UFFI and YAY moments

My gym is closing for two weeks. If you told me 4 months ago that I would be stressing over a gym closing, I would have laughed, really, really hard. But today, in the here and now, not being able to use their machines and thingamajigs is really stressing me out.

I was hoping to get 10 entrances to the swimming pool and go do 30-50 laps every morning. But you guessed it, in sunny, hot, wonderful Italy it's raining cats and dogs. With the nuptials getting ever closer, moneys tighter than ever and investing in some free weights is looking like the only option but even they are hellishly expensive.

What is a girl to do? I have 30 days to lose the last 3.3 kg (it's never going to happen). I have dinner tastings, friends arriving, town festivals, mother in law birthdays and with all these temptations/you have to eat or you look like a paranoid bridezilla events I DON'T HAVE A GYM (uffi).

On the Up side here are the changes I have seen so far (yay):
-I no longer have the flaps of fat on my back, under my arms (I hated them!!!)

-I was crossing the street and had to pass between motorbikes, that where parked and didn't have to turn sideways.

-I can stand up on a barstool in a flash, to get something down from a high cupboard, something I didn't even hazard a months ago.

-I can see my hip bones a bit, goodness I missed them.

-The first time I ran for 10 minutes on the treadmill I felt INVINCIBLE.

-I have crazy energy, I send my boyfriend nutty with all the organizing, cleaning, cooking healthy snacks and what have you.

-When the dentist's assistant called me into the doctors office, not because the dentist was ready to see me, but because she wanted to know how I had lost the weight.

-On a Sunday after many big meals out, we went for our old walk around the block. We had to do it twice as we didn't even work up a sweat the first time round.

-I feel I can wear pretty shoes and I painted my toenails.

-I started buying summer dresses.

-I went to the swimming pool, went semi naked in public without dyeing (sp?) or wanting to have the earth swallow me whole.

-I love spinach, who knew???

-My bottom fits in a chair, in the sense it no longer extends farther out on the sides.

-I feel better, I mean really better!!! I needed this so much for me, myself and I.

-My tummy no longer rests on my legs, when I sit. Well every now and then it does if I drink lots and lots of water.

-My ankle which I hurt a few years ago and never stopped giving me grief. No longer hurts after every time I walk, dance, anything. I feel free.

-I have lost the waddle and the X legs.

What have been your changes?

Wow! Congratulations. By the sounds of it you'll do ok without the gym you seem on a winning streak.

I don't have many changes and nothing that impressive, but:

- I can't wait to see my boyfriend mid September as I have this new sexy body to show off and I haven't seen him since the end of June.

- My thighs don't get sore if i wear a skirt without tights

- My face has changed, I look older maybe but in a good, i don't get IDed at bars way (or maybe it's just easier to tell I'm my age)

- and lastly (which isn't actually something I like but is a change) I get wolf whistled at a few times a week (and chatted up by drunk men on trains). Very annoying but it hadn't happened in years so the first time I wondered who they were whistling at so i guess It shows I look better or at least I feel better about how I look.

I also had a long distance relationship with my boyfriend, while I was away at university. I know how hard it is, and how frustrating it can become. He is going to be so proud of your hard work!!! Have you kept your weight loss a surprise or does he know how extra sexy you have made yourself?

Now I know, that as empowered women we should find no pleasure in wolf whistles and stairs. But goodness the validation is really great sometimes!!!

Congratulations on your success!!!

He knows I've been dieting all year and has seen me a couple of times since I started. The first time when I'd lost a lot quickly I think he was quite shocked (in a good way). I don't think he realised I was that determined or that it would make such a difference.

This time I really am starting to feel like I look more solid though, rather than jiggly, so I hope he likes it. He's super skinny and loves sport so I think I'll feel more confident being fitter when he's over.