Just a bit busy

I swear, ever since he officially proposed its like putting on the Ring has put me in uber wedding mode. I've almost got my venue comfirmed, just need to sign the contract. I pretty much have my photographer confrimed, I just need to sign the contract. I don't have a quote for my caterer yet, but once I have my venue confirmed we'll start on that. I have a couple of options for music, one of which is a live band, which would be really nice :D. The details - time, decorations, ect... - are still a bit haphazard, and I still need to get my invitations rolling, but they are in the works.

But besides that, I have still been committed to working out :) thats my NO Wedding Zone! And I've been eating good, with only one really bad/good cheat day a week and walking almost every day since I'm on nights, and it has SOO payed off!!

I'm down to 188.2! That's only 13.5lbs from my #1 goal, and 18.2lbs from my possible #2 goal!! So I'm gonna keep going on that track and I'll be to my goal weight before the end of the year!! and then I'll just working on toning up some trouble zones.

Back to wedding stuff :)

I think Rich and I both are stressing out a bit about the budget, Rich had set aside money for a new old car which he now thinks he is going to loose because of the wedding. Now while I don't know where he is going to put this new old car.... I don't know, but I don't want to deprive him of it either. So my hope is to get a set budget for the big details: venue, photography, caterer & music, see what that leaves us for details and we'll go from there.

I'm trying not to stress as more people become involved in the workings of my wedding, and I think I'm doing a pretty good job. My big sis keeps telling me that this is MY wedding, and I'm not suppose to make everyone else happy, just me :)

Well I don't know how much I'll be on here since I'm so busy, but I'll try to update more often than once a month. Till then Peace :)

So Much To Do...and only 7.5 months to do it in...

Well last week was a busy one to be sure, and this weekend was definitely the peak of business, but it was fun busy. Sarah came down and we did a lot of wedding talk, and she even convinced me to go dress shopping. I really did not think I would find a dress, I had what I thought I wanted in my head, even if I did not know where or how I was going to get it. I wanted something light and easy and fun, and I didn’t imagine that was going to be found on the dress racks of a wedding store.

Well we went to David’s Bridal first, and though we made an appointment, we did not end up going back; they were very rude :P. Then I called Alfred Angelo’s and was much happier with the response I got, when we got there I met my new dress consultant, Brittany, who was wonderful! I told her what I was looking for, and she came back with a few others as well. The dress I ended up falling in love with is not at all what I thought I wanted, but the jury is still out, I’m waiting on input from my family, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to be purchasing it in the near future. And the best part, other than the pockets, is that it is under $500!!!!

So I've also gotten some quotes on food, and I am not happy, but I think I found an alternative, one that is preferred and one that is my back up/last resort. And I still have some people who have not gotten back to me yet.

Photography is another issue on my plate right now, and I have two possible options. I was talking to one of my co-workers, and he says that his son had a photographer that didn’t do any of the editing and such on the photos, allowed you to keep full rights to the pictures, and just put them on a CD for you. That is my cheapest option right now. I have another inquiry out for pictures, and I should get a reply today, if not, I’ll send her a poke.

Well, I admit I'm a little weddinged-out right now, so we are moving on.

Today was Weigh in and also Measurement updates so here we go:

19 Sept 11	8 Aug 11
Weight	195	194.6
Chest	42.4	41
Waist	40	39
Hips	43	42
L.Arm	14	13.5
R.Arm	14	13.5
L.Thigh	26	26
R.Thigh	26.5	26.5

So that’s .4 lbs difference, from last month, but given the weight gain I had between now and then, I think I did good. Though I did gain back .6 lbs from last week, I’m giving myself some slack given last week’s events. Totaling up the inches, that 4.4 inches lost total, which I’m pleased with. My next measurement day will be Halloween, and I’d like to be down a bit more than .4lbs by then.

I also have this week’s schedule worked out, as well as next month, since this is my last week on the day shift.

19-23 September Schedule

Monday (1600-1700) - BBF Spinning
Tuesday (1600-1700) – BBF Weights
Wednesday (1700-1800) – BBF Body Blast
Thursday (1600-1700) – BBF Circuits
Friday (1600-1700) – BBF Kickboxing or (1715-1815) Spinning

Well Night Shift starts on Saturday, and I don’t know if I explained this already, but when I’m on the night shift, I just can’t make it to my BBF Classes, and so since they are awesome, they just put my account on freeze, till I come back in November. So I’ve worked out a schedule for night shift, and I hope it works:

Night Shift Schedule

Monday – Cycling [30 Minutes] & Nike Training Club [NTC] Ab Burner & Back Definer [30 minutes]
Tuesday – NTC Wipe-Out Work Out [30 Minutes] & Walking [30 minutes]
Wednesday – Cycling [30 Minutes] & NTC Arm Definer & Shoulder Ripper [30 minutes]
Thursday – NTC Wipe-Out Work Out [30 Minutes] & Walking [30 minutes]
Friday – Cycling [30 Minutes] & NTC Butt Buster & Leg Sculptor [30 minutes]
Saturday – NTC Wipe-Out Work Out [30 Minutes] & Walking [30 minutes]

Also, I know I mentioned last week, how much my shoes were bothering me, but the thought of spending a lot of money on a new pair of shoes, heck the idea of spending any large amount of money bothers me… so I was putting it off. Well I talked to one of my instructors last week [Friday] after my first Spinning class, and she told me about SofSoles, orthotic inserts which she loves, and they are only about $30, half as much as buying a new pair of shoes! So I’m going to find me a set and go with those, hopefully before next week!

