No More Excuses, I'm going to do this!

Wow, it has been a little longer than usual between posts. Sorry everyone, I've just been really busy with work and wedding planning, and just a lot of things going on. Working out and maintaing has been going great. My fiance and I ran 1.5 miles today. It was so much more fun running with him instead of going alone. We really had a great time.


Scbibhouse, I'll stop by your diary soon to see how the weigh in went! Glad your hubby is joining you in exercise, it's a great motivator.


Sparked, sorry for being gone for awhile, I'll be checking up on you as well!


And Luz! I feel like it's been forever since I've visited your diary, I'm sure there's plenty for me to catch up on with you and your kitties! :)


So Saturday was my wedding dress fitting. I went in thinking I had lost about one dress size. I will give you the play by play of what happend. I tried on the size 14 dress that had fit snuggly in December. Upon getting it zipped up it was clear the dress was just too loose. So the consultant went and fetched a size 12. We got it all zipped up and it was still a little loose. At this point I'm shocked. There's no way I'm going to fit in anything less than a size 12. Here comes the consultant with a size 10 of my dress. It took a few deep breaths and some tugging but I was able to get into the dress. A little too snug for comfort, but I was told I'll loose a few pounds between now and then from stress and not to worry about it too much. Then while the consultant was pinning the bottom of my dress for the alterations she told me she had fibbed to me. I asked what she was talking about and she said that they didn't have a size 10 in my dress so she grabbed a size 8 and just didn't say anything to me. So let me repeat, I went from a size 14 to a size 8 in 3 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:party::svengo::hurray::cheers2: I don't think I've been under double digits dress size wise since middle school.


To add to the excitement, I went shopping for an Easter dress a week ago and found a beautiful summer dress. My dillemma... it only came in petite sizes. So I picked a size 16 petite to try on thinking I had to get a larger size. Too big. I tried a 14, still too big. Finally I tried a 12 petite and it fit perfectly. Never would I have thought I'd be wearing a dress that was bought from the petite section of a clothing store!!!!!!! I will be posting pictures next week sometime of me in this dress.


So I really couldn't be more happier right now. I've very confident in my body right now and I feel amazing! :)
 
Holy Moly Munch!!! :party::beerchug::hurray:


I couldn't be prouder of anyone right now...I was hoping we'd hear about the wedding dress fitting...and now you share that you're a size 8!!! How does it feel to see that in print?! I'm so excited typing that, my fingers are just banging the keys!!! I love it!!! A frickin size 8!! Wow!! I just can't say enough great things about you and your great success! Just keep up the exercise and enjoying time with your fiance and making those good food choices watch a few more pound drop off before your big day. Can I suggest/request you post a before and after pic on here? If you look at Katehunibun's page, she just did that and it's amazing...and it will be for you too!

You give me motivation to keep going...and one day...one day, I'll be there with you!!

So proud of you and so very happy for you! :jump:


Sarah
 
8?????????????????????????????? :eek2:

Hot damn, Munch, you totally just blew my mind!!! That is unbelievable! And formal dresses run small too!! OMG, I am sooooooooo excited for your wedding pictures, you are gonna be a freakin knockout, your fiance won't even know what hit him! When do we get to see some pics of you in the dress??
 
Thanks scbibhouse and sparked! I was definetly looking forward to your reactions and you didn't disapoint me! I started a before and in between thread about a month ago, but I just don't see a big difference. I'll try to post some before pics here in my diary and some current ones. Easter Sunday I'm wearing a new dress I bought and will definetly post some pics of myself in that with my fiance. As far as pics in my wedding dress I'm not going to post those until after the wedding. I have a fear that my fiance would somehow be able to see them prior to that day and it freaks me out!!!


