Day 579 - Relaxed

Things have been both rushed and relaxed all at once lately. I feel pressured to ensure everything is ready for "the big day" but at the same time I have been so on top of everything that I feel I needn't worry quite so much.
All that remains is the final payments which are for the hotel we are staying at and a few DIY things. Although I will admit the DIY will stress me out until they are done because it is something I have to make not just earn. For that end money has been a little less stressful.
In 2 more weeks my pay will be no more and we have decided that for the summer we are going to go without an additional pay. This summer will be just us as a newlywed couple. Come September we will approach additional income.
I must finish my seating chart, although I am not sure how to approach it, I must shop for some shoes for this weekends bachelorette and I must get my eyebrows bushwacked! Hair trial run is on Friday and bachelorette is Saturday. It is going to be so much fun I can already see!

My wii told me I lost 6 lbs this morning. I weighed in 3 times because I thought it couldn't be. I am still convinced that the batteries must be dieing. I shall recharge them and convince myself that is it. 6 lbs in one day is INSANE and entirely unhealthy! I would expect to gain it all back by tomorrow morning of course. Or at the very least half of it. Although, I'd be lieing if I didn't say I thought it would be cool to keep it off as it puts me 2.2 lbs away from my goal. The goal I had originally been 1 lb away from last summer. Although I have not gained an inch I did gain 10 lbs over the year. I worry that my losing it lately is all muscle loss since I have been out of training from the marathon. As per an earlier post I do not trust simply one method of measurement and resort to the photo of me while I was pregnant. I have a photo of me at the exact same weight pregnant as I was in the other photo not pregnant and I feel it best represents how you can't simply trust your mass as an indicator of your health and fitness.

In the above photo you will see the 5 month pregnant me on the left and on the right me at the exact same weight as I was at 5 months pregnant. May this forever be a reminder for me to trust the measuring tape more than the scale.

Regardless, it'd be cool to reach that goal if even only for a day. Then I'll start doing squats again and building up those muscles and thus mass. :)

In unrelated news, we watched our next movie in the string of wedding movie countdown. It was Lucky 7 a sweet movie that had me tearing up at the beginning and the end! I feel for a made for TV movie it was AMAZING and for a movie in general it was great! A predictable but adorable story with this underlying story about a relationship with your mother that can tear at your heartstrings. As a mother I looked over at my partner in crime and promised to never leave him alone to raise our daughter. I feel I shall keep this movie as I thought it was worth a rewatch some time in the future.

33 days left

<3 your productive hippie bride

Day 273 - SIZE 4?! No way!

Went in as part of my day out with Jenny we stopped by to try on the wedding dress again. It is a lot bigger on me than it was before. Whoops. But it felt amazing! When the consultant put the clip on it to tighten it up properly I was so petite! THAT is the size I want to be on my wedding day! I can hold off on the last 9.4 lbs for post wedding. I felt so beautiful! So ....perfectly weddable. 

After that we went to look at dresses for bridesmaids. While in the dress shop I was encouraged to try on a few dresses. I grabbed a size 8 and found it fit alright. The clerk looked at me and said, "Well that looks alright but let's try this dress *gesturing to another dress* in a 4." I laughed so hard, "There is no way I'm a 4!!" 

Guess what...I was wrong!!!!!

Trying on multiple size 4's were an immediate result of this discovery! 

 <3 your smaller hippie bride! 

Day 251

Seeing as I may stop at this particular weight for now (out of fear of shrinking too small for my wedding dress) I thought I should upload an update weightloss photo for everyone.
As I look at the photos I REALLY can see what hubby-to-be was talking about ... my butt really IS gone! WOWZA!

Here I am at -33 lbs

had to wear my skinny jeans

left to right: -13lbs, -25lbs, -33lbs

sporting the original pants that I started in

What a difference! I will NEVER go back! 

Day 239 - Flower, by any other name

I've learned that cutting wired flowers is a lot harder than it looks. Having a few drinks before attempting this does not help!

I began construction of the bouquets today and have taken some pictures with my brothers help.

What a co-operative if not a little ... um... enthusiastic model he made.

