T Minus 358 Days (To my Wedding)

Time to start being accountable.

In preparation for purchasing the most expensive dress I will ever buy, I've begun a fitness regime. Also, I'm helping to save the planet since fat people cause climate change. (hope the link is accessible).

To help me get going I've hired a local trainer. She's a little intense. I work out with her twice a week in a small boxing gym in Burbank. (Side note: my first meeting with her basically consisted of her, me and Mario Lopez. Jealous?) She also makes me do horrible interval cardio twice a week on my own with a smattering of other physical activity.

I have started to eat better as well. This mainly consists of eating less but I'm already laughing because my crave-able treats are things like low-fat chocolate milk (one serving) and Newton Fruit thins (3 cookies). I'm sure the latter one will get me in trouble and they are probably horrible for you in some way, but I highly recommend them. Chicken wings suddenly seem a little intense but I hope to someday be able to eat a few again.

Diet-wise I've found the one thing that is really effective is not eating bread/rice/grains at dinner. BUT its not because I buy into some weird time-of-eating belief system, its more that not getting to have  bread/rice/grains seriously shrinks what I end up eating at dinner, so I don't blow a whole day with a big plate of pasta. See, totally logical.

It's been 24 days since I started in earnest. Current Weight Loss: 8 lbs.

Dress Shopping Slated to Begin: October at the earliest.