“We don’t want you to lose weight. We just want you to be healthy … by eating less.”
A part of me died when I tried on my wedding dress with my new pair of Spanx and realized, oh crap, these underpants that were supposed to hold in my muffins totally show. I’m so dumb. The back of my dress is low. I should have known.
I guess the only thing left to do is diet and exercise. Boo. Hiss. Snarl.
Nah, I’ve been pretty good, getting personal training sessions with my fit sis and running on the treadmill. I also gave up soda for Lent (I’m not Catholic but I get bored in life and like little challenges) and have been incorporating more veggies in my diet. I’m really digging this article in Glamour called “10 Lazy Ways To Lose Weight” (best headline ever), which has some good tips like plan your meals before you begin your day, do cardio intervals, lift heavier weights, eat a fiber-rich breakfast, and so on. (See, I’m so lazy, I can’t even get out the magazine for ya.) I’m feeling pretty motivated right now (I even passed up Kogi BBQ when the truck was right next to my office — 800 awesome points for that one) but I know that I have to keep it up. “Put your mind to it, go for it, get down and break a sweat …” (Any Saved By The Bell fans here?)
I suppose this is my official Wedding Slim Down! post, which is kind of cliche and obnoxious, but you know … so am I.
Hi.
You are really, really not fat.
In fact, I’ll call you skinny.
Please don’t stress too much about this, okay!? :)
(Says the girl who now eats bowls of cereal whenever the heck she wants. Heck yes.)
Ha, I LOVE that Knocked Up clip! So funny.
I read that Glamour piece too, good stuff!
i’m right there with you on project tighten, haha. i don’t have my dress yet but i’m just praying that when i get it it fits fine and no alterations needed.
also, i second ashley’s comment. no stressing too much about this. if i’m not allowed to, neither are you :)
loved the saved the bell reference….from the hot sundaes group!
I concur with Ashley :)
The bored with life note totally cracked me up too, hahaha! I mean, I am sorry that you are bored with life and have to give up soda :p
I feel like every day I toss aside my eating habits and laziness and start fresh with my own “Operation Buff Bride.”
And then I get hungry.
Seriously, I work out at least four days a week and I know it’s food that keeps me from actually accomplishing my goals. Damn that food. It’s so good.
I’m trying not to stress too much, but it’s hard. I want to look fine, dammit!!
Well, yeah. I’m right there with you. Skinny, but soft. :)
gotta get tight. that’s my mantra. more tight, less squishy.
So my first dress fitting is in about two weeks and I’m eating everything in sight, which totally does NOT make sense but I think my brain thinks I have to take advantage of the time when the dress is still a bit abstract cause after next week it will hit me how much I paid for that ish and I better fit into it in 6 months. No wait, 5. Crap!
I love the name of the post because that’s where I am, too. I want to TIGHTEN, not necessarily lose weight.
I think it’s silly to conform to a dress, but we do it anyway. (:
you are adorable but not anywhere near fat. like not even remotely.
that being said, i know the feeling. and the title of this post is exactly how i feel. i don’t need to be a crazy toothpick, i’d just like it if my arm didn’t shake when i waved. or my ass shake while i’m doing dishes. or anything shaking when i’m not PURPOSELY SHAKING IT.
p.s. that clip really made me want to watch knocked up again.
oh my. i don’t think i can give up soda. lol. it’s my water. :)
Exercise. Uh. It’s on my crumpled up “to-do” list. Drinking chocolate Silk at night keeps me from late night snacking, if that helps!
Tkb, pilates, zumba. When all else fails, butting your self in work, works well for me. Also booze will make you fat faster than soda, look at Alan. Oh one thing I read is if you start meals with soup you will consume a lot less calories in a day. Also you are not fat, and losing weight usually happens in the boobies first.