All is well!

Well I survived the remaining weeks up until our wedding and honeymoon.  Last night we got back from Jamaica (oh how I miss it!) and resumed normal life today.  I can't lie, I'm happy things went as well as they did.  Our wedding was PERFECT and the location and everything was beautiful.  I felt fabulous in my dress, JP looked studly in his tux and everyone had a great time.  4 days later we headed to Jamaica and spent 5 amazing days down there.  This week I work everyday and then Thursday is the big move and hopefully the start of a new job.  I see everything is well with all the EP's and will likely have another update and some new pics from the wedding/moon soon!

2 Weeks Left!

Well 2 weeks til the big day!  I've been losing weight consistantly and have been working out about 3x a week.  Life is super busy right now, I wish I could quit my jobs I'm so sick of work right now.  Within the next month we will be getting married, going to jamaica, coming back, moving to a new city, transferring schools, and changing all the crap that goes with getting married and moving.  Ayecaramba.  I'm stressed but maintaining my sanity, and I know in 2 weeks a lot of this will be OVER. 

I've been reading some blogs and although I haven't commented it's good to see success from my buddies!

Wedding Dress Ahoy

Well yesterday I started my fittings for my dress.  It looks great and the only thing that needs to be changed is the "privacy patch" (the thing that covers your bottom on lace up dresses) and it needed to be bustled.  It looks really nice and I'm very happy with it. 

3 1/2 weeks left till the big day, I've been trying to work out but if you've ever planned a wedding before you know that it's virtually impossible to fit in anything after a certain point.  But I have weigh in tom, so we'll see how my work in the diet dept.  has paid off.

Thanks for the words of encouragement! 

7 Weeks Bridal BOOTCAMP!

Howdy everyone!  Ms. Michelle reporting here with a more upbeat post than usual lol.  So I'm finally done moving for now, at least for about 7 months then we'll see what happens.  I have started WW again, posted my current weight (ugh), been tracking points, measuring, and trying to keep a sane mentality when it comes to food (meaning I keep reminding myself that I don't need to eat if I'm not hungry, chocolate tastes good but doesn't make me happy etc).  I'm going back to eating to live not living to eat.  So here's my "BBC Plan"

Nutrition:

1. Stay within my points budget, don't use my AP's on food unless it's a post-workout protein bar/shake
2. I'm not nesessarily avoiding carbs, but I'm trying to swap breads for salads, and some fruits for veggies instead.
3. Drink lots of ice water, I like really cold water so much more and I drink more of it

Workout:

1. Do 45-minutes of cardio everyday, mostly in the form of TurboJam because I love it and work hard at it. 
2. MWF do Ab Jam after Turbo, TThSa do TurboSculpt after TJ 
3. Take Buddy (my fiances stupid dog) for 2 39 minute walks everyday, to fight boredom. 

Beauty:

1. Tan 3X per week
2. Enjoy the sauna at work 3X per week, maybe more
3. Get lots of SLEEP!
4. Before the wedding I'm getting a mani/pedi and a massage.  So that will be my grand reward for all of this hard work!

Really Dissapointed in Me

I am so dissapointed in myself.  If you look at my weight chart, I'm back at 173, and naturally I'm upset.  I have let myself fall by avoiding EP, my WW meetings, and my friends bc I knew that I had had fallen off the bandwagon, rolled down a hill, crashed into a tree and woke up (hyothetically speaking) in a world of chaos that revolved around me making bad decisions and all the guilt associated with it.  So, yesterday I took new pics and tried to decide on a plan of action. 

1) Start attending meetings again.  I can finally attend Weds night meetings again.  Hooray!

2) Write everything down.  I have my 3month journal just waiting to be used.

3) Choose to either eat clean, or follow WW

4) Workout consistantly.  60 mins cardio 3X a week and every other day I have a great new lifting program I designed for 3X per week plus I got my bike fixed so I'll be biking/rollerblading everywhere again. 

5) Wear fitted clothes.  NO ELASTIC! I've been wearing sloppy, loose jogging pants and stuff.  I look frumpy.

6) I'm going to "dress for success".  If I look good, I feel good and I act good.

As for the rest of the week, when I get done with work today I'll work out, tommorow I have Turbo Jam, Thursday I work 4am to 2pm,then I'll lift, then I'll be moving like crazy.  Friday I'll be unpacking all day but I'm excited to get moved in and enjoy STABILITY. 

Getting Busaaaay

No!  I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth- BUT I couldn't believe it's been nearly a month since I've been on here!  I've spent the last 3 weeks studying, moving and working like crazy!  I got my job at Bodyworks and I LOVE IT!  The staff is great, as are the gym members.  It's a really friendly and fun atmosphere.  BONUS: free membership!

