Progress in the Fat Department Sort Of...

I wont lie, I wasn't really doing anything to ward off fat for most of the winter or spring except for the occasional soccer game, but even that didn't last long when I hurt my leg a couple games in to Summer League. I decided I wouldn't try my dress on until my bridal shower on the august long weekend partly because I was dreading it because I didn't want to know if I didn't fit into it and because I wanted to wait until my jewelry and shoes were purchased. Luckily I fit into the dress, so much so that I dont need alterations, however, poor jenny had to literally stuff my butt cheeks into that sucker similar to stuffing a sausage into its casing. It was mixed emotions at that point, I fit, but it could be more comfortable. Then I got on the scale three weeks ago and realized I was the heaviest I have ever been in my life, I had a minor breakdown, and then I headed straight out for a run. The rest is history I guess. Ever since I've been running and doing a weight program 5 days a week.

When I say I am non-runner it is the biggest understatement of the century. I haven't ran more than a sprint on the soccer field since Sue Smith used to chase us up the hill with the mini bus in junior high cross country practices. I dont run. That is until my soccer coach taught me how to start running again. He put me on a slow running program which is exactly what it sounds, you run slow. The point is that you never walk, so your slow run pace may take you the exact same amount of time as walking the distance would but your working harder by doing the running motion. When you start to feel gassed you slow down essentially. As much as I love it, it will drive you insane at times that you are so god damn slow because people will look at you funny. With that said, I only was slow running for about a week when I noticed that my endurance was improving dramatically and I was able to keep a much faster pace without getting tired.

My weight training comes from a girl I work with, I'm doing mostly legs and abs. I had a major fuck up my first time doing the legs. You start with three sets of weighted squats with each set the weight increases and the reps decrease. When it said three sets I assumed this meant three sets of each weight level so I did nine sets total and about 100 weighted squats that day. Needless to say, I was wrong and the next day I felt as though someone had ripped every muscular thread in my ass. Seriously it hurt so bad.

The sort of in the title comes into play here. Although I've been killing myself at the gym lately. The scale says the same thing. I'm praying its broken but I'm pretty sure that I just develop muscle easily and muscle weighs more than fat so its just balancing out in some evil way. I feel better and look better and thats all that matters.

One Week Left To RSVP

Things start to feel very real when you realize that your rsvp's are all due back in a week. Holy mother of god this thing is 2 months away! We're still getting more and more responses every day and I think that right now we are hovering at around the 135 range for a head count. I expect we will be up to 150 by the time the deadline comes around which I think is a good number. Its seems to be the people who are our age who dilly dally with invitations and I have to say that I have developed a new pet peeve when it comes to wedding planning and I have to admit I was guilty of this once in my life as well, but in planning a wedding I have realized how frustrating it is for the bride and groom. So here it is: Even if you aren't coming (which really doesn't hurt mine or Josh's feelings in the littlest) you still have to rsvp not attending because in one week if we have no response from people we will start harassing you for an answer. This isn't because we are dying to know, but our hall has given us a date by which we need a confirmed number and that date is rapidly approaching. When you're planning a party for 150 people, it is a major pain in the ass to have to call and harass people about whether or not they are coming especially when its as simple as clicking a button on a website. So I speak for all brides when I say to just respond, we really dont care and wont be hurt if your not coming, we will be ticked off if we have to hunt you down.

My Shock at their Shock

Over the course of planning the wedding I've had a lot of people who were genuinely surprised by certain things about the wedding that I really didn't twice about, dare I say some were even appalled. Is it wrong that it makes me happy on the inside when people dont like something about they way I'm planning my wedding. Here are some of the things that have surprised me that surprised or annoyed other people. 

1. You're not getting married in Bridgewater? Apparently unbeknownst to me your "supposed" to get married in the Brides hometown and I'm supposed to get ready at my parent's house. Obviously the decision was between Cape Breton and Bridgewater, but in the end Cape Breton is prettier in the fall so we decided on there. I have really not had that many regrets since choosing to do it in Cape Breton. The hall has given me a couple of headaches along the way but nothing crazy. The only reason why I would have wanted to get married in Bridgewater  would be to get a photo at the golf course in Lunenburg overlooking the harbour. 

2. You're having your reception at a fire hall? My initial internal reaction to this question is you live in Nova Scotia, no one in NS is wealthy enough to have a prejudice against a fire hall, especially no one that I associate with. With that said, if I was getting married in Bridgewater a firehall wouldn't have been my first choice, because none of them are overly nice or big. However, I also hate the idea of a reception at a hotel, i've been at too many where when the dance starts 90% of the guests are up in rooms drinking and I'm the type of crazy biotch who would hunt them down and yell at them. For the record my hall doesn't even really look like a hall which apparently allows them to charge me 2 dollars more a plate than every other fire hall on that island but I will deal.

3. You're getting married in the fall? Contrary to popular belief, not everyone gets married in the summer and for good reason. For one you're competing with like a million different weddings every weekend and for two I have no idea how any woman wears a wedding dress in this kind of heat. I was sweating half to death just trying on my dress for maybe ten minutes two weeks ago at my shower!

4. You're not walking down the aisle to the bridal march? Yes, that god awful song has a name and no i'm not walking down the aisle to it. I'm walking down the aisle to the beatles. It will be simplistic and romantic and I cant wait.