls that bought a dress a size smaller and prayed that i fit into it. I bought a dress that fits me perfectly and if I have to have it taken in then that's a great thing to me! If I don't lose another pound before my wedding day that's just fine with me too.
I've not been this happy with my life in a really long time. I thank God every day for my blessings. I may not have everything I want but I sure do have everything that I need!!!
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