I'm getting super excited for our wedding in 373 days! I received an e-mail today from the knot to remind me that I have to finalize my guest list, decide on the invitations, research videographers and sign the venue contract by the 23rd! Geesh! Thanks for the stress factor! I realize I set up these reminders and with good reason. However, until I received that reminder I felt I was ahead and now I feel like I'm falling behind.

I decided to have one more nail biting glance at the guest list and ensure we invited everyone that would otherwise throw eggs at us.

After going over and over the guest list I came to a final decision with the exception of one guest. Being a family member I am not sure if I want the possible drama that will follow their entrance. At the same time there could be a hefty amount of drama in not inviting them.

Invite or don't invite.....invite or don't invite.......*bites nails*

<3 your undecided hippie bride

Day 191 - We can make this work

We can make this work. We can afford this venue. We just have to alienate all our friends and only invite family we like, family we don't like and the bridal party. That's it! We won't have all those people we really want in attending but we'll have the view.....sure...we can make it work.

Took my maid of honour and our little monsters to view the venue once more. I wanted someone else to see just how awe inspiring this venue is. She too loved it. Very little....in fact no decorating needs to be done. It's absolutely amazing!

Alas, we have shrunk our guest list by 150 people in hopes to just barely scrape by. We all agree in the long run it is worth it and people will understand. Those who don't aren't really that friendly after all. 

Day 181 - I've seen the curvature of the earth!

The guest list has now entered his dreams evidently. Earlier yesterday he had commented on how he felt I was looking thinner. I didn't comment then but later in bed I asked him what had made him notice. His answer will make you snicker.
Him - I don't know if it was from the address book or something but you chose female guest.
Me - I chose female guest?
Him - ummhmmmm
Me - Why don't I have my camera on?
Him - MMMMM you're sexy! *snore*

Today, flustered with David, I grabbed the beast and went for a busride together. We had no destination in mind, out was the plan. While the bus rounded a corner I saw one of the venues on my list of places to look into. I pulled the cord and we were off. As the elevator climbed I thought about what colors and views the room would hold for me.

I am here to tell you, I have fallen in love. I am scared to even ask the price. There is no way I can afford this view, this absolutely, fabulous view!

But I had to ask. I took the information and tonight David and I will set down and hash over our guest list. Trimming the fat to see if we can minimalize the guest list in order to maximize the view! So beautiful!
I am thusly trimming the list and preparing the "sorry" lists. I wish I could invite everyone but if I am to be able to afford this venue I will need to cut back drastically.

Day 173 - Sparkle sparkle

After much browsing and frustration we finally have our rings picked out. 

There were two variations of mine. I like the second one more, however it was not within our budget. The positive spin on this is that we could upgrade my set later by just exchanging and paying off the difference. 

David wanted to integrate black in his ring, he managed to do this through the aide of black diamonds. 

I wanted my rings to fit together like a puzzle with a certain amount of sparkle and shine to them. I did this with this beautiful bridal set, captured with a terrible photo :p 

Day 182 - Smaller I be

I just felt I should update you once again with a less formal photograph. I am now down 30 lbs. Leaving 20 lbs to my goal. 30 lbs maybe but 20 is my initial goal. 
I'm finally in my skinny jeans again. :) 

Enjoy the rapture tomorrow!

Also, thought for the day, in today's day you are not proof that your parents bumped uglies... think about it. It's true! 

Day 146 - Weight loss update

It occurred to me today that I had not posted an update photo on my weight loss in some time. Since December in fact. Here we are at -25 lbs. Beyond the halfway point. :)

Day 41 - After the before photo

I lost another 1.1 lbs and realized I best take a before photo. This is after having lost 13 lbs. I hate these photos and love them at the same time. I wish I had taken a current photo 13 lbs ago which I'm sure if I looked I could find something to suffice. However, this will have to do. Now to keep melting away so I can have something to compare it to.
I am now currently the same weight I was at halfway through my pregnancy. Which is why I rely not only on lbs but also on inches. I might be the same weight as when I was pregnant but I am FAR smaller! (see photos if you do not believe me)
Photos are under the rolls of fat ;p