Results of Hard Work

I was sitting in my office, when A Thousand Years by Christina Perry began to play.  It was the song I chose to walk down the aisle to, and is very special to me.  It reminded me of the other day when I picked up my wedding dress from my dad’s house.  When we got home I got the idea to try it on, as soon as I got into my room.  I figured it would fit better, now that I lost a little weight.  I got My Love to help me tie up the upper half of my dress (the corset half), and take pictures for me to see.  

Left picture - When I tried on my dress for the first time

Right picture - This Monday night 

Missing Middle Picture  -  Between picking out the dress (pictured on the left) ,

 and  my wedding day (where I  gaind 15+ pounds and had to let out a few inches in the corset area)

I was so amazed that my hard work, four months in to my weight loss journey so far, has resulted in not only having the dress fit better, but be too big!  That was as tight as we could lace it up.  And to think I had actually gained fifteen to twenty pounds in between the first picture on the left, which is me trying it on for the first time, and my wedding day, where I had to have it let out a couple inches in the corset area.  The picture on the right, I took on Monday of this week.  My bottom and waist have shrunk along with my upper back fat.

I have been in such a great mood since then, that I started to make lots of other before and after’s.  Here’s to keeping up the good work, and maybe kicking it up a notch!

Fourth of July and Our Honey’s Birthday's

For the 4th of July this year, my cousin invited us to Winstar World Casino.  I have been there many times, and a few times I have stayed at the Casino’s Hotel.  I am not going to tell you how we all got sick from a lot of the terrible food there (which was a first for me), or how our room had a busted toilet, but I am going to say that I ate a lot of not good for me foods. 

Here is my cousin and I in the hotel room, 

taking selfie's while the spouses wait :)

While we were there I had french fries from Chips ‘N Ales, a slice Alfredo Florentine pizza and cheese tortellini at Matador’s, a Caprese Sandwich with a baked potato from Terrace View Café.  On the way back home, we stopped at the Cracker Barrel, and had delicious food for half the price of any crap from Winstar.  I ate french toast, hash browns, eggs, and a biscuit.  All the food was vegetarian friendly, but a lot of fatty carbs and loads of evil calories.  The only plus side is that we walked for a couple hours and it was a lot of fun.  I also had some Black Heart Rum, which tasted pretty yummy with coke.  To make matters worse, we got home and realized we were low on groceries, and so the carb loading continued on to Sunday night.  

I am treating this as a lesson that needed to be learned.  Holiday’s do make it a lot more difficult, no matter how you celebrate, if you don’t make planning your meals a priority.  I am not even going to get on that scale for at least a week, so I won’t feel even more disappointed.  Oh, I almost forgot to add that today is My Honey’s birthday, so there was cake and ice cream last night.  Here’s to getting back at it!

-Madeline