a little inspiration!

I am obsessed with style me pretty. In following this blog for a while now I have saved tons of weddings and individual pictures that I am in love with. I have been making inspiration boards for my wedding and today I wanted to share with you my inspiration board for FLOWERS! I love them! This area is definitely going to be one I have to watch since I don't have a bazillion dollars to spend, but I hope it can be as beautiful as these! Enjoy!

making it offical

I've been gaining weight the whole time I have been in my relationship with Micheal. They say it naturally happens with couples over time. With me it maybe was a little worse considering my love of chick-fil-a and my hate of the gym. That has turned around though. I've had my times where I got more aware of health and weight. Times when I dieted really well and worked out and lost weight, but it has always seemed to creep back on slowly. This time around I want to be different. I am spending more time in the gym and I am getting where it's what I look forward to everyday. I feel better. I have more energy. I get to eat some maybe not so good for me food, but I'm burning it off AND coming in under my calorie goal for the day. It's not that hard, it is just all about making better choices. Trust me it's hard on the other side of the pastry case at work. Those cinnamon swirl coffee cakes and petite vanilla scones are always calling my name and I have to refuse if I want to see results. 

So here it is. I want to make things official and hope that it helps to keep me accountable by putting it out there. Micheal and I measured and weighed in on January 1st and here is what my official stats were:

Arms: L 14 1/4"   R  14 1/4"
Waist:    44"
Hips:     46"
Legs: L 24 1/2"   R  24 1/4"

Total Inches: 168
Weight:   192
Body Fat:  36%

Micheal didn't want to add my bust meaurment into the mix but I did so here it is:

Chest:  44 1/2"


As of today 1/21/2011 I am down 4.4 lbs to 187.8 so that to me is a success so far! I hope to put a picture up in my next post I just have to get it taken first.

I'm engaged! now I've got to get my ass in gear!

I've always said that I'm going to lose weight. I do good for a couple of weeks then fall off the bus. Well when I got engaged it finally gave me a tangible goal. I want to look amazing at my wedding and I'm tired of always feeling like crap. So that being said I've got a lot of work to do. Not only is the weight loss going to take a lot of work, but I'm doing a TON of DIY for the wedding. I love the weddings I see on all my favorite blogs like style me pretty, grey likes weddings, inspired bride, 100 layer cake. I LOVE them and I don't have the money to pay for them but damn it that's not going to stop me from having the beautiful chic wedding of my dreams! This will be my starting place for all of my goals and I want to keep everyone updated. Tomorrow I will be posting my beginning weight loss stats. Wish me luck!