Drinking & Bridesmaid Dress Shopping (not at the same time)

So one of the reasons I started this blog is so that I can take accountability for my actions and be honest with myself and all of you followers.  So here it is…. I broke my “No drinking in March” promise that I made to myself. Ugh. I was doing so well too not giving into any temptations.



Beer and Hockey? Yes please?!

It all started Friday night when I went to a work event. One of our vendors got us a suite at a hockey game with complimentary beer, wine and food. Well I had the food which was not good for me, and a few beers. But I had never been in a suite before and I’m at a hockey game so I felt like I had to and I gave into temptation.

Then Saturday night I ended up going out with some friends and someone in the group wanted to buy us shots so I ended up drinking then too. Well a little more than four shots. Try five beers, two mixed drinks and then the four shots. Ugh. Sunday was horrible because I was so tired/hung over which caused me to miss the gym. And theeeen I had go to try on bridesmaid dresses feeling all bloated and crappy. My dress ended up being two sizes bigger than I would have liked but I’m hoping that by the time they come in mid-May, I’ll be down those two sizes and then I’ll just get alterations. But seriously, that’s probably going to be the motivating factor for me to be focused from now until Mid May.

It had been about a month since I had drank in the first place, so that’s pretty good.

I’m hoping to finish out March strong with no drinking.

The good news is I burned 2578 calories last week and I worked out for two hours lastnight along with FOUR loads of laundry. Phew!!

Officially down 30 LBS!

Yes, 3-0! OMG!!

Last week I burned 2400 calories! My goal is 2000 calories a week – and that doesn’t include the 15-20 mins/3 times a week of lifting weights/ab work at work.

I ate like crap yesterday which is a rarity and my first time eating craptastic since my Cali trip, which was a month ago. Gee, I sure mention that a lot….maybe I should do a blog post to document my trip with photos? Perhaps.

I definitely made up for my bad day yesterday. Today was a good day. I never document what I eat, I just eat really healthy but today is an exception! And maybe you can get a good idea of what I eat.

Meal	Food	Work Outs for Today
Breakfast	• Oatmeal & Coffee (190)	15 mins weights - 50
Snack 1	• Trader Joes Multi Grain Crackers & Light Laughing cow cheese wedge (200)	40 mins walking - 125 (I walked to & from the gym)
Lunch	• Spinach Salad w/dried cranberries, turkey, Red Fat Motz cheese & Raspberry Vinaigrette (200?) • Fiber One Chocolate & Oats Bar (140) • Medium Orange (65)	1 hour Body Works + Abs - 500
Snack 2	• Mixed Candy (150) (NAUGHTY!)
Dinner	• 2 Chicken Fajitas (320) • Milk (110)
Snack 3	• Pear (100)
Total Calories Consumed	1475
Total Calories Burned		675

And honestly, I usually don't work out THIS much in a typical day but I felt bad about yesterday. And I just realized I went over my caloric intake by 100 calories. Woops. Well the good news is, I'm down to 800 calories "consumed" today after all of that.

P.S. If your curious, yesterday consisted of crappy church food (brown beans, potatoes, shredded pork sandwich & brownie – but I had one serving of each..yay!), sour patch kids, chex mix, 2 chocolate marshmallow eggs (my favorite Easter candy!), an orange & fiber one bar. BLAH!

But anyway, I am on my steady 1.5-2 lbs/week goal right now and I am so happy! I definitely reached my plateau 5 lbs ago and felt like I was at that weight FOREVER and now its melting off. I just hope it stays like this! Does anyone know how many plateaus you have to go through? Or is there just one? I might talk numbers when I get to my goal weight but I will tell you that before this journey, I was at my highest weight EVER! It was sickening.

I am trying on bridesmaid dresses this coming Sunday and I have a little anxiety about it. I have about 15 lbs to go (granted I look good in a bikini by then) and hopefully I will be there by May (just before swimsuit season!) and obviously I’ll be there by the wedding which is in October. But still, the anxiety is killing me! I will survive though.