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Thanks Ana! :) I felt like a princess!

Original Post by dalmalama:

hey sweepie!!!! can we see pix??

 Funny enough, I don't have any pics currently....but some were taken at my bachelorette party this past weekend...I'll have to get a hold of my BFF that took them and have her email them to me. I'll try though Dalma.

Tuna mixed with a little mustard, garlic powder or minced, onion powder or finely chopped and a little Frank's Red Hot sauce. Very yummy!!!

Original Post by watchmeshine82:

sweepie - how goes the wedding plans?  how goes the weight loss DURING the wedding plans?  haven't seen you post in FOREVER.

 I know, I've been really bad about getting in here in a very scarce free moment and posting. Wedding plans are going ok. I've made an appt for the guys to get measured for their tuxes this Saturday. One more thing to check off of the list. Thought we had our invitations done...then a few people that we didn't have addresses for but were on our list popped up...OOPS!!!! Gotta get some more done. *sigh* it's a never ending saga it seems! I tried my dress on 2 weeks ago...still fits perfectly. As for the weight loss...I haven't really lost weight, more like gained a few pounds...I think from all the stress. But I've lost almost 10" since the end of February when I joined Curves. I'm still going at least 3 days a week...try to push for 4, 5, or even 6 days when I can. But at this point with the craziness of summer plans and the wedding, 3 days is about all I can fit in, which really sucks! Going camping again next weekend...but it's at a friend's house, they're throwing a huge party for the 4th of July...in which they've invited people to camp instead of driving home intoxicated/tired. We've decided to take them up on that offer. Better to be safe than sorry.

In just a few weeks would be Shawn and my 5 year anniversary...I can't believe we've been together that long!!! It doesn't seem like that long some days...but then others it seems like it's been much longer. What can I say...I love him faults and all!!! Yeah he leaves his clothes every where, he doesn't help with household chores all the time, I cook most of the meals, but he still treats me good and takes care of me, and understands me. Plus the big one....accepts me for who I am.

A few weeks ago...I had a huge frustration breakdown with my diet...I hadn't been losing weight and that one day it finally got to me...and Shawn just sat there by my side, let me cry, scream at myself and what not...but he still told me that I was beautiful...and that he didn't care how much I weighed, or what I looked like; he loves me for who I am inside, and that's what matters most. I still get teary eyed when I think about that moment. *grabs a tissue* I guess that's why we're getting married....because we "get" eachother. We push eachother along with our diets/exercise, and are there for eachother when we fall short of what we should be.

I've glanced at a few posts....and noticed that some of you are wondering if you should "give up" what you have because he hasn't asked you to marry him yet or made no signs or even talked about that next step. The best advice that I can give you is to hold on to what you got, unless you absolutely know for sure that you will never marry that person. I can't tell you how many times that I put an ultimatium down to Shawn about us getting married. Heck last summer...I remember it like it was yesterday...we were sitting by the firepit in our backyard...and he had a few beers in him...and I said, "lets go get married tomorrow" he looked at me and said "nah, I don't think so". I was so upset that I went in the house and went to bed and didn't say one thing to him the rest of the night. I told him about it the next day because he didn't remember anything about it, and I told him that what he said hurt me, and that I was tired of holding on to a relationship that wasn't going anywhere. He flat out told me that he doesn't want to feel pressured, and every time that I bring it up, it pushes his further away from wanting to ever get married. Then in November when he proposed to me, I found out that he's had it in his head since SPRING TIME to ask me around Thanksgiving or Christmas!!!! The only people that knew were his parents, my parents and my sister & brother in law!!! He kept it a secret, and they did too so fricken well....I thought for sure I would have picked up on something strange going on, but I never did. So don't doubt your man....your time will come. That's the key...a real relationship needs time to grow and prosper. Just like a flower planted from a seed, you need to take care of it for it to grow. Without love and strong will, the flower will die...just like any relationship/friendship. Everything takes work for it to get where you want it to be. Your man might need that time to grow himself. Just don't give up if he hasn't asked you to marry him within the first few years of dating. If you would have asked me 3 years ago if Shawn and I were going to get married...I would have laughed!!! Not because I didn't want to marry him, but because he and I have already had that talk...and he flat out told me that he DIDN'T want to get married. I gave it time, and waited patiently...impatiently at times, and now we are getting married. I still don't believe that it's happening yet, but I've been told that that's normal...I won't believe it until the day of or the night before the wedding. So, bottom line...give it time. Rome wasn't built in 1 day! The best marriages are ones that the couple are together for a while before the marriage takes place. It gives each person plenty of time to get to know the other inside and out and see what they are truly like before taking a huge step.

