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The first day home after a vacation is so depressing and I always feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation, especially if said vacation was in Las Vegas.  And it did not disappoint: the weather was perfect, the company was amazing, the food was delicious, the drinks were cold and we had a fabulous time.  I will do a recap of the trip but today I am playing catch-up at work and my head is still on vacation time so this is proving to be a difficult task.  And I am very thankful hubby offered to cook dinner tonight and that I can get away with only doing one load of laundry before the weekend so I can crawl into bed early.

 

But before I can succumb to dreamland I have somewhere to be after work… tonight I am going to my first Weight Watchers meeting.  I am both excited and dreading it.  Dreading it because I have to step on a scale and face the number, get smarter about eating and give up reduce (who am I kidding?) my alcohol intake.  Alternatively I am so excited to feel better and fit in my clothes – I put on my favourite jeans for work and they are so uncomfortable. 

I have done WW before and it worked really well for the 6 weeks or so that I ‘dedicated’ to it but I never went to meetings, I just counted points and dropped in once a week to be weighed.  And I slowly quickly stopped following the plan, but when I was doing it I felt GREAT.  So will it be different this time?  I hope so and have actually asked my mom for help (she’s a lifetime member) so we are going to attend meetings together which hopefully means that I will attend meetings. 

I apologize in advance but my Pinterest feed will now be full of WW friendly meals, snacks, desserts, drinks, etc… and please feel free to share the following:

1.       WW friendly drinks with tequila or vodka

2.       WW friendly recipes for anything tasty (especially a treat that actually tastes/feels like a treat!!)

3.    Any tips or suggestions??

Wish me luck and cheers to wearing yoga pants for the next couple weeks until I fit into my pants again! 



 

The Honeymoon is Over!

As I was cruising Pinterest last night (I am so addicted and it’s the first thing I do when hubby falls asleep!) I found a photo of Lauren Conrad and I. love. it.  She is a beautiful woman, wears gorgeous clothes that I know I never would and of course I watched her on Laguna Beach and The Hills and think she’s very classy and wish we could be friends.  But this picture?  I love it.  I love the outfit, the relaxed yet looks totally put-together look complete with brown boots (I love my brown boots, I feel sexy in my brown boots).  Normally I think she’s gorgeous but know I would never wear the same type of outfit but this one I would.  I don’t know why this picture speaks to me so much except I feel like it’s telling me that I need a change.



I love this outfit, the makeup, everything!!

Hubby and I have settled into a pretty good routine following the year of chaos joy of being engaged and planning a destination wedding (side note: most destination weddings come as a package and yes, you make some decisions but you have someone there who organizes all the details… I didn’t and did everything by phone and email!  Not that I didn't have help because I did!).  There are two major pitfalls of our routine: I eat whatever I want whenever I want and I don’t exercise enough at all.  It’s as if I got married and went PHEW, it’s over!  And sat on the couch with a bag of chips and a chocolate bar.

I have never been an avid exerciser but I understand the benefits of it and yes, I do actually feel better when I do it.  I did a ‘learn to run’ program a couple years ago with a friend and did really well although I realized I do not like running for long periods of time.  It’s just not fun to me.  Around that time I also tried Weight Watchers and did quite well on that but I never went to the meetings so didn’t really see the point in paying the monthly fee for someone to simply weigh me.  But I lost weight. And I had more energy.

Before the wedding I was going for 50-60 minute walks on my lunch break and really watching what I ate, counting calories.  Every once in a while I would do a Jillian Michaels video and of course I took Milo for walks with our friend and her dog, he loved this because he got walks AND he got to play.

Now the only time I do anything is when I take Milo out for a walk but those have gotten shorter and I’m doing them solo because they are not part of our newlywed routine.

And food… food is the devil.  I like it.  Actually I love it.  If it’s fried and covered in cheese then I will most likely devour it.  Croissants with butter and jam? Yes please!  Chocolate chip muffins?  Watch out!  I am horrible.  My only saving grace is the spinach and fruit smoothie I have every morning Monday through Friday.  But my jeans are getting a bit tight.

 

So basically, I need to get my shit together because this newlywed’s honeymoon is over!  Well not the newlywed and honeymoon parts exactly, just the extreme lack of exercise and not caring what I eat.

My plan so far:

• I downloaded an app called C25K (couch to 5km run program) and am starting it tonight… of course I read about this on Yoga Pants


• I am going to dig out my Weight Watchers calculator and start counting points again


• I am going to start bringing salads to work again and be active 3 lunches per week


• I am going to limit wine/alcohol to weekends only

Do you have any advice for me?  What helps you stay motivated?  And if you have any tried and true recipes for hearty/tasty meals and snacks please share!!

Sxxo.