happinessandlove's Journal

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I bought that dress today to wear to a wedding next month.. The large fit PERFECT so I bought a MEDIUM because I really don't want to buy a large and then it is too big in a month... worst case senario is that either 1. I have to wear some kind of heavy duty control top thing to get it zipped up (I can get it on but the little side zipper under my arm will not do up) or 2. I will be able to wear it at MY bridal shower in July :) I really do not usually buy clothes that don't fit but since I have lost 13lbs so far and am working hard I am sure that I WILL be able to wear it soon enough... I felt really good in it. It is so cheery, flirty and summer... very feminine. and I felt pretty in it. I am finding it easier and more enjoyable to try on clothes... used to be so depressing.

I was at the gym for an hour and a half today... 1 hour of yoga/pilates class and then 30 min of cardio. and a few hours of shopping!! 4 hours to be exact :)

The one part of my body that I have really noticed a big difference is my shoulders!!!! they are lean and defined... must be cause I work them in pilates and yoga, and weights, and on the elliptical I use the machine that works your arms... all my hard work is paying off.... slowly but still.

I am getting back on track.... I was SO TIRED last week. I don't know why. I thought I was fighting a cold or virus but the weather was VERY depressing too... I went back to Bodyflow two days in a row, today will be my 3rd. I have more energy... I am going to do the weight circuit after bodyflow class tonight... as for my eating. it hasn't been the best but I am back on track now... for real. I am going to a wedding in a month and my fiance is the best man so I really want to look great and buy a new summer dress. Also my bestfriend is coming up to visit for 5 days at the end of May and I haven't seen her since the beginning of Feb. I have been super busy doing wedding stuff. Getting there... less than 4 months.

All the windows in our house are wide open and it is not cold air coming in- that is a FIRST for this year. YAY! FINALLY spring weather. I think I seriously live in the wrong place... my ideal is somewhere warm and sunny year round. I would have no problem skipping the 5-6 months of hard core winters... BLEH. On our next (military) posting we requested Germany, Alaska, or Seattle, WA. But for now (and the next 2 or 3 ) years we are in small city in northern Ontario (we are at the border to the north)... It is pretty, the people are nice, there is a huge lake (and beach at the end of our street) and deer everywhere... however only one shopping centre, one movie theatre complex and no big box stores (Chapters, Michaels...) or Starbucks. I am a big city girl :) Could I live here forever? I don't think so... I've gone from living downtown in a city with a million people to living in the suburbs by a lake in a city in the north with 50,000 people... The only other place I have lived is Toronto- which is what? 5 million people!

I seemed to have rambled on a bit...

I have been using my skin tightening gel at least once a day... It dries quickly so you can apply it and dress right away, which makes it more user friendly... so far: skin feels and looks a bit tighter... I will keep applying it religiously and see what happens.. It says it takes 2 weeks to notice. I find this one nice, smells good, dries quickly and is inexpensive so if it works I will definitely keep using it. Summer is coming. Bathing suit season :) I am determined to feel confident in a bathing suit this year...

weigh in this morning- I am still at 178. I am SO HAPPY. That is 4 lbs in one week, and almost 2lbs less than my weigh in 2 weeks ago. and I have not been to the gym in a week! I just have not been feeling good. I have been trying to eat well though.... but this past week I have been kinda off my normal rountine, had a few glasses of red wine, no gym, not writing down what I am eating... but not eating junk so I guess that is why I am still doing well.