Sorry, I'm rambling on.....sorry for the long post.

Miss you girls!!! Have a great day!

PS. ASH, sorry to hear that you got sun burnt really bad...hope you feel better soon. You may have gotten sun poisoning, be careful! Don't put aloe on it though, it holds the heat in and takes it longer to heal. Get some shea or cocoa butter lotion, that'll help with keeping your skin moist and not peeling. But for soothing...make a pot (a sauce pot, not a tea pot) or herbal tea, any kind...let it cool, and then take a towel and soak up some of the tea and then lightly ring out the excess, and then place on your burns...it'll help draw the heat out of the burn and makes it seem not as bad. Leave tea-soaked towel on until you feel the towel getting warm, and repeat as long as you want. Helps it heal too. Shawn's mom did this to me when we went camping a few summers ago and I got super burnt on a long walk to the beach/nature walk at a state park campground/lodge/resort by lake Erie.

*quietly sneaks in* Hi everybody!! Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I didn't forget about you guys! I've just flat out been to busy to check in.

I scanned a few of the posts today, then just decided to say "f it!" and just post something quick!

I really miss you guys. This darn wedding can't get here soon enough! I'll be glad when it's here and I have some time to get back into things and stop stressing about the little crap!

89 days & counting...can you tell I'm getting anxious?!?!?

I try to get on facebook & myspace here and there...which I find myself on there more often than I am on here...probably b/c it's easier to communicate with some of my bridal party that live in Alaska. Look me up/add me on there....facebook : Kristin Levandoski   www.myspace.com/mskristin1982

I need to get back to work before I get in trouble!

Hope you all are doing well. *hugs*

Miss you guys terribly!

Well, just as I thought...they aren't done firing at work...they fired another girl today...another one of my friends. GRR!!! I still don't think that they are done. I'm really starting to wonder if I'm next. She got caught using the internet for personal stuff on company time....so therefore I will be more cautious of my own stuff that I do, and not get online at work anymore. I will try to post in the evenings after my workouts, but I think even then will be hard to do. With so much to do around here when I get home (shower, house chores, soon yard/garden work, taking care of the dogs, making dinner) all before 10:00 bedtime! I'm going to be worn thin! Maybe that'll be a good thing.

But I caved this evening for dinner....the stress finally got to me...had mac & cheese for dinner...the whole box of kraft!!!! I couldn't believe it!!! Then I had some icecream....sugar free reduced fat turtle sundae....and Shawn made me a mixed drink...hell I don't even know what to call it....it was Capt. Morgan & diet Cherry 7Up. How I managed to stay on my diet and work outs during this whole month I have no idea. THe motivation was, still is there, but today I just couldn't push myself hard enough. Too many things on my mind.

I'm such a mess. Really stressing about possibly losing my job...I'm so scared. There is no way possible that Shawn and I could pay our bills with just one income. I doubt I'll get any sleep tonight.

On a bright note...grandma comes home from the hospital tomorrow. I think she'll still have to go in every so often for her therapy, but at least she'll be at home, where she likes it and is comfortable.

Thanks for all the good words about my loss of pounds, and about grandma, and my friend's husband.

Time to get ready for bed. G'nite ladies.

*hugs*

About Curves: I journaled about it because the entry was way too long!!!

Happy Thursday everybody!!! Make today count!

Great news ladies!!!! The "BAD" gym cancelled my membership...no questions asked, and no termination fee to pay either!!! YAY!!! I couldn't be happier!

I'm going to sign up with Curves this week. I stayed there about 40 minutes last night, worked up a really good sweat about halfway through my first circuit. Did 3 full circuits last night and felt great about it. I think I may do a full 3 all this week and then gradually work my way up to 4-5 circuits and see how that feels. Wouldn't that be great if I could "cut" my wedding dress in half by September?!?!?! They say it's doable if I keep at it and work hard at it.

Jambalaya last night was so good.

