This is nomorefatbride's Black Wedding!

First of all..I had a proud moment! We went out to eat the other night with some friends to Hooters (not my choice lol) and I was about to order the wings (my fav) and I said NO! I got a grilled chicken salad instead! go me! The next day same thing I opted for something healthier along with a salad at the pizza place our friends took us to! I think I'm starting to pick up on this!

Moving on...My fh use to drink this stuff all the time and loves it. He's been begging me to get some whenever I go to the store lately. I've also seen lots of people drinking it lately. What does it do exactly? Are there side effects of it? Does anyone else drink it?

I talked to a girl the other day that was taking a diet pill she got from her doctor (forgive me but I've forgotten the name of it) but she said you take it for 3 months then you're off of it for a while (then maybe start again?) she said she was on her 2nd month and had lost 12 lbs! Go her!

Buuut..I don't have insurance or a doctor or the money to go see one without insurance. So has anyone tried anything else? Alli? I have the pills but I stopped taking them. I wasn't working out as much as I think I should of been with those and I wasn't seeing any change in anything. I didn't have the side effects they say you can have either!

So I've been slacking..I said I was going to be honest and I am! I worked out (hard!) last friday with my friend. Then saturday we left for my parents house for the weekend. I actually did really good because we didn't stop to get fast food and I ate smaller amounts of the food my mom cooked then I normally would. Go me!

Then we got back LATE Monday night and I was so tired and had to be up early Tuesday. I was so tired Tuesday I went to take a nap at 7:30 and FH woke me up at 9:30. Then we went to bed an hour later...so I pretty much slept that evening away. No work out that day. Yesterday..I have no excuse. I was hot all day, it was nasty outside. I didn't feel like doing anything! And I didn't!

I ate a tuna on a lettuce wrap for lunch today and am almost done with work and then I'm going to work out. FOR REAL TODAY!!!! I just feel like at some point over the weekend I lost my motivation. I don't know..blah.

I'm determined to get back on the horse tho!

My sister just started up weight watchers. I did this once with her when I was in high school and actually did lose weight but that was the point I stopped drinking pop (and haven't since) so I think a lot of the weight I lost was because of that. But she gave me her log in for the computer and is going to let me check out the points and stuff. I guess its kind of like me using the weight watchers stuff without paying for it lol But I was looking around on there and they have a "buff bride challenge" they give you the work outs and you do them...doesn't sound to hard...just gotta keep up with the eating right!

Wish me luck!

Let me start by saying..I have another account on here and I think the world of all you ladies. You are all so great and helpful. Everyone has amazing ideas and you're all willing to share them with everyone else here..even your secret plans for your big day! Its like we're a BIG family!

But heres the thing...I'm a chubby bride. No let me rephrase that..I'm going to be a chubby bride if I don't kick my butt in gear! Weight is something that I've never been open to discussing (hence why there is another account not to be traced back to me..hopefully) But I figured this is a way I can get your feedback (because there are soo many girls here that have tried so many different diets and work out plans and such so you all have soo many opinions to offer) and maybe this will keep me motivated..and maybe it will hit home with someone else out there! If I have a place to be held responsible, to admit when I do bad or be congratulated when I do good I think it will keep me motivated.

A little background on me. For the past year I stopped "caring" I guess you would say about my weight. I didn't exercise..I didn't watch what or how much I was eating. But lately I've been...umm..disgusted I guess is the word..with myself. And upset that the people around me feel the need to point my weight gain out to me...don't you think I notice!!?? I need to do something. I come from a family where we are all bigger. My mom was smaller when she was younger but when she got older, had kids..the weight started coming and now she can't get it off. Thats what I fear right now. I've always been the smaller of the family and I fear that what happened to my mom is enividibly going to happen to me. I don't want that. So lets just say "its in my genes" to be chubby. But I'm willing to put up the fight!

I decided to start by admitting where I know I'm going wrong so here it is..
I eat when FH eats
I eat what FH eats
Fh eats junk
FH does manual labor all day and burns the junk off
I don't
(see the problem?)
Heres another one I'm going to admit..*deep breath* I'm one of those secret eaters :( I have gone threw the fast food drive thru gotten something to eat and then thrown the evidence away before someone saw it so no one knew I was eating it. But I was never one of those kids that did that. I barely ate as a kid. Maybe its all catching up to me now..in my ass!

So heres the deal. I joined a gym and am forcing myself to go atleast 4-5 times a week. On the days I don't go FH and I are going for atleast a 30 minute bike ride. Also a girl from work has offered to join me..maybe that will be encouragment to keep going too. Having someone else depending on me to be going!

First week at the gym....
Tuesday I did weights and 15 minutes on the elipticle. And then FH and I went on a 30 minute bike ride later that night.

Today I did 10 minutes on the elipticle then weights then another 20 minutes on the elipticle.

Start weight: 195
Goal weight: 150..for now
I figure start at a reasonable small goal first. I'm also going to set smaller goals "lose 5 lbs this week" and then do it again the next week

I use to be 150 and felt great!! But at my 5'4" height thats still considered "overweight"..but I figure I felt great so be it..plus I think I pulled 150 off pretty good!

I've also decided to stop cooking the crap that FH likes and we're going to eat healthier...together!

Wish me luck!