March 05, 2012

Wedding Challenge: Day 1


It’s the first day of a new year at school. Thankfully I have no classes (I got less than 4 hours of sleep last night). Besides the start of the school year, Matt and I are also kick starting our M&D Wedding Challenge, whatever that means! We wanted to jump back into regular exercise and home cooking again after we got back from vacation, but we ended up getting sick for seriously 3 weeks. Excuses aside, we’re ready to roll. Matt won’t be exercising for the first few days due to recent LASEK (laser eye surgery), but we’ve got a nice healthy menu planned and our pantry is stocked! 


I will be starting Turbo Fire again on a strict schedule. I have almost 5 months to go before the big day, and conveniently the program lasts 20 weeks which will put me about a month out from the wedding. Then I can hopefully concentrate on toning up.


Last time that I did Turbo Fire on a schedule I lost 8 pounds in 4 weeks and significant inches from my waist.  Then I took off for vacation to Malaysia, so I obviously got off the exercise wagon. I am really excited to start again on the scheduled calendar instead of a few workouts here and there. 


Those who know me well know that I work best under pressure. While I ended up with pretty decent grades in college, I procrastinated until the very last second. I don’t like sleepless nights either, so I would start studying the night before an assignment around 7PM and finish around midnight. It worked well for me!
I also wait until the night before to pack before a trip. It doesn’t matter if it’s a weekend trip away or a 4 week trip home. 

So now I am almost 5 months out from my wedding and can no longer put off the big push to diet and exercise. While we don’t eat a lot of terrible food, the focus will be to eat at home during the week and try to fill our plates with the right proportion of food (the new Food Pyramid if you will).
Wish us luck as we embark on 5 intense months of planning, healthy eating, exercise, and meditation. It’s going to be crazy from here on out!

By the way, I can’t believe I started this blog with 15 months to go.

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