May
15

Things I do

I officially have one month to go before I leave for NY to get married.

The good news is that when I went to NY last month and had my next-to-last final dress fitting, I lost a full 3 inches around my waist… causing them to have to take the dress IN!!

Trust me, I’ve been having bad dreams about them having to let the dress OUT!

I have my final-final fitting on June 18th - - that’s when they’ll make the FINAL adjustments and inform me that I cannot, under any circumstances, lose or gain any weight at all until the BIG DAY on the 24th.

No pressure, really.

So, looking back over the past 6 months, what did I do?

  • LOTS of water! TONS of water! Bottles and Bottles of water every single day. Even when I thought I had enough water - I had more water. To the point that now I feel like I’m dehydrating if I don’t have at LEAST 6-8 bottles of water in me
  • Lots of walking - - mostly on the treadmill, sometimes outside. Every day. I didn’t walk at a really fast pace.. I kept it mostly between 2.5 - 3.0 MPH - - but at a slight incline, as well.
  • Abs, Abs, Abs, Abs!! Mostly on the bowflex - - but some floor ab exercises, as well. I usually did these exercises 3-4 times per week - - every other day
  • Looking back over what I ate the most of? Lots of fish - - Tilapia, Salmon, Cod and Tuna. And lots of chicken. Very little red meat and lots of veggies - - broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower.
  • I supplemented with Flax Seed Oil and Green Tea.
  • I snacked a lot on Dannon’s Light and Fit Fruit Smoothies, SouthBeat Diets Protien snack bars, Myoplex protein shakes, dried apricots, fat free vanilla yogurt and fruit/granola
  • Tried REALLY HARD to stay away from Starbucks and my favorite 350 calorie heaven-in-a-cup

All in all - my goal was to lose 50lbs total by mid-June. I’m not there yet, but then neither is June, eh?

I have lost half of it - 25lbs. I estimate losing another 5-8 between now and mid-June if I stay on track - - which will put me 20lbs shy of my goal. But the strange thing is - - I’ve lost a heck of a lotta inches and dropped 4 sizes completely. So, while I’ve lost only 1/2 the weight… and I’m still not a size 8 (rather a size 12 - - used to be 16).. I’m still very happy, overall.

I think during the two weeks I’m in NY for my wedding - - followed by the 2 weeks I’m in South America on my honeymoon… I’ll probably (definitley) relax my dieting quite a bit - - and I’m ok with putting a little back on during that time (although, scuba diving and snorkeling are good exercise!)… I’ll be back at it again when I get home… still chasing that ellusive size 8!