While I'm no supermodel, I did purchase a bikini about a month ago that I will wear on our honeymoon. I'm still... curvy you might say, but I fit in a size 8 dress and my fiance loves the way I look. I'm wearing size 12 jeans, but they are loose. I think a size 10 may be in order for those. I'm feeling great about myself and love that I can motivate others. you guys motivate me! :)
 
Ohmygosh! In just 3 months you went down that many sizes!!! Wow, that is something to be DAMN proud of!! Keep it up, you're doing fantastic. I can't wait to hear about the next dress fitting ;) lol
 
Yes, I know it was pretty shocking! I didn't think I'd lose that many sizes. Yay! Now I'm in maintenance mode. A bigger struggle than I expected, but I accept the challenge! :)
 
Hey Munch...or should we say "munchkin", now that you are so small??! (she smiles as she types that!) :bigear:

I'm going to recommend a podcast that another person on this forum recommended to me (feelinggooder) and it's called fat2fitradio.com podcasts. It's a podcast put together by 2 guys who share their experiences in losing weight themselves (1 is a highschool teacher and 1 is a computer geek) and it's quite educational and easy to listen to (I listen as I do my exercises). They explain alot about the metabolism and can probably explain the best way to maintain your weight....and as I said in my thread today, I'm considering changing up my strategy a little to move off this next 45 pounds...and I don't change my mind easily!


Have a great Easter weekend and enjoy your body!


Sarah
 
Thanks scbibhouse, I think I'll look into that. This probably sounds odd, but I've never listened to a podcast and to be honest I have no idea of what it really is! Thanks for the recommendation though, it sounds like it would benefit me. As far as being a munchkin, I wouldn't say that, but I'll definitely say that I'm comfortable with myself. I'd love to be thinner, but I'm accepting of where I am right now. I have a goal to lose a few more pounds to make my dress fit a bit better. (It was very tight and inhibited breathing a bit!) However, I was told that nerves will probably take care of that for me.


Thanks Luz! I go back on the 29th for my second fitting. I'm so excited!


I think I'm doing well on maintaining. I weighed in yesterday at 154-155 lbs. I plan on weighing in every few days to help keep myself on track. It's hard not to go back to eating all the time like I used to. This weekend was bad in particular as family was in town and it was Easter weekend. I indulged way more than I needed to. Also there was a birthday in the family so that meant cake! I felt bad afterwards but realized whats done was done and I just needed to look forward.


The weather isn't cooperating with my exercise. I've wanted to run but it's been chilly and crazy windy. I hate running when it's windy so I have been using it as an excuse. I set up the total gym before I left to work so when I come in it will stare me down and force me to exercise. If only I had room for a treadmill I could run after work too. Running outside at night is a no go. I really like to workout after work unless it's been a particuarly long day because it help me to let my frusterations of the day out and makes me tired and ready to go to bed.


I had some Gortons fish fillets and two hashbrowns for lunch. Dinner is a bbq chicken flatbread pizza from Camilles Sidewalk cafe. Yummy. :)


Things are going well all around. Only a few more weeks left of school before I graduate. I've been applying to every correctional institution that's hiring. I've got two interviews on Thursday and one next Tuesday. I'm feeling really confident and looking forward to putting my best foot forward.
 
Hey Munch,

Good luck on those job interviews and don't sweat the small stuff...you'll get a job! I would recommend looking in to the federal corrections system...you may have a commute, but it gets your foot in the door. Once you go to the trouble of filling out the federal application (download it...it will take awhile!), be sure to print out a copy so that you have it for reference!

By the way, a podcast is like a talk-radio program...only you can listen to it whenever you want on your ipod or mp3 player just like a song, only it's talk. check it out!

Good job on maintaining...that's awesome and I'm sure hard work too...when I get there, I'll let you know!! Just eat like a thin person and you'll stay that way!


Sarah
 
Seems like the only time I ever get to get on here nowadays is on Fridays. :( So I will update everyone on my week. I had two interviews yesterday in Pendleton, Indiana. I interviewed well in both, but was leaning more towards the first place. It was a juvenile facility and my interivewers were very nice and seemed very positive. The second place I went to was the adult facility and I had a very different experience. I met with an H.R. guy who I don't think had ever worked as a corrections officer and also a correctional leutenant who was very cold and rude. I didn't like the way I was spoken to in the interview and felt like I was amusing him just by attempting to interview for such a job. Then, when I informed them I would be getting married in June, his reaction was, "Oh, so I assume you're going to be wanting time off for a honeymoon right?" Hmmm, let me think, uhhhh YEAH! I know I was taking a chance interview for positions so close to the wedding knowing I'd need to have time off, but I just wanted to see what was out there. It's possible they would work with me, never hurts to try.


