My left leg is in a soft cast, from the knee down, this weekend (from my big vein treatment) so I am not weighing in this week. I’d rather not mess with myself carrying around the extra weight of the bandaging.

So, until next week…

Four weeks to the wedding. Sorry I didn’t check in last week. I did step on the scale, but didn’t do measurements for some reason…

Anyway - I am down 3 lbs off last week and 4 off my last documented one. I have been experiencing an odd phenomenon where I am not hungry. Not feeling snacky, not feeling a grumbly tummy…just not feeling like eating. I eat my meals when I should be and then I just manage to forget about food the rest of the time. I don’t know if it is nerves or stress or a strange side effect of my vein treatments and tanning or what…but I’m not complaining. I’m saving a fortune in snackies!

I’m also down an inch - so nothing too impressive on that front.

My last vein treatments left me unable to work out for the past week.  Amazing how a few needles to the groin can do that to a person.   And when the veins shrink they feel a bit like pulled muscled in my legs.  So the only thing I have been doing consistently is a bit of walking.  I have my last pre-trip treatment on this coming Wednesday and will have my leg bound for a solid week so I will still be stuck just walking.  I am going to try to get in a couple of videos before then, though, now that my groin is feeling better.

I am getting really excited about the trip.  It is so soon.  There is still alot to do, but it is fun stuff like making the programs and wrapping things and getting our outfits pressed really well etc.  I have to make a list of everything that’s left so we won’t forget anything…

lol - I’m a bit sore tonight, but I had a fantastic workout this morning.  TJ 20 min and followed up with the arm segment on Firm Super Body Sculpt.

I feel good.  I feel motivated.  Nothing can stop me today.

I also made a deal with myself today to avoid dairy for the next 6 weeks.  Nott counting any of my foods that use cheese as flavouring, but no obvious additional dairy (no chip dip, no cheese nada).  I also am staying away from chocolate but that isn’t much of a heart breaker - I find I don’t get the same satisfaction from it anymore.  I’d extend this to all sweets, but I’m dieting, not stupid.

Ok - one day maybe doesn’t qualify as back, but as of today I have exactly six weeks til the wedding.  No time to sluff off anymore.

So here’s my plan.  Week by week, I will set new goals for the week of workouts.  This week, I am going to do Turbo Jam 20 min Workout everyday.  Three of the days (Tues, wed, thurs) I will add on a 15 min weight workout going as heavy as I can.  Sunday is yoga day.

I ate well today and I feel really good.

Six weeks to the wedding. I am up 3 lbs this week, but i think it is entirely hormonal. I am down 1.5 inches so that counts for something.

I started my vein treatments on Thursday and have had to try to walk as much as possible and I imagine that will help me in the long run. My legs are really tired and can be sore if I stand too long, but I am hoping that passes quickly.

I am torn about whether I want to really concentrate on weight loss over the next 6 week because I don’t really want to do last minute alterations to the dress…but I know I can still accomplish a great deal in that timeframe and alterations should make me happy! Oh the dilemma! lol.

In the end, I have decided that I am going to do what I can and try to accept my body as it is. After all, I have a friend who tells me most of the people when he was in mex were much larger than I am!

Holding steady.  The sickness weight has stayed off.  Have been so busy being sick and finalizing the wedding that I haven’t had time to workout but am hoping to get back to it very soon.  In the meantime I am watching what I eat and getting really excited about the wedding and the trip!

Ok - the bridezilla moment has passed and I have found my perfect wedding dress!

Well, the good thing about being really sick is that most of the really worthwhile bad foods are solid and if you can’t swallow them, you can’t eat them. I lost 3 lbs this week. No exercise because I was too sick to get out of bed for 5 days. I don’t advocate it as a worthwhile diet move, but it did work. The only notable thing is that it did not mean inch loss…so I must have lost some muscle mass…booo. Once I am fully better, I will be back to the weights again…

How is it that right as I am starting something new, I get completely ill? I was about to start Marilu Henner’s plan this week and am now so sick I can barely move. I am doing my best to stay with the eating and am committing to a nice long stretch every day (I can’t do anything more than that - my lungs are on fire when I sit still and I am nearly dead if I move). I’m doing what I can and I am sure I’ll be feeling better by the end of the week - I hope.

No change off last week.  Really feeling the need to crank things up a bit…and right on cue, I managed to get the plague that is going around.  Figures, doesn’t it?  Well, I am going to do what I can and will likely take a couple days off to speed heal this cold away.

I am planning to start following Marilu Henner’s diet plan starting tomorrow.  I remember the great results I got the last time I followed it so I think it is a good one to start up again.   With that and daily workouts…hopefully we will see something dramatic next week.