kimmers for life

Trim the Fat: Wedding Edition

So, I think we all knew it would come to this.

My wedding is in 98 days. And I haven't lost a pound of that 20 I've been trying to lose for months now.

I'm panicking... more than a little.

I'm also starting to feel a dangerous twinge of "how much can I possibly lose in only 3 months, I've left it too late, might as well just accept that this is what I'm going to weigh on my wedding day". I know this kind of defeatist attitude is dangerous to an already lacking motivation level. I know it's not even particularly true and of course, I know that I can in fact lose weight, and probably accomplish a decent amount of toning in 3 months. It's just so hard to make myself actually feel it. I look forward 3 months and it's just impossible for me to see myself 20 pounds slimmer. I've totally lost confidence in myself and my ability to take control and get serious about this.

Fortunately, (unfortunately?) Nick and my parents are in exactly the same boat, so we've decided to have a mini Biggest Loser style competition to try to get the four of us motivated and on the right track. We have 13 weeks between now and the wedding and we each want to lose roughly 20 pounds. To keep things as fair as possible we've split into two coed teams. To mix things up a bit, Nick and my mom are one team while my dad and I are the other. We'll weigh in weekly and the team with the biggest percent lost at the end of week 13 will be the victors. We're still working out what the winning team will actually win but there will definitely be some sort of prize involved.

One of the "rules" we set is that the team members need to stay in touch in between weigh ins and keep each other focused and motivated.

Today alone my dad has sent me three "motivational" text messages.

(Did I mention that the contest doesn't even start until tomorrow. I think that means I'm in for a lot of text messages over the next 13 weeks.)

If all goes well, in 13 weeks time we will all be headed for Florida a collective 80 pounds thinner and a great deal happier.

Please share your weight loss tips! We can all use them. Esoecially me, because Nick is so damn overconfident I'm dying to beat him. :)

I basically just want to tell you about my fantastic birthday present

Today I turned 27, which I'm pretty sure means I'm officially in my "late twenties", but I think I'm going to stay in denial about that for a little while.

I had a pretty great day! We just had our Jack & Jill last weekend, so I really wanted to stay low key for my birthday. The weather forecast for today was horrible, so rather than sit in traffic for two hours trying to get to work like yesterday, I used a vacation day and stayed home. I let myself sleep in a little, and when I woke up Nick surprised me with cupcakes from my favorite bakery. I had a white chocolate macadamia nut cupcake with raspberry mousse frosting for breakfast, and that's a pretty good start to any day.

Along with my cupcakes he gave me my birthday card, and in it, Nick had written the following:

        "Roses are red, violets are blue, 102 days until we say 'I do'."

Awwwwww.       

Nick ordered my birthday present online, and unfortunately the delivery was delayed a few days because of the crazy weather we've been having here, so I don't have it in my hands yet. But he ordered me a Clarisonic, and I am so! freaking! excited! I've wanted to get my hands on one of these for ages but I keep putting off the purchase because it seems like such an up front investment. With the wedding only three months away (!!!) we were supposed to be on a tight budget for each other's birthdays. Nick really splurged on me and I'm so touched that he did. I can't wait to try this out, and I'll definitely review it here after I do.

We also went out to dinner, about a million people left me birthday wishes on Facebook, and my parents sent me an Edible Arrangement (YUM). Tomorrow night we're going to see the movie Blue Valentine, and on Saturday my parents are taking us to dinner again. (And on Monday, we all start our wedding diets for real this time.) I'm so fortunate that the people in my life seem to understand that my birthday is a multiple day event. (Just kidding.) (Mostly.) (Sort of.)

Have you ever used the Clarisonic? If so I'm dying to hear about your experiences with it!

You're Getting Married Where?!

Back when Nick and I first started planning our wedding, I made a firm decision not to post here about the wedding planning process. I had a laundry list of reasons why this wasn't something I wanted to talk about on my blog. I was worried that the content of my blog would become too narrow and only appeal to a certain small audience. I didn't want to fall into a niche that would no longer apply for me after I got married. I was afraid that my choice of a Disney wedding would alienate some readers. And on, and on, and on.

But you know what? I've decided that I just. don't. care. My blog has completely fallen by the wayside, and I hate that, and I honestly think a lot of the reason for it has been this weird, self-imposed list of topics I feel like I "can't" write about. I've given it some thought and I've decided that from now on? The only guidelines I'm setting for myself are the following:

• Don't write something that I don't want someone - anyone - to read;
• Don't write about work.

Other than that? Anything goes. Including wedding plans! Because honestly? That's a pretty big part of my life right now, and I think keeping it out of here is only hurting this space anyway. So stay tuned, because I'm working on some wedding posts and I can't wait to share them with you!

In other news, I recently joined Good Reads. I'm still sort of figuring out what it's all about, but so far I'm pretty intrigued. Although, if I understand correctly, apparently if I had an iphone I could simply scan my books' barcodes rather than tediously entering each of them one by one... and this makes me sad. Because I'm already dying for a damn iphone, but my contract with Verizon doesn't renew until December. Sigh.

Regardless, come add me as a friend!

Are you on Good Reads? What do you love about it?