The Weight Loss Chronicles: Getting back on track...again & again...

Well...it's been a while since I posted about my weight loss efforts. I was doing good for a while, but once school started I was just too busy! I had a lot on my plate...well I still do but I have more time to focus on getting fit.

Recently, Matthew & I were watching late night tv and saw a story on this guy. His journey is quite incredible and inspirational. He is a personal trainer from Utah who decided to gain weight (50-60lbs) during a six month period and then teach everyone how to lose that weight. He is posting EVERYTHING....work out plans, diet menus, pictures of progress, etc. It is really an interesting concept! If you have time and want to learn more about it, check out his website.  

He just started his weight loss phase on November 5th. I plan on using his plans to further my weight loss. Also, I have been using weight watchers for the last few weeks. It has helped me lose a few pounds and maintain my weight the weeks I wasn't doing so well.

xoxo,
Megs

Honeymoon is Booked...

We finally booked our honeymoon! We will be cruising our way through Alaska in July 2012! Matthew is really excited to be going. I think it will be a lot of fun...I'm not so excited for the cold though. We chose to do a 7 day cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line for two reasons: I have cruised with them before and they don't have any required eating times! We will be visiting Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria, BC. We haven't quite settled on all of our shore excursions but we are for sure going on a whale watching tour while we're there!

xoxo,

Megs

All In The Details: Moss Wreath

Hello All! Since I don't have professional pictures back yet, I figured I'd share some of the projects I ended up completing before the wedding. Originally, I wanted to have moss covered letters to hang somewhere at our venue. Then I stumbled upon a cute little blog that gave me this great idea.

I started with everything pictured above. First, I spray painted the letter with grey spray paint. Since grey was one of our wedding colors, I used that color. Feel free to use whatever color you want. Next I started grabbing clumps of moss and hot gluing them to the grapevine wreath.

*Note: spray glue would've been easier* I would suggest laying down some newspaper because the moss got everywhere and my allergies didn't like it too much.

Once all the moss was on, it was time to attach the "R". This was the tricky part, I wish I would've thought about how I was attaching before I had glued all the moss on. I ended up tapping small nails into the back side of the "R" and wrapping floral wire around them. Then I strung the wire through the moss and wreath and tightened it around itself. It seemed to hold just fine. I also decided to add a nest with yellow birds in it. I thought it was a cute addition.  

This was a pretty easy craft. It only took me about 2 hours to complete. It was rather messy but wasn't too bad to clean up. On our wedding day, we ended up hanging it from the door that lead into the Farm House.

xoxo

Megs

*All Personal Photographs*



We Did It...

That's right...we're married! We can't believe its over...now we can finally relax and enjoy married life. Our wedding day was everything we wanted and more! Thank you to all of you who were able to join us on our special day. We love and appreciate all of you!!!

xoxo

Mr. & Mrs. Renfro

1 Month Away...

OMG!!! I can't believe we've hit the 1 month mark!!! 30 days until W day!!!

That's all for now! :)

xoxo
Megs

Crazy Dreams & Wedding Nightmares...

Well folks, the wedding nightmares have become a regular thing on my dreaming agenda. For instance, last night I had a dream my dress wasn't shipped in time for me to wear it down the isle. When I awoke from that nightmare, I fell back asleep only to have another one about my dress being ordered 5 sizes to large. As you can tell, I'm quite worried about my dress! Lol! That prompted me to call the bridal shop again to see if they had any updated information. I was originally told that my dress would be here at the end of July. When I called them, they then informed me that it would ship at the latest, August 15th and arrive by August 21st! WTF?! I was pretty upset when I heard this information. That only gives me six weeks to get it altered. Not to mention I just started school....when the heck am I going to find the time to get this done too?! Today when I called them, they informed me that it would be here August 23rd by 4:00pm! About freaking time I get to see my dress again! Hopefully there are no more delays.

Along with stressing about my dress, I had another nightmare recently....it went a little something like this:

I was in mansion type house with about 15 other brides. Apparently we were all getting married at the same place. They had assigned someone to do my hair and make up, but that turned out disastrous! My hair was cornrowed and the makeup was pretty much hideous! When I went to put on my dress, it was too small and the wrong color. I had no time to make a fuss about this because it was my turn to walk down the aisle. When I was rounding a corner towards these huge double doors, I noticed that half of my bridesmaids were missing. I asked someone where they were and was told they never showed up. I was pretty upset to hear this but had no time to wallow in my self pity. When the double doors opened, the groomsmen had just got done performing some hip hop routine that was being shown on live tv! Then I looked up into the sky and it was all stormy.....pretty much everyone that had initially been seated for the ceremony had gotten up to go inside. The only people that remained were my parents, brothers, sisters, and Matthew's family. I don't remember much after this but I was pretty glad to wake up!

All in all, I know that the wedding will hopefully go better than any of the dreams I've been having! Other than being slightly stressed out that the days are dwindling down, I've been able to get most of the projects and things I wanted to do completed.

xoxo

Megs

The Weight Loss Chronicles: Finding the Time

At the start of every week, I tell myself "Self, this is the week you are going to be fully dedicated to working out! No more excuses!" Realistically, I would love to make it to the gym every day. However, there is not enough time in the day to do everything I need to do. With the wedding inching closer and closer, my days seem to have be busier and busier. Starting a new job didn't help too much either. This week I've done better by getting to the gym to lift weights twice already and I've been keeping close tabs on my eating habits. Although, it is hard to say no to Otter Pops!!! I just love those things!!

The other day I decided to hop on the scale to see if I had made any progress. To my surprise, I had dropped 1lb!!! I know that is not a lot but to me it was. At the beginning of July, we took a week vacation to California. When we got back, I was let go from my job, got sick for two weeks, and started a new job! I didn't have much time to make it to the gym with all of that going on. So I was surprised to see the number down from the original starting point!

Now I just need to keep this motivation going! School will be starting up next week and I will be busier than ever! I'm going to continue to try and make it to the gym a few times a week. Hopefully the numbers on the scale will continue to go down!

xoxo
Megs