29 Days Till we Wed

Working out is nothing new in my world. I do it regularly But when you come to crunch time and want to look FABULOUS at your wedding, sometimes you need to kick it into a higher gear. That is exactly what I started doing last week.

After feeling like I wasn't loosing weight (and seeing I wasn't), something had to change. And I really knew the key that I was missing to lose the weight I wanted these past few months, but it's hard to change. My diet. I don't eat HORRIBLE, but I don't really watch what I eat either. Till last week. I have gotten very strict on my diet and I'm doing very well now that I've changed (this thing called a WEDDING is really helping that motivation).

Matt is a personal trainer (besides being a dancer and instructor). He writes my workouts up for me every 3-4 weeks and now is monitoring what I eat, so I feel fabulous on my wedding day. Honestly, this is more about me and not other people, I want to feel good and sexy.

I'm not one to eat breakfast. I don't like mornings, I don't wake up in time and I just don't want to do anything when I do wake-up. Last week I started getting up early (with the intentions of working out in the morning, that didn't happen), so instead I ate breakfast. A grapefruit. I've had one everyday since last week for breakfast and it is working out very well. I have also basically cut out cards (no bread right now). I'm not eating very much dairy, some milk here and there. I eat a lot of chicken (like twice a day) and almonds for a snack. This week I've added: avacado, vegetables, sweet potatoes and tonight I'm having fish!

I have completely cut out sugary drinks. I never drank soda (unless I'm having a Bacardi Coke), so this wasn't that hard of a task. Though I had to add "drink more water" to my to do list. I struggle with this, even though there is always a water bottle around me.

As of this week as well, Matt & I are getting up and going for a morning jog two - three days a week. I'm also still going to the gym those evenings. I don't want to wear myself out too much so 2-3 days a week is just fine for morning jogs.

What little things do you do to keep your diet on track or motivated through your workouts?

The wedding is getting real! Happy 29 days before the wedding.

30 Days till we Wed

I know it has been awhile since I've updated this blog. Okay a few months! But we are on our final countdown to the wedding. 30 Days! For the past 20 days I have started my 50 Day to the Wedding Countdown, in which I take a picture each day with the count down to the wedding. I started to hashtag them #gasperwedding (which is our wedding hashtag on social media.)

Things are coming together. I feel like at this point there are so many small little things that need to be done and of course they all take a lot of time. I'm doing some DIY stuff and luckily I have amazing friends and maid-of-honor who are willing to help me out.  I didn't think I would stress out, but not going to lie, the 2 months leading up to the wedding is CRAZY!

Here are a few pictures from the countdown.

Ready to head out for the Bachelorette party. Thanks to my sister in law Erin and maid of honor Ann. And all the gals that came out to celebrate with us. The 2nd picture is of a gift we received in the mail. Pretty wrapping. Our guest room has officially turned into the wedding room, Best to keep things in one place.

And thought I'd share one of our engagement photos :) We had a fun session with our photographer Bernadette Pollard a few Friday's ago. Last night, Matt & I decided we are just not serious people, we love to goof around and be silly and we are so happy to be with each other. I think this reflects in our photos.

 

 Check our Bernadette's website, blog and facebook page!

And one last picture today. 30 Days till the wedding: Matt & I have been getting up early. Mostly for me to eat breakfast (I'm horrible at (a) waking up in the morning and (b) having breakfast), but as of yesterday we have started going on a morning job (which we will do 2-3 days a week till the wedding). Here I am stretching after the jog. Ohh and this is just my FIRST workout of the day, I will go to the gym after my evening activities to get some weight training and more cardio in. 

I'll blog more about working out tomorrow. :) 

Happy 30 Days till the wedding