Press N' Seal

This weekend one of my cousins, it's one of those parents cousins kids things so they are kind of my cousin right?, is having a wrap party.  We will be doing body wraps to drop inches.  Now I have some major issues with my waist because when I get stressed it goes to my waist, when I gain weight it goes to my hips and since I have a wedding dress that will be fitted to me the problem area is the belly.  So I will be having that wrapped to see if it truly does drop my inches and how long it lasts.  If it works I'm tempted to get one of my volleyball ladies to come over and wrap the rest of my body with her oils and the press n'seal like she did at one of our volleyball games. Was rather hilarious to hear it pop and everything.  

I will let you all know how well it works and if it is worth the cost.  Yeah it's $25 so kind of pricey for one wrapping but if it works it will make my belly go down. 
I know stressing about this stuff only makes my issues worse so I'm really trying not to.  


I'm also keeping up with my bellydancing and my other workouts. 


Ended up taking down a wedding tonight so that was a great workout in 90 degree weather at 9 at night. Ended up melting the candles we use in our hurricane lamps outside to let people know which doors to go in for the wedding. 


Thank you for not judging and I will keep you posted on the wrapping.


~Mary

It is, what it is

So I got the engagement pictures back today.  They are cute but I just keep looking at them and I kind of want to cry. Mostly out of frustration with myself.  I have a degree in exercise science yet I can't even get myself down to smaller sizes like I want to.  I know all there is to know about weight loss and how it is accomplished and what you need to do, yet why can't I follow through with it?
I want the outside me to match the way I feel and I see myself. I never wanted to be that Marshmallow bride, but it looks like that is what I will be turning out to be.

Going strong!

Yes I allowed that moment of upsetness to pass and no I'm not getting rid of my boobs to fit into a dress. My mom and I ended up going to a local store and found clothing that will work for the pictures. I'm happy with them and amazingly enough they fit just fine and they are the right sizes. 
I do think that some designers say they are true to size but they don't really know what that true to size is. 
Anyway I just wanted to update you all on that I'm still going strong with the workouts and eating correctly for my body and drinking my water.  I didn't have nearly as much water yesterday as I would have liked and now I'm paying for it with swollen ankles. But I'm chugging it down still.


Thank you for not judging.
~Mary

Damn boobs!

I'm pretty ticked right now I bought this amazingly beautiful dress for my engagement photos. It came in the mail today and I was super excited yet nervous to try it on.  I ordered it a size larger because I knew I could always take it in if it was too big. Well it was too small in the boobage area. I guess my DDD's were a little too much for that cute little dress. Luckily the company does free returns.  I couldn't go up a size because I had it in the largest size it came in.  So now my mom and I get to go and find something around here to replace it. 


The part that upsets me is that there is nothing I can do about my boobs.  whenever I lose weight and start to tighten up they get bigger.  I know eventually everything evens out and they will start to go down but that takes like 6 months for me to get to that part and by then I'm frustrated because my cup size keeps going up. 


I had to rant. 
Sorry
~Mary

Down 6!

As of this morning peeps, I am down 6 lbs! I haven't been doing the books eating suggestions I've just kept up with the massive amounts of water, eating by the first 15 minutes of being awake and doing the breathing techniques.  I'm rather pleased with it.  I've also been watching what I'm eating and making sure I'm not pigging out on the 'addies' I like to say 'Cause addies create fatties'. :D I know I'm mean but it stops me from adding things to my foods to make them higher in calorie and as a petite added calories over time will make me gain the weight back.


Just wanted to keep you all updated.


Thank you for not judging.
~Mary

Less bloaty

So I've been going through the guidelines of the Petite diet and I have to say that I don't feel as bloaty and I don't find myself wanting to snack.  I mean I want to but I'm satisfied with my food choices so I don't feel like I need to snack.

Well I had a banana split today only because of other stressers, Yes I tried the breathing thing but this is a huge thing and that won't help with it. And yes in away the banana split did help but I still feel bad so I know that food will not solve all of my problems. Hello it caused most of my problems and that fact that I haven't been as active as I would like to be. I need to be better I know.

Thank you for not judging.

~Mary

Stress Reduction

I started a few days ago on a stress relieving exercise program so to speak.  Whenever I feel overwhelmed or stressed due to whatever is going on in my life I take a series of deep breaths.  I usually inhale for the count of 4 using one thousand as my timing agent and then let it out for the same 4 counts.  I work up from 4 and try to hold it from 5-8 and then do the same. I know it sounds weird but it has worked amazingly well for me. I'm down 3 lbs since I started!
I know that stress is a huge part of the weight gaining process so I know just sitting back and breathing will help me to stay focused and it's helping me to sleep at nights which is a HUGE relief for me right now. 


Just wanted to share.


Thank you for not judging.


~Mary