So everyone says that the last 10 pounds are the most difficult to lose… right? What do you do when the first 10 and the last 10 are one in the same? To be honest I'm not so much of a "lose pounds" kind of person… I think it all lies in the tape measure and how you look and feel. So after a 10 week hiatus and a number of "Pinterest Hours" I am unwilling to disclose, I figure its time to maybe "do" some of the tips from my "fit and fab" board!
I have also been reading some pretty fabulous blogs about others' "weight loss" journeys and I say… if they can do it… I can certainly get to feeling "better" too- be it LBs or inches. {off the record… I am not going to say that "my hip is better" but I will admit that I have not had to cry painful tears after the past 4 attempts to work on my fitness!!}
I have seen a lot of my new friends of the blogosphere get results with Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. So for $7 I ordered it… measured everything on my body, and took "before" pictures! This is a little bit what they look like "before"!
{YOU BETTA RED-NECK-IGNIZE}
Lets see where I can get in the next 29 days! Maybe somewhere between there and here:
and since i am about 5 months late… here are some pictures from the honeymoon! i am clearly going to have to tell the story with pictures to get caught up on all of the non-blogging i have been doing with my non-exercising!
First day as newlyweds we went to a 2 year old birthday party for one of our florists daughters!
Living at the beach and having a super creative event designer for a mom makes for a kick @$$ birthday party.
It was nice to relax and be done being all "bridal".
Hanging with the wedding planner off the clock! She is a ROCK*STAR
…and then I scratched my cornea. That 2 year old birthday party was crazy pants!
bumped up to first class on the way to the Bahamas!
we were in the purple section of first class!
thanks champagne and xanax! the Miami airport… less than a first class experience!
Welcome to Sandals Great Exuma, Bahamas
getting ready to meet our butler!
a room with a VIEW!!
room service! and then time to go to bed at 9 PM!!
{it was CST… so we did make it to the 10s where we come from}
our little villa! {ours is the far right}
day 1: driving range
not sure what i am doing… just trying to look good doing it.
cheesy.newly.wed.golf.pose
not sure why i love feet pictures so much… pre-dinner
/me… forgetting how long my hair was :(
busy day!
if only the water could've been more beautiful
waiting for our frosty drinks at the pool bar!
dinner at the pub
just anoter day at the office
loving the outfits
…learning the swing of things
my patient handsome instructor
he's taken ladies
showing off my coconut{s}
HAPPINESS
cabana #3 (PFC)
heading home… in the same oufit… not in first class!
so who else is obsessed with volleyball and abs now? i.want.abs! this comes with frustration though. i just got off my spinner… and the same class i used to TEACH 4 times a week and 2 times on saturday i could barely get through in the "comfort" of my own home with some serious cheating. we are taling U-G-L-Y! but the good news is that i was actually able to "try"!
…flash back 3 months…
so after taking a 2 month "honeymoon" from the i am about to be a bride crazy "diet" i was feeling extremely motivated to get those abs that i didn't even know i wanted so badly until becoming interested in beach volleyball 10 days ago. so why not dive into Insanity for the 5th time? …in a hotel room in wisconsin… well {something} happened to my hip. sciatica? bursitis? whatever it is it hurt like hell, to do anything… it even hurt to do nothing. so i kept doing nothing for 2-4 weeks… saw a chiropractor… 6 weeks {still ouch}… 8 weeks {8 pounds}… got a shot… waited 10 days… tried doing something… the hurt came back. NERF! and couldn't be more frustrating especially seeing all of the beautiful bodies on tv.
well its been almost 3 months now… and i am just happy to have completed 349 core exercises and a piss poor spin class in the past 48 hours. baby steps right?
i do have an appointment with an orthopedic sports medicine specialist in a couple weeks. hope to get some "answers" and a plan! i don't want to do anything stupid and hurt it all over again. maybe i am just getting "old." too bad i am not accepting that!
Just listen to that song and TRY to be in a bad mood at the end! Serioulsy just finished 7 times on repeat on my way home from work today!! Don't forget to check out the hilarious video at the bottom!
Call Me Maybe
CARLY RAE JEPSEN
I threw a wish in the well Don't ask me, I'll never tell I looked to you as it fell And now you're in my way I trade my soul for a wish Pennies and dimes for a kiss I wasn't looking for this But now you're in my way Your stare was holding Ripped jeans, skin was showing Hot night, wind was blowing Where you think you're going, baby?
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy But here's my number, so call me maybe It's hard to look right, at you baby But here's my number, so call me maybe
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy But here's my number, so call me maybe And all the other boys, try to chase me But here's my number, so call me maybe
Your stare was holding Ripped jeans, skin was showing Hot night, wind was blowing Where you think you're going, baby? You took your time with the call I took no time with the fall You gave me nothing at all, but still you're in my way I beg and borrow and steal Have first sight and it's real I didn't know I would feel it, but it's in my way
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy But here's my number, so call me maybe It's hard to look right, at you baby But here's my number, so call me maybe
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy But here's my number, so call me maybe And all the other boys, try to chase But here's my number, so call me maybe
Before you came into my life I missed you so bad I missed you so bad... I missed you so, so bad
Before you came into my life I missed you so bad And you should know that... I missed you so, so bad
It's hard to look right, at you baby But here's my number, so call me maybe
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy But here's my number, so call me maybe And all the other boys, try to chase me, But here's my number, so call me maybe
Before you came into my life I missed you so bad I missed you so bad... I missed you so, so bad Before you came into my life I missed you so bad And you should know that
