Wedding Dress...

So excited to share that at my FINAL dress fitting for my WEDDING GOWN, I have gone from a bridal 22 (which is probably more like a "real" 24) to a bridal 16 (which is more like a "real" 14)!!!

Check our my progression from my FIRST fitting to my LAST fitting:

October, 2007 --------------------------- to --------------------------- August, 2008!

This dress is SO "the one" I cannot wait to see Vinny's face when he sees me in it for the first time.

:) 8/8/08 is the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

new size!!

I am so excited to report that upon my shopping yesterday for a dress for my shower this weekend and a couple weddings we have coming up, I realized that I am no longer an 18! In fact, I purchased 3 dresses that were size 16... Check 'em out:

And this one is a size 14!! I cannot tell you the last time I was in that size!!! 9th grade????

-90 lbs. FOREVER!!!

This morning, I hit -90 lbs.!!!!

that puts me at -90.7 over all with about 54 to lose total and 19 to my wedding goal... i was SO stoked when i stepped on the scale this morning. it's days like this when i wish vinny didn't leave for work so early and someone could high-five me or give me a big hug! i'm dancing around our apt. like an idiot! hehe --- can i tell you how excited i am to be on the last decade to saying i've lost 100 lbs.??? a century of weight?! basically a teeny bit more than my sister TIFFANY!? ha!



best part? this afternoon, i have my 2nd dress fitting! so i'm going to be asking everyone to once again THINK THIN for me --- but in addition, i'm actually going to be FEELING thin!



WOOOOOOOO! Thanks to everyone for their support!!

Here is a picture of me 90 lbs. lighter than I was almost 2 years ago:

Memorial Day Challenge Goal...

I wanted to be down 90lbs. by Memorial Day. I think I'm on the right track. I have 4.9 lbs. to go and 2 weeks to do it. I am confident that if I keep it up at the gym, plus all the extra exercise I've been doing at home - that I can do it. If I get be down -90lbs. by Memorial Day, I think that puts me on a good track to be down -100 before I'm married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) And more than anything else I want to hit my wedding goal by wedding day! Currently that is 25.5lbs. in a little less than 3 months...

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curves Report for April...

I received 2 Curves Reports tonight... The first is my month in review for April... the 2nd is my overall report from January 2007 - when I re-joined Curves! Check out my lbs. and inches disapearing... VERY motivating for me to get those attendance numbers UP (btw, that's the ONLY area of this report where you hope to see the arrow pointing UP!!) ;)

April report:

Overall Report:

My Hero... My Vinny!

BEFORES (2004-05):

AFTERS (2006-present):

Vinny lost 113 lbs. in less than a year (more like 9 - 10 months) on weight watchers... he is my hero. i could not post all the things i have and not give a shout out to the man who is my daily inspiration!!!!

Love you, baby! :)

Ode to the gym...

Oh, gym...
My friend, my foe.
I love thee, I hate thee...
I ask, "why don't I just go?"

Excuses, excuses.
They keep me from you.
But when we connect,
My true feelings shine through.

To go, or not to go...
That is the question I ask.
Then more of those excuses...
Why don't the endorphins last?!

OK -- I was at the gym tonight and was busting my butt. Sweating, working hard, feeling good, totally feeling the calories flying off my body - wondering all the while why I try to talk myself out to going so often. One of the trainers even came by and told me what I good job I was doing and how she could tell I was giving it all I had. It felt awesome -- definetely those endorphins they want about!!!! :)

I wish I had the willpower to make myself go everyday. I wish I had the motivation to get my ass out of bed earlier and work out before school. I wish I had the energy, time, etc.. etc.. to stretch or do yogo before bed.

BUT DO I??????????

Most of the time, no.

Why?

I DO NOT KNOW!

It is frustrating to me that I cannot find it within myself after all I've accomplished so far to "JUST DO IT" (go Nike) but I find it so difficult. I wish I was one of those people who could say "I LOVE TO EXERCISE!" or "I LOVE TO GO TO THE GYM!" -- but I am SO not that person. If there was a magic pill I could take and sit back and prop my feet up and grade some papers while I got a workout --- I would totally take it! haha --- although I like feeling good about myself and proud of myself for working out, I do not like it. I do not LOOK FORWARD to running in place, on a treadmill, on the eliptical, lifting weights, stretching, sit-ups, machines, etc.. etc.. -- NOPE! Not a single one of those.

So, in conclusion --- if anyone has any bottled up ambition or motivation - send it my way! :) In the meantime, I will continue to be proud of myself for the positive changes I do make and hopefully the results will continue to speak for themselves and I will continue to want to see them! That wedding dress in the back of my mind is CERTAINLY motivation enough, one would think!!! :)