When we made the trip out to Jaffrey this summer and finally decided on my dress, I was measured and picked my size. With that in place, all I had to do was call and give them my info. So exciting! As I mentioned, I'm not posting pictures of my dress on here, but if you want to see it, just let me know and I'll send you the link! Now that the dress is ordered though, another, very serious realisation has taken hold of my brain. I have to wear it. For a whole day. And be photographed in it. More than I have ever been photographed in my life. And these are not pictures I can make silly faces in to distract from the rest of the image. Or pictures I can (or want to) look at once and pretend I didn't see.
I need to get me to the gym!
I am not a slender girl. I haven't been for pretty much my entire (very short) adult life. I have a bad relationship with food and a worse relationship with the gym. Earlier this year, I joined Weight Watchers and lost (and kept off) 20 pounds. Which is a good start. I don't expect to look like a person I am not at my wedding. I'm not looking to lose 80 pounds, or even 60 pounds. But I'd like to look like a better version of me.
So I'm going to go to the gym. Not just because I want to look good in my wedding pictures, which I do. But because I want to be healtier. And I want my body to be in better shape, for me, for Mike (*giggle*), and for the children I'm going to have in a few years.
I don't expect crazy results. But I think with a few good decisions, repeated over the next 9 months, I could do pretty well!
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It sounds like you need some motivators! When I wanted to loose some weight for a wedding I cut out pictures of the dress I had to wear and posted it everywhere -- the fridge, my day planner, in my iPod case, anywhere I might look. I understand that you may not want to do that with pictures of your dress, but you can cut out pictures of other wedding dresses. That may help.
Also, think about taking a class at the gym that is at the same time every week and commit to that time slot by scheduling it right into your week. A class will help to keep you focused because it is usually more fun and often is a better way to gauge how much you have progressed. You may also get to know some buddies that will help to encourage you.
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