Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Buff Bride!

Now that I'm officially at the 6 week mark for the wedding, I had a little bit of a mini-meltdown about my fitness/toning level while we were on vacation. I've still been running pretty much every day and I have lost a bit of weight, but I really just want to look and feel my best for the wedding and honeymoon.

So, I bit the bullet and hired a personal trainer! EEEK! I have him for 12 sessions - 2 times a week every week until the wedding! His name is J.D. and he seriously kicks my butt! OMG! I had my first session with him on Monday morning and I literally still cannot walk...and I have to go back in today for my 2nd session!!! He did a "baseline" test with me on Monday, just to see my levels for everything. He said he was surprised by how in shape I am (which was a surprise to me too!), so that means he'll be able to push me even harder than he originally thought - GREAT!

He showed me proper form for all these exercises I've been apparently doing wrong - a real correct squat is SO hard...and I almost fell backwards on my butt while doing them because he makes me get down so low. And I never do any upper body stuff, so that was seriously intense...I wanted to cry at the end of it all.

But he promises that I will definitely see major results by the end of the 6 weeks and I will have toned arms and abs by the wedding. I'm willing to put in some hard work and sweat for the next 6 weeks if it means that I will be a buff bride!!
I'm sure I will be doing updates on my progress over the next few weeks - maybe I'll even do photo comparisons of before and after!
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6 comments:

  1. QueenBeeSwainJuly 22, 2009 at 10:27 AM

    hysterical pic- you are going to love having a trainer to keep you pushing yourself hard to a fitter, more toned you- you're going to be so glad for years to come when you look at those wedding pics!

    own it!

    kHm

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  2. Hailey HRHJuly 22, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    good luck! we can keep each other motivated! and i almost used that pic for my post today!

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  3. BelleJuly 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    Good luck!!

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  4. Wila (aka Ali)July 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    You go! The personal trainer is a REAL motivator. I think you'll do great. I love waking up and feeling sore all over; makes me proud :-) The trip looks like so much fun, glad you had a ball. Get so excited, the next few weeks will fly by! Yeah! Pump it!

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  5. P*P*PJuly 22, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Yess! Good choice on hiring the personal trainer! I did the same thing before graduation -- to see if a trainer was really worth it for before the wedding or not....well it is SO WORTH IT! You will love the way you feel & look!! :)

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  6. KACJuly 22, 2009 at 6:15 PM

    Good luck!!

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