Back on Track!!

I am FINALLY back on track with losing weight! I weighed in at Weight Watchers this week and found out that I lost 5 lbs this week!! YAY!! I switched to doing the Core plan this week - which means that instead of counting points for everything i eat and having a daily limit of points with weekly "bonus" points, I now can eat as much as I need to feel satisfied of any food that is a "core" food and if I want a non-core food, I can use my weekly bonus points for them. Core foods are fruits, veggies, non-fat dairy, lean meats, brown rice, potatoes, grains... Basically whole or non-processed foods. Doing the Core plan makes me make better choices about the foods that I eat. I feel satisfied more and better about myself.

Along with switching to the Core plan, I got my butt back to the gym. I did weight training every other day along with daily cardio. I feel great! I'm really excited about my progress and I know that if I keep up my good work, I'll be back at my goal weight by the wedding - which is three months from yesterday!!!!

ADORABLE!!!

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I could end up with a million cats if I keep staring at these kitten pictures. SOOOOOOOOO freaking cute!!!!!

Eeeewww...

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Alex showed me this web page... This first one is REALLY gross... An Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar. There are more on the site... Alex said, "Although, when I get my Big Macs, they always look phenomenal."

Punch Buggy Blue! No Punch Backs!

That never gets old. I love when I'm out driving around and I hear that. Now that it's BEAUTIFUL out, I can have my windows open! Yay! Of course, I HAVE to have my windows open when it's warm because my AC is busted - it probably just needs to be recharged (or at least I hope that's it), but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet...

We celebrated the awesome weather this weekend by fixing up our porches. I found a "camp hammock" for the front porch at Target. It's really cool: the frame just pops right open and then you attach the sling hammock onto it. SIMPLE! And it's SOOO nice to lay on the hammock and feel the breeze come through the screens on the porch. I totally love hammocks - Alex proposed to me on one so I think I'll always have a hammock. :)

For the back porch, we found a little wooden bistro set at The Christmas Tree Shop. It's totally cute - a square wooden table with two wood folding chairs. We also found a little teak side table that we put our little electric grill on. We have to have an electric grill because both of our porches are enclosed. We've used the grill twice so far and it actually works pretty good. Alex made steak tonight - it ROCKED. (He's awesome!) We also bought some mini light bulb string lights that sort of remind me of the lights that they have in the Macaroni Grill. Alex hung them up tonight and they look awesome! I found a navy blue lantern on clearance at Target and it looks hella cute out there.

It's awesome having all of the windows open in the apartment and it's great having two porches. We're really in love with our apartment - finally. ;)

Oh, and it's 95 days until our wedding!!!!! I've finally been able to REALLY get myself motivated. I figured it out that I'll need to lose 2 lbs a week in order to get to my goal weight by the wedding - so I'm totally back on program with weight watchers and not missing out on the gym. It's easier, of course, now that it's not SNOWING. I'm trying to do Core again. We'll see how this works out for me...