Well it’s an exciting time, and it’s just going to get more so…so hold on and off we got!

Officially Official

Well, I know I said I would give a blow by blow on the whole proposal story, but to be honest, I'm a little worn out from telling and re-telling the story, and I know I'm not done yet.

But, I have the RING! Its official as of yesterday morning at roughly 4:30AM.

That being said I think I was totally justified in going a little crazy on my food. It wasn't anything super fancy, that's just not us, we went to Chili's when I got home, had a nice dinner a few margaritas and a totally awesome ... you know how easy it is to be distracted by a shiny diamond... Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake... that's actually what put me over the top, I was good on the rest of my food choices.

I've started figuring out the total amount of calories I burn vs the calories I consume, which includes my resting metabolic rate [RMR] which I calculated at THIS site. So I'm estimating my RMR is at 2615 as per the site, and to loose 1-2 lbs a week you need to burn 500-1000 more calories than you consume. I've started a spread sheet [I like spreadsheets] to see how I'm doing. Even with my big fat dessert yesterday I still burned 601 calories more than I consumed. So I feel like I'm still on track, I actually have been pretty consistent with burning more than 500 calories as opposed to my intake.

Well this morning started off well, since I won't be able to make my 1600 class, I woke up at my normal time and went to the early morning class. I really do like working out in the morning, I feel refreshed, awake, vibrant and so sexy :) and that just carries me through the day so much smoother. I didn't even get frustrated with the traffic that I ran into heading from class to work :). I can't wait till my 9-6 shift when I'll get to do the morning classes for a whole month :).

Well today's our Lady's Lunch, which can sometimes be a real challenge, but I've gotten better. The worst is when we go to the Italian place with bread .... the most evil of carbs ;). I'm hoping for shrimp tacos today actually, but we'll see what the consensus is.

Everyone have a great day! I know I will :D.

Monday - Weigh Day

I admit, I cheated - I told my self I wasn't going to get on the scale between weigh days...but after working out most every day last week, I really wanted to see if it had any impact. I was happy with the number I saw on Saturday, and even more so today.

194 lbs even, from last weeks 196.8 - So that's another 2.8 lbs down!!

I'll take measurements next week, so we'll see where I stand then.

Sunday Goals

All right, time to look back on the past week and see how I did:

Goals
~Attend at least 3 BBF classes this week Check, I should have gone to 4 but, I made my 3 class goal :D
~For days that there are not any BBF scheduled classes I will work out at home Check, I walked, did the NTC work out, I rock!
~I will drink more water on the weekends I didn't drink as much as I would have liked to, but I did drink more than I have, so that is a some what check
~I will only drink alcohol 1-2 nights I went over by one night...Friday was a bad day :P
~Record all food every day Check!

So Time for new goals:

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11 September - 17 September 2011

Goals:

~Attend 3-4 BBF Classes
~Drink more water on the weekends
~Reduce drinking days to 2 or fewer
~Regulate sleeping 6-8 hours a night every night

Schedule:

Sunday
Walking

Monday
BBF Spinning

Tuesday
BBF Weights

Wednesday
BBF Butt Blasting

Thursday
BBF Circuits

Friday
BBF Kick Boxing

Saturday
Cycling

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I think its time

My feet are killing me....

I walked 3.77 miles in an hour, go me! But my feet hurt so bad, not even from eventual soreness either. I've known I needed to get some new shoes, but this has really reinforced it, last walk I got a blister, this walk my feet hurt, and my knees and hips hurt more than I think they should have.

So I am going to start shopping for shoes in earnest. I would like to get a pair that I can use for both boot camp class and walking, I'm not a big fan of single purpose purchases.

After that this morning, I really don't feel like doing anything else today. I'll probably clean up...eventually, but right now I'm gonna bum and recover.

Here comes the weekend

Well Rich isn't home this weekend, so heres what its looking like:

Lots of cleaning up

Lots of sitting around bored

Hopefully good food choices

To alleviate my boredom I might go see a movie, there are a few I want to see: Crazy, Stupid Love - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - The Help... actually I think I'll go see Crazy Stupid love since it is still out :).

Well I really feel bad for not going to work out yesterday morning, and I'm not sure the extra sleep did me much good...but I figure I've been really good all week, worked out almost everyday. I've got Power Bootcamp in a half hour, and I plan on going either walking or cycling tomorrow [if I get my tires aired up].

Today is the 6 week weigh in at the Boot camp, and I haven't gone in so long, I've juts been keeping my own measurements. If I go on a six week schedule like they do, I'm not up for measurements till the 22nd. I was thinking about this yesterday and again this morning looking at the measurement sheet they have...

I think I'm going to keep this private for right now, though I do need to start taking pictures :), and once I hit my goal weight, I'm going to actively start working on my % body fat, cause that's one measurement I can't do on my self.

Well that's all I have for today :)