I'm going to lunch with some of the girls from work today...going out for Mexican...may treat this as my "cheat" day, but we'll see what I'm hungry for around lunch time. If I over do it at lunch, I'll just have some simple fat free popcorn for dinner. :)

Happy Hump Day ladies!!!

So I went to Curves last night and absolutely loved it! I can't wait to go back tonight. I still haven't heard from the other gym yet on what they've decided to do with my contract. I really hope they will cancel it for me since it wasn't what I signed up for. But Curves said they are willing to work with me throughout the ordeal. I get a 2 week membership for free and they said if I need more time, they'll give me more time to get things worked out. I'm so happy about that. I love the atmosphere there. The ladies that work there are so wonderful. They play good music too and time just flys on by! I got there at 5:10 last night and didn't leave until 6:50!!!! It didn't even seem like I was there that long. Though at the other gym, time just drug on like it was never going to end! They said my goal of 140lbs (down 110 lbs) is totally doable! I'm so excited! I can really see myself enjoying this. The best part of it is the sign up fee ($74) is truly a ONE TIME charge. I can cancel my membership whenever I want to, and if I decide to rejoin, I don't have to pay that $74 again. :)

Happy Skinny Tuesday ladies! :) I sent Shawn a text this morning wishing him a happy "FAT" Tuesday, and he sent one back wishing me a happy "skinny" Tuesday. Got a giggle out of it. I'm so glad nobody brought in packis in today!!! I have no will power when it comes to those!

I had peanut butter & jelly on wheat for lunch today, oh man was it good!!! I haven't had one in a while. Also had cauliflower bites & baby carrots with cucumber dill dip (fat free of course!). Making jambalya for dinner. OOOHHHH I can't wait!

My mom is coming down for "gardening" shopping and dinner on Friday. We're having tacos. Yummy!

Hope you are all having a great day! Sorry about being "absent" for so long, I found myself in a horrible rut of laziness with exercise & been crazy busy wedding planning to be quite honest about it!

Wow I finally get a moment that I'm not doing something to post...things have just been absolutely crazy at work lately. We had a snow storm come through yesterday afternoon, overnight, and into this morning, so the phones are pretty quiet today, THANK GOODNESS!

anywho...my stats...

I'm 5' 6.5" (told I carry my weight well)

SW:256 (Jan 2006)

CW: 239~243 (seems to be fluctuating a lot lately)

GW: 140 or so, but I think I'll see how 160 feels and looks on me and decide from there.

A little about me: I'm 26, work for a janitorial & packaging supply company. Live in Portage, Ohio (really small town south of Bowling Green, OH). I'm currently engaged and getting married in September (oh gosh I really can't wait any longer!!! Most of the big stuff is taken care of, sitting down with our photographer on Monday evening to decide on a package and pictures that I definitely want to have.) My favorite color is purple. I love all sorts of music. I have 3 hilarious miniture dachshunds. I love them so much, they are our "kids" for now until we decide we want to have an actual child of our own. Last summer it was so hot, we went out and bought a small childrens pool for the little guys.  I know it sounds really silly, but they really enjoyed getting into the pool with us for a cool down. I've been overweight all my life, and tried diet after diet and failed them all...I have a hard time staying away from food. I'm an emotional eater, and I'm stressed 6.5 out of 7 days a week....by the time I finally get unstressed, it's back to work, and it starts all over again. I love to cook, bake, and try new things. I go to the gym as much as I can, even though I don't like the gym I go to, I still try.

I guess that's me.

Welcome to all the new gals, and good luck!

Ash: Good luck with the house, I hope you can get it! :) I remember when Shawn and I bought our house in Dec 2007, it was very frustrating with all the paperwork being sent via snail mail from Ohio to Texas and back instead of Fed-Exing it since it already was on a short time frame. (sent out on Thursday, needed to be signed and back to Ohio by Monday) Needless to say, we had to move out of our place so the new owners could move in, and we had to move into Shawn's parents' house for 2.5 weeks until we could sign the papers on our house and move in. Very frustrating!

Man, lunch break is over...back to work.

Have a great HUMP day ladies!!!

