Saturday, April 28, 2018

Waiting and Weighting

A little more information on the wedding dress fitting event in Las Vegas. As I said in the previous post I purchased the dress on a previous visit to Las Vegas in November of 2017. At that point in time I was on a running schedule to prepare for a half marathon and as a result my weight was a pretty respectable 205 pounds. That was my weight when I went in and was trying on dresses.

Again as I said before I fell in love the dress and bought it, the store model actually fit me quite well but I was buying MY dress, a brand new dress made just for me. So we took measurements and add a little extra length to it because I'm tall. I took about four months from the time the order went in and when the dress was delivered.

Those four months were winter in Minnesota and even when training back late October there were some very cold and windy 30 degree runs. I don't belong to a gym so like most winters I just don't exercise as much. Well, over those four months I went up to 216 pounds. When the dress arrived, those extra ten pound didn't help me at all trying to get into my brand new dress. I wasn't able to get it zipped up. That was no good at all, after spending my money on my dress and I couldn't even wear it.

Back when I purchased the dress the salon owner said I might need to get it altered once it arrives. I could do that in Las Vegas at the salon or have it done locally. Initially I though I would do it locally but with the shows coming up in May/June I thought I might be able to do it in Las Vegas. And that would give me a few months to try and get back into wedding dress shape.

I have tried diets and exercise in the past without much movement on the scale but now I had a mission. I needed to get down to 205 pounds by May 31st, the day of my fitting which I scheduled back in March. So now I was going to start tracking my weight every Monday. My regimen consisted of smaller portion sizes, less sugar (no soda's), less beer, more fruits and vegetables, and starting to run again.

Naturally winter decided to make things hard and it was on April 14th that we had a blizzard that dropped one foot of snow on us. Things had been looking better up until then, the sidewalks were starting to clear, I could run in 30 to 40 degree weather and I was making progress. When the snow hit I had to stop running and I decided to dust off the old T25 exercise DVD's and try that. I could only do those on Tuesdays and Thursdays though.

In order to meet my goal I would have to lose about one pound a week over 11 weeks, that was my minimum. I set a secondary goal of 200 pounds, I called that my ideal weight. I wanted to have a little wiggle room if I needed it. Then I tracked my actual weight and charted it so I could see how I was doing.

At this point I have five weeks left and things are going very well.  I have actually made my wedding dress minimum with time to spare. I am continuing to work to lose that last five pounds to get to my ideal wedding weight. There is even a chance that I can surpass it. I graduated college in 1990, since then I have been under the 200 pound mark only three times. I hope to see a fourth.  Here is a chart of my current progress. Wish me luck.

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Events of Summer

Las Vegas 2014

Depending on how you count I have anywhere from 2 to 5 events planned for the next few months.

First, I am going to Las Vegas at the end of May with my wife and friends to attend some shows and generally have a fun time. At a number of points during the trip I will be dressed up in all my girl finery. We have two shows that I will definitely be dressing to the nines for. We also have a pool day planned and I will be wearing a bikini at the hotel pool. So I guess you can count that as one or three events.

Also, while in Las Vegas I have another event planned. Back in November I was in Las Vegas to run a half marathon and while I was there I decided it could be fun to go wedding dress shopping, at a real bridal store. It was every bit as fun as I had imagined, trying on beautiful dress after dress. Well, one thing led to another and ended up buying one. Silly me. It arrived about a month ago and I plan on having a final fitting to get the hem and fit just right.

I told my girlfriends about the dress fitting and they want to come along and join in the fun. So now that is an additional event while I'm in Las Vegas. Girls day at the bridal salon. Of course I'll have to make sure my wedding lingerie works with my wedding dress so, I'll be wearing that and a easy to get into and out of casual dress when we go. If I'm doing that I might as well do my hair up too.  Just to get an idea of how the whole package will look. There will be pictures.

Finally, after we get back from Las Vegas and the dress is all perfectly fit there is one more event on the horizon. The girls who are going with me to the bridal salon are a couple of my burlesque friends.We actually do an act where I am Marilyn Monroe, they are wearing tuxedos and we perform to Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend. Recently, they told me about this cool old mansion where we could do a photo shoot.I thought we were going to do promotional photos for our troupe, but it turns out they want to wear their tuxedos and I will be wearing my wedding dress. Little old bridal me with two "grooms" for a photoshoot. That will be so much fun, I am super excited. And so are they.

So that's it, somewhere between two and five girly events depending on how you count it.

34 days and counting to Las Vegas

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Dream Board


While talking to Fiona from Sissyschool.com, she thought a Dream Board might be a good idea. So I started gathering photos of the things I plan to wear, will wear or would like to wear during my summer adventures. I also hope to get some nice pictures of the events as they occur too.

What events you ask?  I will post them here soon, so much to do and only 41 days to do it.

I know this is a quick post but here is the link to my Dream Board on Pinterest.

https://www.pinterest.com/heisthebride/2018-sissy-gurl-summer-events/