So after the long drive back home and going into work I really started thinking about the day and how it went. I talked to my fiance and told him I didn't think I would pursue the second place, but I felt good about the first one. However, the more we talked, the more I began to realize how much that long drive affected me. My legs hurt, my back hurt, not to mention how much money in gas I spent to go down there. I know it would only be temporary as we would move there after we get married, but something just wasn't right for me. After talking with him and sleeping on it, I decided today to send out an email asking to be removed from the hiring pool. I prayed about it and I just don't think it's time for me to try to make a long distance job work this close to the wedding. One thing that brought me to do this was the fact that I have applied for a courthouse security position in the city I live. This is the perfect job for me at the moment. It's in town where I'd like to stay, I have a lot of security experience, and it's working in the criminal justice system. This would be the perfect place for me to start my career. The pay is more than plenty and we wouldn't have to move away from here. The job posting will be up until April 27, which means a lot of other applicants could be going against me for one position. I know it's not the best idea to go for just one job, but this is exactly what I want right now. Corrections is just something I'll do if I have to. Preferably in a jail setting as opposed to a prison. At any rate, if I don't get this job, which is very possible, I think I'll just wait on persuing anything until after the wedding. Oh, also there was nothing in the job posting requiring a fitness test, which is great!!! However, I will continue on in my trainig as it is necessary for law enforcement.


In the meantime, I plan on hitting my fitness hard. I can do the 1.5 mile run and 29 situps in a minute. I haven't yet tested myself in the 300 meter run which must me completed within 71 seconds. I also have to jump 16 inches (I come up a little short on this, maybe three or so inches.) And finally I have to do 25 pushups. Currently I can do about 10 or 11 in a row. However, I tend to give up early. I need to do a realistic test and literally do pushups until I can't lift myself up at all. That will be a true measure of my pushups. I really need to hit this stuff hard. I've been lackadaisical in training and that needs to stop. If I'm going to do this it needs to start now. I won't let my dream career get away just because I can't jump a certain height or I couldn't do 25 measly pushups!


Wow, sorry if I rambled on. It's been a long week and I really just needed to get some stuff off my chest. :)


Today I had some Gortons fish fillets, a hashbrown, and white rice. Oh, and 2 cans of coke zeros.. Not proud that I had 2. I really try to just have one a day.


My fiance is taking me to chinese tomorrow, yay! Then he'll be off to work at 4:30. I'll probably clean the apartment and go to the laundromat. Then Sunday I have to go to a cpr/aed certification class for work. I'm really mad they made it on a Sunday. Anyone ever heard of that being a day of rest? Add to it that they are calling it "training" therefore not only is it NOT going to be overtime pay for those of us who already worked Monday-Friday, it's going to be minimum wage. So I have to come in on my day off for 3-4 hours of training and get paid $7.25. UGH!!


Well, I think I've probably wasted enough of everyones time with my ridiculously long post, so I will say goodbye for now! :)
 
Wow Munch, you have been busy this week too! I think you've made the right decision to not pursue the jobs such a long way away. With the price of gas right now and just wear and tear on your car (and the time it takes away from you and your fiance), it was probably the right decision! Yes, there will be alot of applicants for that job you are going after...but, hey, you won't know if you don't try. The interviewing experience is always good...keep doing that even if you are not sure you want to actually get the job..filling out applications and preparing for the questions is also good, and you never know...you might actually happen across that dream job!


Bravo on keeping up the fitness goals...most law enforcement positions have some sort of physical fitness requirements..and it's just good for us isn't it?! I'm betting it will make your honeymoon even better!! :blush5:

Thanks for continuing to check in...and you must know we enjoy and share your successes!


Sarah
 
Yes, it efinitely was the right decision. Driving that distance would have just been too difficult for me. It's getting closer for that job opening to stop taking applications, so I'm hoping to get a phone call soon for an interview.