Ally, You look great!!! Love the new pic. :)

I forgot about the on demand channels for a while too...but it helps that sometimes that I get home from the gym before Shawn does, so I can fit 1 or 2 of those work outs in after I get home from doing my workout at the gym. I know that sounds funny....but the gym that I'm forced to go to....I really don't like, and still don't feel comfortable there. But I still go and do the elliptical/treadmill/bike there and also the universal weights and try to fit in some of the free weights too. I'm not too big on getting into one of the classes, I'd rather do it at my own pace, but the on demand work outs are helping with that. So last night I was thinking....and I've decided to get into a routine of going to the gym lets say all week long, but on M-W-F, I stay there the whole time and do my WHOLE work out of cardio warm up, weights, and then cardio cool down. Then on Tues & thurs, I go to the gym and just do my cardio warm up (extra long 45mins -an hour) then go home (5-10 minute drive depending on traffic and lights) and then do the rest of my work out with the on demand channels. And on Saturdays it will be strictly the on demand work out right after I wake up in the morning since Shawn now gets off at noon every Saturday now. I think it'll help keep things changed up enough that I won't get bored, but also I won't be doing that same work outs on the on demand channels either....they change them every month, and there are so many to choose from any ways! The one I really got a laugh out of was Carmen Electra's Strip tease work out....I couldn't stop laughing when I watched it...I even attempted it...for possibly a little surprise for Shawn on our honeymoon???? LOL But not only change up my routine every week, but alternate weeks too...Like Week 1 & 3 I'll go to the gym every day, but do my full work outs there on M-W-F and the on demand workouts on Tues & Thurs, and full work outs on demand on Saturday. Then weeks 2 & 4, it'll be M-W-F partial work out at the gym and then OD workouts at home, and Tues & Thurs will be my full work outs at the gym...Do you think that will work???

Anywho, I'm glad that all of you are doing so well...it seems as though I'm stuck at 242 again....I hope it doesn't last too long before I start seeing some changes in my sizes again. I did the free weights last night at the gym, and I couldn't believe how hard it was for me to do my reps 3 & 4 (sets of 15 each rep) with just a 5lb weight!!! I didn't realize how weak I really was. :(

Going out of town for the weekend for a work meeting thing, so I won't be able to hit the gym, I'll have to make it count tonight at the gym, and definitely again on Monday when I can get back to the gym.

Dalma,

Yep, it sure is! :) Thanks for the good word!

Ally: yeah I had to cancel due to the weather, we got 5 inches of snow just on Friday alone...and then another 3 inches on Saturday. Most of the girls were coming from about 20 miles away, so I needed to think of them, and didn't want them driving in the horrible weather. I'm going to reschedule it though for sometime in February as the rest of this month is booked.

Shawn and I sat in on Saturday night (he got off work early) and made homemade semi-healthy pizza...the only unhealthy things on it were the cheese, crust. While he was at work, I browned up some ground turkey and sprinkled italian seasoning in it for flavor, ended up making it taste like sausage, it was really good. cooked up some turkey bacon and crumbled that up. cut up some green peppers, black olives, mushrooms, and onions. Man that pizza was really good. We cheated with the crust and used the pillsbury pizza crust that you just put onto the pan. Brushed that with olive oil to help make it golden, and then sprinkled a little italian seasoning it for added flavor. We made it onto one of our cookie sheet pans so it was a rectangle pizza (i get tired of round pizza!) so our slices were little squares about 3". Then we got really bad and made some cheesy garlic bread. Used our country crock spread, 1 tsp minced garlic and melted that in the microwave, then brushed it on the crust, and then baked in the oven, and about 5 minutes before it was done, we took it out and topped with cheese...I was so bad this weekend!!!!

I'm up to 241.5...grr...that makes me so mad! It's my own fault though.

We went to a bridal show on Sunday, and were tasting some of the cake samples that they had out so we could get an idea of what kind of cake we would like...I think I had maybe 3 1" squares of cake...but I'm still mad at myself for that. Then went to my parents' house for dinner that afternoon and had pork loin roast, with mixed veggies (unsalted- I hate salt!), and some garlic red potatoes (had some other seasonings on it too). It was so good, I know I had more than what I should have.

But I still went to the gym yesterday and worked out for about 30 minutes, I started getting a headache while I was on the treadmill so I had to stop & skip doing my weights. But Monday morning back to the normal routine, 2 HB eggs & 2 slices of toast for breakfast, progresso light soup for lunch....failed at dinner had 2 slices of left over pizza and 1 small slice of cheesy garlic bread, with 1 cup of milk. Try again tonight...salad for dinner.