Anyways, so I still haven't weighed in in like 3 weeks... but I've still been working on maintaining control on my eating.  I've noticed my financial problems and food problems kinda go hand in hand.  I used to spend close to $150 a week on food- for just me.  See something wrong with that picture?  Me too.  So I'm working on control of my $$ and eats and trying to eat many meals at home and stick to a list when I shop.  I had a grea triumph last week, when it was Cinco de Mayo.  I'm a huge chips/salsa/gauc fan and I went to the store to get some groceries and caved and decided to buy chips and guac to eat all day... BUT when I got to the cash register I said.. I don't have enough money to get these (chips, guacamole) and the casher rolled her eyes and took them.  I was so happy that when I hopped in my car after that I whipped out my journal and wrote an entry right in the middle of the parking lot.  Not only did I not buy the junk, but I didn't spend more than I intended. 

Moving sucks!  So JP and I moved in together last week but haven't actually lived together until well, today.  That kid is kinda messy.  It doesn't help that we are completly unsettled and disorganized but he has about 3 different things he has started to do and hasn't finished all over the place.  Plus all the shopping for stuff we've had to do, errands to run, wedding stuff to do, and all the family visits the past 2 weeks have been exhausting.  And the week isn't over..

Wish I Was More Active

Hey EPr's.  I wish I had more time but I'm probably just going to be giving weekly updates as I get the chance.  So here's this weeks update:

School is winding down and things are going well.  Not a lot of homework right now and the weather is AMAZING so I've been outside a lot lately.  I've missed my last WI and will miss this weeks as well because of work.  I had a nasty week food wise last week, but am back in the groove again.  I'm trying core plan/clean eating.  So I'm tracking my food on the Core tracker but eating as clean as possible (natural, whole, lean, unprocessed foods) and eating 5-6 meals a day.  I have more time on my hands right now to do this so it's working out pretty good.  I think I could get used to this not a lot of hw, not a lot of work life lol.... Alright time to EP stalk some of my buddies. 

Back from a long weekend

Sorry I'm always inactive on the weekends- I always feel like I miss out on a lot over the weekend lol... but here's some stuff for the weekend

Week 3 WW topic: Trigger Enviroments

BWAHAH- I have truly loved this series of meeting topics, because well, I am a trigger eater!  I've definitly learned a lot over the past 3 weeks and this week was no exception.  So first we started off by identifying our trigger enviroments.  Well I believe that any enviroment can be a trigger if the timing is right.  But my trigger enviroments include: restaurants, my mom or dads house, my grandma's house, nighttime, unfamiliar surroundings etc. 

So the next phase is learning to manage your surroundings.  When I first jioned WW I would bring my own food to my parents' house, and order accordingly at restaurants.  At home, I plan ahead and don't keep trigger foods around.  At work, I bring my own meals.  As the years have gone by I have looked at gma's, dad's, and mom's as "free eating" time- I eat pretty much constantly when I'm at home.  Also, they have all sorts of food that I don't normally eat at my disposal.  Sooooo how do I manage those enviroments that aren't truly mine to control?  Well one of my oldest tricks is to just make the entire family dinner or at least help with it so I can guess-timate the points.  Something I've done recently at my dad's house is play DDR with my lil bro instead of hanging out in the kitchen.  At my grandmas I've been playing games with the cousins or talking to my grandpa to stay distracted.  It's still tough but I've been getting better. 

When I'm at home which is where I spend most of my time  I try to keep my room and stuff as clean and organized as possible, I keep my cupboards full of healthy, tasty foods and try to keep myself focused.  Everyday is a challenge but I'm a work in progress

TURBO DAMN!!

O-M-G.

So today for activity I did Cardio Party 2 and 3T(totally tubular turbo).  CP3 wasn't too rough, but 3T OUCH!!!  It was TOUGH!  Part way through, Chalene goes "4 more", I think grrrr.... 3 2 1 and then she says and "PULSE IT!" I yelled YOU BITCH! My roomates were like wtf... lol... I really do love you Chalene- just not today!  So I earned 7 AP'S.  Woohoo!

Meals so far have been tasty- I've been experimenting with soy and boca products.  For lunch I had a Boca "Chicken" patty on a wheat bun with the fixins'.  It was pretty tasty and not as many points as a normal bread chix patty. 

UGhhhhhhh I'm gonna go write a paper and go to class. 

WBC=Ridiculous

Anyone heard of Westboro Baptist Church?  They are an extremist anti-everyone "christian" group.  They had the balls to come to my university today in protest of the 3 students that died in the fire over the weekend.  They were met with our student body driving them the f*** back to Kansas.  There were about 6 of them, and about 300 of us and more gathering.  They were surrounded by the cops and escorted off campus bc the situation was getting dangerous.  You redneck, imbred assholes on a self righteous kick- welcome to Wisconsin.  I would love to know where they give themselves the right to judge, in the end it is only God's judgement that condemns the evil, wrong and sins of this world.

Well, now that that's out of my system, I'm down another pound this week.  Next week I'm hoping to make it 2 pounds.  I took some Tylenol PM last night to help me sleep and cure my neck pain and woke up feeling much better today.  I'm excited to do Cardio Party 2 and Ab or Lower Body Jam today.  I'm think Ab Jam bc my calves are still pretty sore.  Hope everyone is doing great!