My Little Reminder

I have literally been kicking my butt trying to look good for my wedding.

For the first time in my life I can run a mile in under 10 minutes. This here slowest running kid from middle school just doesn't even understand how this is even possible.

This wedding has been amazing motivation though for some life style changes. This past year of working has taught me that you sit on your butt. A LOT. You go to work and sit on your butt and don't get up from your computer for 8-9 hours except to eat your salad lunch sitting down. Your ride the train on your butt for an hour. You sit at home at night because you are mentally exhausted. You go to bed.

If you were afraid of the freshman 15 then be very aware that when you start a new job after college it's going to happen all over again.

It feels kind of hard getting in to a new rhythm of work life. My first 6th months were completely miserable. I hated my first job in social media marketing. Then luckily I was invited back to work as an employee for a company I had interned with and that was the best choice I had ever made. But it has taken 3 months of adjusting and getting a work out schedule set.

I started back in May. I made a huge effort to come home after a long day and commute to put on work out clothes and go to the gym and get at least 2.5 miles done. That turned in to 5ks, which has now turned in to 5k-5miles 6 days a week, and now we're added biking and weights starting tomorrow.

While I feel completely burned out and like I'm not getting any where, I have to remind myself that I have lost 7lbs since starting this. It's been slower than I would like but I eat a healthy breakfast and dinner which is something I never did. The quick fix girl inside me would have starved away those pounds with a juice cleanse or by restricting what I was eating to a very small lunch, if that.

I'm in a lot better place right now. I'm a lot happier with my living situation and working situation, and feeling like things are falling in to place thanks to being a little out of control with the gym. I'm eager to continue this process for the rest of the year, beyond my wedding and see where I am next May!

Cheers to this non resolution like challenge! And thank goodness Jeff and I will finally be doing bike adventures.

xo,
Paige

ps:
I'm really in to doing double exposures on the iphone now. Stay tuned for more of those on our bike trips!

Jeff at Coney Island:

Daycation: Coney Island

It's hard not having a car in NYC.

Jeff and I have been dying to drive out and do something, but any train trip requires at least an hour and hotels cost $100+ a night. So, we've decided if we are going to go out, we are going to make it count. 

Daycation.

It was our first time to Coney Island. We did everything you are suppose to on a first trip; eat a hot dog and ride the Wonder Wheel... and get third degree burns on our feet. 

I'm sad we only have the option right now to only go out for a day, but summer has only begun and we have plenty more daycations ahead! I'll just be counting down to our real vacation/honeymoon in Japan. (Which, by the way.. Less than 3 months we get married. I have so much to do. Panic.)

Do you have any daycations planned this summer?

I Did a Body Wrap

It was slippery.

Before I go on about this body wrap experience I would like to fully disclose that I do not believe in any magical overnight weightloss experiments. Only sweating/detoxing/tightening.

No before and afters in this session.

So, if you are crazy period/red meat/pasta/emotionally bloated and in need of some sweet relief, let's continue.

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I had always wanted to try a body wrap. The idea of dehydrating your body a little bit to achieve a loss of few inches is a little exciting to an insane person. I had researched a few DIY body wraps to avoid spending $100+ for something that may or may not work. I came across this one:

Fat Girl Sixpack + Plastic Wrap + Ace Bandage + One Long Night = ???

So the day of the wrap I had my period kick in full blast. I was tired, I started bloating, I was eating every carb, meat, and spicey cheesy mashed potatoes in sight after a long weekend of moving. I felt nearly doubled in size from that night so, the wrap couldn't have come at a better time.

I slathered on the Fat Girl Sixpack according to the directions I found online, which was literally, slather on and don't rub in. I covered my entire midsection, sides, and back. The tricky part is the plastic wrap, start lower than you think you should and slowly work your way up to right under your boobs. Go back and forth like this until you have snuggly wrapped yourself at least 8 times.

You have to sweat.

At this point you'll feel the Fat Girl Sixpack start to tingle. A lot. It's slippery and weird so you have to put on the chest ace bandage to secure your plastic wrap. Make sure that your ace bandage is snug as well, but not to the point where you can't breathe.. Obviously.

More like the point where you only have a standing or laying down option because if you sit down everything will shift.

Then go to bed. You'll sweat a lot that night, and it will be tingly for a little while. I guess that means it's working.

My results:

I WAS NORMAL! It took away ALL the horrible bloat that I would have normally had to deal with for DAYS. I've never felt my body be so regular on day 2 of a period. Ladies, you know.

So, if you are in need of a quick fix to the bloats, I would say give this a shot.

If you are maybe looking for a long term solution, then try putting on the Fat Girl Sixpack with plastic wrap during work outs, which will make that area sweat. Just.. keep doing that frequently, and there goes more water weight.

Good luck, Godspeed!

Let me know about your experience with a DIY body wrap!

xo,
Paige