Back to the gym after work today, I'm really going to push myself hard tonight. I hope the weather doesn't ruin it though. We're supposed to get more snow today about 1-3 inches and another 2-4 inches tomorrow. BLAH! I actually want to work out so hard that it hurts...I want to feel the burn...no pain, no gain or loss however you see fit. I will do it as a punishment to myself for gaining over the weekend....eventhough I had tons of water to help with the salt (cheese & crust) of the pizza.

I stepped on the scale this morning and....

Drum roll please.......

239.5!!!!!

I was way excited when I saw that this morning...it's Friday...payday...and a good weight day!!! YAY!!!

YAY!!! I'm on the right track again!!! I skipped my HB egg whites & toast this morning and just had some fresh cut fruit (pineapple, melons, grapes & strawberries). I brought a big bowl in to work for a co-workers b-day. I can't stay away from it. It's so yummy.

Had a salad last night with pan grilled chicken last night...oh so yummy!!! greek vinegrette dressing, fresh tomatoes, HB egg whites, and chopped green onions and a few kalamata olives (my fav), washed the salad down with a glass of milk. But had tons of water yesterday to help wash the salt away. And still drinking tons of water this morning.

Happy Friday Ladies!!!!

I'm still alive and kicking ladies!!! This wedding planning is really tiring!!! But I've been trying to get to the gym when I can...seems like 1-3 times a week...things are so hectic. I'm so glad that that holidays are finally over! I hope everybody had a great Christmas and New Year. We had our engagement party on New Years Day...Shawn fried a turkey...man that was awesome!!! I made darn sure to stay away from the dark meat and the skin...I only had the breast meat, which I read is only about 70 cals for 2oz. I had maybe 3-3.5 oz at max, but it was really good!!! The left overs I've been cutting up and putting in my salads for dinner. Oh man things have been great. For breakfast I eat 2 hard boiled eggs (NO YOLK) just the whites, and give the yolk to the dogs, and also have 4 oz of 1% milk (or just a bottle of water), and 2 slices of whole grain wheat toast with 1tsp (between the two pieces) of county crock spread with calcium & vitamins. Then I've been having healthy choice meals for lunch. I love those things!!! Then have the salad for dinner when I get home from the gym or just home from work.

Last Saturday I went dress shopping and found my perfect dress...and funny enough, it's not the dress that I picked out originally. I picked different bridesmaids dresses to, I'll have to get you guys the pictures soon!!!

Shawn has started dieting with me, he wants to bulk up muscle wise, and lose his belly fat. He meets with his trainer (a close family friend who owns a co-ed gym and is the trainer there) 3 times a week to start with and then will get up to meeting with him 6 days a week. He says he's been pretty sore, but I keep telling him to drink more water and eat more proteins. So he's been eating tuna, shrimp, and hard boiled eggs plus his salads too and lots of water (he can't drink plain water, he has to put those flavor packets in them) which is fine. To each their own right?

But in the last week he's gone from 209 to 203.5. In the last week I've gone from 244/245ish to 241. I haven't gained any weight from the holidays...Thank goodness. Somehow I've managed to watch what I ate carefully.

But back to my dress, I tried on 5 dresses total that day, felt good in 2 of them...but my #3 dress was the dress that I chose. I think I tried that one on at least 3 times. The final time coming out of the dressing room, my mom, my future mother in law and one of my bridesmaids started to cry. I looked in the mirror and started to cry a little bit myself. I knew then, that was the dress. We had alot of fun. What's even better (to a point) the dress fit me perfectly....right now it doesn't need any alterations whatsoever. But I do know of a reasonably priced seamstress incase I do need it taken in before the wedding. WAHOO!!! 

I then treated them to Applebee's for lunch...I was a bit bad, ordered the smothered chicken...man they really loaded that up with veggies!!! But that's fine, I love veggies. I only had 2 pieces of toast that morning for breakfast and by 2pm I was starving!!! I thought my stomach was going to cave in. Had a light dinner that night....salad with "taco" chicken on it.

I think we're going to come in under budget for our wedding. Still have to price a few things out yet, but so far everything is going great!

Hope you are all doing well. Take care.

I'll try not to stay away so long from now on. I'll keep y'all posted on the weight loss progress.