Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Losin' Ain't Easy

I have a wedding in October. Not MY wedding, mind you, that happened almost ten years ago. This would be the wedding of my little brother...the cop..the gym rat...the runner. His fiancee? Works at a gym part time. Closes the gym at the end of her shift and works out for two hours.

Yeah. And guess who is in the wedding. Yep...that would be me.

I want SO badly to look awesome in this bridesmaid dress. I want to be able to look back at the pictures of the weekend and love what I see, not feel like I have to avoid the camera.

I have a little under five months.

I am working hard. I turned myself into the WW police and have been watching my food intake. For the first time in many weigh ins, the scale is I N C H I N G downwards. I have started strength training and am starting to see muscle tone. But . . . its slow.

As I write this, I am watching the Biggest Loser finale. I love the show for its inspiration and the amazing transformations, but when you see people dropping 10, 15...30 pounds in a week, it gets hard to be all WOOHOO!!! about a .5 loss on the scale on a Saturday morning.

Also as I sit here, I hear my Grammie whispering in my ear, spouting little bits of wisdom..."Slow and steady wins the race" and "For Pete's sake, Beth Ann, patience is a virtue!"
I answer her back (in my head of course), butchering one of my favorite lines from one the wise men of our time and say..."But DAMN Gram, Losin' Ain't Easy!"