Maintaining my weight is going great. There have been some days where I have eaten a lot of bad things or too much, etc, but I've still managed to stay at or below 155lbs. I've been pulling out the scale about every other day to make sure I'm not more than 155lbs. If that were to happen I'd watch what I was eating strictly until I was back to 155lbs.


Just wanted to stop in and give an update. I've been really busy and will probably be for the rest of this week and next. Finals, graduation, my second dress fitting, and who knows what else!


I shall return!
 
Hey Munch,

Great to hear from you again and congratulations on the maintenenance!! I thought of you when I was in France, doing my early morning walks...and I actually did stop to do some standing incline pushups...yes, I did them in reps of 5...not as hard as the standard on the ground ones, but it's a start of me! One of these days, I'll be able to do the Army fitness requirement quantity for me age...it all starts with the first one! I can do the setups now...I do 60 in 2 minutes and that's almost "max", so I'm pleased with my progress..on that...1st setups, then pushups, then the 2 mile run! Sorry to hijack your thread here...now back to you!


You have so much going on right now...graduation, wedding, job, weight maintenance...do you think you can cram anymore in there?! Thinking of you and knowing you are doing well!!


Sarah
 
Munch! I am beyond floored that you're handing all of that AND MAINTAINING! That is incredible!!! You're freakin amazing for sure! Cannot, cannot, cannot WAIT to see you in your dress :)


Also, my mom has been pushing me to a get a total gym, but I've been reading some mixed reviews about it - I'm wondering if its enough cardio, I really wanted a rower and the total gym is supposed to have one built in, but is it just as good? Let me know what you think!
 
Thank you to everyone for the kind words! :) You keep me so positive!


I am FINALLY done with school, for now at least. I graduate on Sunday with my Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice. I may go back at some point to get my Bachelors degree, but for now I'm going to get myself out into the Criminal Justice System. I've put in some applications and am just waiting to see what happens. I'll start to push more after the wedding. There's a few positions I definitely could have gotten, but leaving for a week for the honeymoon has prevented me from taking them. Just have to keep praying and putting myself out there.


Thanks scbibhouse! Great job on the pushups, you've got to start somewhere! I'm going to drop by your diary right after this post to see how your trip went.


Oh Sparked, you're just as busy if not more than I am! I like the total gym, thought I must admit, I don't use it as much as I wish I did. I guess I'm lazy but I hate setting it up and putting it away. I think it would get so much more use if it was set up all the time, but my apartment is so tiny, there isn't any room. It can be a great cardio workout, but if it's rowing you're really into, I would get one of those. You can do a rowing exercise on the total gym, but it isn't as involved. On the other hand, you can do a lot of different exercises on the total gym, so I guess it's a toss up.


Thanks Sarah1983 for the support! :)


We're five weeks away from the wedding, so not too much longer and I'll be posting pics of our wedding! I had my final dress fitting on Sunday. The dress is snug. As I was standing in front of the mirrors my mother told the consultant that I could lose about 5 lbs. This really struck a nerve with me. I was able to keep it together until I got home to talk to my fiance, but it was hard. I've worked really hard to lose the amount of weight I have and to be told by my mother offhandedly that I simply need to lose 5lbs really hurt. She made it sound like it was so easy to lose 5lbs. Well, it definitely is NOT that easy. Luckily I convinced her that we should have it let out a little bit, so we just made the appointment for next weeked.


On the upside, I'm still maintaining. When i say that I mean I'm staying between 150 and 155 lbs. It's going great. I'm no longer tracking my calories, but try to keep a rough estimate in my head. I also exercise when I can, which lately hasn't been a lot. Definitely something I've struggled with throughout this whole thing.


Like I said before, I'm finally done with school. I eeked out two A's and two B's. I'm a little mad at myself for the B's as I had a 4.0 going into this semester and two B's will likely drop it a litte. Hopefully not too much though. That's it for me for now. I want to start using this as a means of tracking my exercise as opposed to my weight loss. Plus, now that I don't have classes, I have a little more free time to post.


Hope everyone is having a great week! :)
 
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