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<\/p>\nI am officially going to forgo even the NOTION that I’m going to put together well thought out, informative posts until such time as I return from Vegas and am a happily married lady.\u00a0 So, for the next two weeks, welcome to my stream of consciousness.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s zee updates.<\/p>\n
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Project: Unfluffy Bride<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, well, well.\u00a0 I guess the voice in the back of my head was right.\u00a0 See, I was trying “you can lose weight AND be as active as you are and eat like a normal human, really, you can do it!”…but I really suspected that it was more like “to lose the last 20 lbs, you’re going to have to go through some serious pain”.\u00a0 Both in terms of working out less than I want to, and eating less than I want to.\u00a0 I’m 2 days in and feel weak.\u00a0 I don’t feel like I could go out and run for an hour today.\u00a0 I did 30 mins of DDR and about 30 mins of weights, and I’m BEAT.\u00a0 And this is after 2 full days (one unplanned) off.\u00a0 Tomorrow I’m HOPING to go for a relaxed 5k jog but I’m not even sure I’ll be up for it.<\/p>\n The upside: I’m down 3 lbs.\u00a0 From yesterday.\u00a0 Pre-workout I weighed 153.0 and post workout I weighed 152.4.\u00a0 Yesterday I was at 155.4.\u00a0 Last week, my LOW weight was 156.4.\u00a0 I don’t expect to continue to see results like this (nor do I want to – it’s just not healthy), but it is giving me the sign that this is the right thing to do.\u00a0 If I can continue to lose a few ounces each day, I might even make my previous goal of being under 150 by the time I leave for Vegas.\u00a0 If I find success with this method and want to continue after the wedding, I don’t think I can do it all the time.\u00a0 I’m thinking maybe 1 week on, 1 week off or something.<\/p>\n So Monday Stats:<\/p>\n Numbers: 1271 calories in, 0 calories workout.<\/p>\n Mood: sorta dismal.\u00a0 It didn’t help that I really front loaded my day with the calories (150 cal breakfast, 600+ calorie lunch since I went out to tex mex, and 50 calories fruit snack), but then I had to hit the grocery store hungry right after work, and it was PACKED.\u00a0 By the end of the trip I was *overit*.\u00a0 I had planned to do a short workout that evening but I was even more *overit*, so instead we had dinner.\u00a0 Dinner was actually delicious and filling (a filet and a half of mahi mahi in lemon pepper, rice, and stir fry veggies), but then later we flipped on food network and it was Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives.\u00a0 Yeah, that’s helpful after day 1 of calorie restriction.<\/p>\n However, I have to say – seeing 152 point something on the scale made it worth it.\u00a0\u00a0 This may be the first time since my race I’ve been that low.\u00a0 I was fearing that after the day I had it was going to be up to like 157 or something and I was going to be posting a very different thing today.\u00a0 Today should be easier since I don’t have to navigate a restaurant menu and have big, filling, healthy meals planned, plus I’ve already got my workout done so I don’t have to worry about anything this evening.<\/p>\n Wedding Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s really hard to do this all remotely.\u00a0 For example, they’re asking me about the table linen colors, and it’s hard to tell what they mean by purple – and saying deep purple isn’t really clearing it up (is deep purple plum or violet or what).\u00a0 I’m going to walk into everything never having seen the cake, the flowers, etc – and that’s making me a little nervous.\u00a0 What I do have to keep remind myself is… no one is going to remember if the table linens don’t exactly match the cake which doesn’t exactly match my colors and bouquet.<\/p>\n I’m still finding out how much centerpieces are going to be if they just take care of them, but I’m going to venture that it will be cheaper to do them myself.\u00a0 The plan right now (unless the flowers end up being supah cheap) is to get to a craft store in Vegas the day before and pick up something, whether it be the tea lights\/mirrors\/flower petals idea or oversized glasses with something in them (I’d love to put real fish in them – how cool would that be – but since no one is really local, I don’t know what we’d do with them after).<\/p>\n Other things on the list include reception timeline (what happens when so our master of ceremonies can keep stuff moving along), reception play list, some of the wedding party gifts, a few hair and makeup details for me, and I think that’s about it.\u00a0 Oh yeah.\u00a0 And deciding whether to do purple and white linens or just white.\u00a0 Hate that I don’t see anything until the day of.\u00a0 Wish they could send over pictures – it’s kinda what I expected.\u00a0 I’m a visual person, SHOW ME the color, don’t describe it.\u00a0 Le sigh.<\/p>\n Anyone else have something cool to report?\u00a0 My favorite thing right now is that it’s 12:30 and just about time to eat.\u00a0 Hooray!<\/p>\n Images today by toothpastefordinner.com<\/a> because…well, I wanna.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.toothpastefordinner.com\/090909\/shamanic-interview-technique.gif\")
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