Ooooo - a Belle Bridal Challenge. I guess that means I have to be in it!
That actually sounds WONDERFUL!! Let's do it....it's 14. 5 weeks away!! Yikes.
I had a sort of a bad experience with my sister yesterday, I have to share to get it off my chest.
She was thinner than me but gained weight (she always yo-yos and is at her all time high)- she's 5'3 so I am taller than her, but she wears 16/18 and I wear 16. She gained a lot of weight recently. Anyway, she wanted to go clothes shopping - this is cuz she was wearing my clothes and pissing me off. I have lots of colourful, fun clothes and she won't buy anything while she's "fat", but has no problem borrowing MINE. Trouble is she's been fat since Carmen was born 20 months ago and is getting bigger. Anyway, I was trying on clothes and EVERYTHING was good - if I had $$ I'd have bought a new wardrobe. But I don't. She was like, how is everything fitting? I said good, but I am only buying 2 tank tops for $18. And she was like - UGH I hate being so fat at a size 16 (etc, on and on) and I was thinking how happy I was to be a 16 finally and fit into the clothes so well (I was also thinking how she was fitting size 18, but said nothing)....and she said this AFTER I was saying how nice it was to pick up a 16 and know I'd fit it. It was really disappointing.
Anyway, it made me want to lose more weight and tick her off - so NOT the right reasons to lose weight, but who cares. She kept making comments about how she cna't believe I show my arms (my wedding dress is sleeveless.) b/c hers are so fat she isn't comfortable and we are the same size (in fact, she's a little bigger, but who's counting).
Anyway, it was super disappointing.
Anyway, today is a new day and what doens't kill me only makes me stronger. I am going to take what she said and use that energy to improve my weight loss and fitness efforts!!!
Yay me!! I have lost lots and kept it off, I don't Yo-Yo diet!! Slow and steady wins the race (and, by the way Big Sister, it's not a race - I love her fat or thin and she is ALWAYS competing with me!!!)
Beck and Ali - I am starting today - I went for a 20 min walk with the dog today but it was pretty slow as she was snifffing and peeing (it was her morning relief walk). But after work will be a good run!!
I am glad we're focusing on exercise. Maybe for the wedding challenge I'll do that too! I want to set a reasonable weight goal as well....like 20lbs perhaps.
Tight and Tone Tuesday!
Thank God the Exercise Challenge starts in a couple of day. I may start it today so that we can state our goals and then start logging hours/minutes on the 1st of July. I desperately need it. 
