Overdue post

Yes I have returned for a MUCH overdue post. I feel so bad that I have neglected this blog and all my blogger friends, but sometimes you have to prioritize and these past few months have unfortunately put this blog on the backburner.

But here I am, finally married and with things settled down, I can get back into this again. There is no way I can really sum up the past 2 months as they have been so wonderful. Despite closing out the biggest project I receive all year that happened to coincide exactly with my wedding and being crazy busy, I was able to manage things including my weight and having gotten through it all, I am definitely a bit sad that its all over.

I think last time I posted was prior to my bridal shower, which was such a wonderful day. Since that time I also had my bachelorette party which was amazing. We started the day off getting pinup pictures done which is something I am SO glad that I did. I was nervous to be posing in pinup poses, and I also opted to do a stripdown, which is another way to say that I took my top off although nothing is actually shown. I figured, why not go for it because when am I ever going to look this good or feel this good about myself? After getting the pictures back, I was so happy that I did it because years from now I can look back on those pictures and know that all my hard work at losing weight paid off and that I do love myself just as I am. Not to mention that pinups were never all that skinny so its a nice way to appreciate curves.

Me and my then fiance

My and my bridesmaids at the shower

Me, still dolled up in hair and makup from the pinup shoot

Me and 3/4ths of my bridesmaids

One of the pictures from shoot - my husband and I love our hockey, hence the jersey

And then there was the wedding. It was such an incredible day that nothing will ever top. Things turned out just as I had always dreamed they would. Sure we had a few minor things happen that werent ideal, but nothing that ruined the day at all. It was such an amazing moment to finally be married to my husband who I have been with for 10 yrs, and I have never felt as beautiful as I did that day or as special. At the reception when we entered the room and everyone stood and clapped for us - there are no words to explain how overwhelmed and happy that I felt. I have never felt more beautiful in my life. Not that I only lost weight for the wedding, but I am so glad that I got to where I am now because I look at my pictures and love how I look and I was always afraid when I was 226 pounds that this day would come and I would look back and wish I was thinner. Now I just cant wait to get the real pictures from the photographer, these are just some that other people took which is why we are never looking at the camera.

Just leaving the church

We went to the forest preserve for fall pictures - this is with our matron of honor and best man

Walking hand in hand

Shot of the whole party

Cake time, and yes I did eat the cake (it was delicious)

We took a "mini" honeymoon to Door County, WI which is so beautiful this time of year and it was a perfect getaway. The place we stayed at had a really nice whirlpool in our room and since it was so cold all the way up north, it felt so relaxing and nice to just stay in and hang out in the whirlpool. Our real honeymoon will be to Hawaii next year so I do still have an incentive to keep up the weight loss so that I look great in a bathing suit.

Me at Cana Island Lighthouse overlooking Lake Michigan

So life from here - just focusing on continuing to eat right and work out. I definitely enjoyed myself the past few weeks and wasnt so worried about food so I know that I have put on a few pounds, but I have just jumped back into my routine and I know they are already coming off. I do have a new lowest weight though which I reached 2 weeks prior to the wedding - 143. I was running around like a crazy person so I am sure that it was mostly due to stress and usually I have been hanging out around 144 but it was nice to see a new low again. Hopefully entering the holiday season I can maintain where I am at. And I promise to catch up with all of you on your blogs and hope you have all been doing great.

Its been a while

I cant believe how long its been since I have posted! These last few weeks have been SO busy. I am sorry for being a bad blogger and a bad reader. Juggling work and a wedding is way more time consuming that I could ever have imagined. Fortunately, my business is mostly due to fun things so I cant complain.

I can happily post that my weight is 144.8 so at least these few weeks havent been spent eating off track. I have attended a few parties and dinners out, but I have kept myself in check and have planned ahead, looked at calories online, and did the best that I could. My wedding dress is a huge motivation to keep my weight at this point so that is helping me. Any time I want to eat something I shouldnt, I just think of my dress and me in it on the actual day, and it keeps me in check.

My exercise is pretty on course as well. Things are really busy and its been a struggle just to get exercise in, but I have been averaging around 4 days a week which isnt bad at all. My best friend just got motivated to lose weight and is into walking, so I have been walking with her once a week and its been fun to get in exercise and be able to gossip and talk. Im glad I can help keep her motivated too. I know she is anxious about fitting in her bridesmaids dress, so that is a big motivation right there.

Work has been stressful and I have been putting in a lot of hours which makes me want to come home and stress eat, but I have been managing. Add that to the stress of the movin with my fiance (which is going well but still is difficult to adjust to sometimes), and I have felt like I want to just eat and eat, but I know where that gets me and I just have to push those thoughts aside and stick to what is best for me. Its hard because my fiance is always snacking and on things that are not healthy and having that kind of food in the house is a trigger for me, but I continue to eat what I know is healthy and I am sure with time I will be able to resist more easily.

Fun things coming up: my dress fitting tomorrow and my bridal shower next weekend! So excited - these are the fun times of being a bride.

Hope I remember to be a better blogger in the coming weeks.