Weddingbee Blog

When I updated our wedding website with our new engagement photos, I took a quick gander at the old ones, just for fun. I knew the new ones were going to blow the old ones out of the water, but I saw something that I hadn’t expected: I lost weight! My workouts are working!

This is me in April of 2009.

Photo by FMIL Spaniel

Let’s forget about the fact that I am makeup-less, hairstyle-less, and just style-less in general here, shall we? Let’s also forget about the fact that the photo quality is the kind you can only get from a point-and-shoot camera and an inexperienced photographer. (Sorry, FMIL Spaniel! We love you!) But seriously… what is with that BUMP?! Oh, it’s my belly.

This is me in January of 2010.

Photo by Meg Perotti

I think the differences are pretty obvious, but I should also point out that my jeans are two sizes smaller in the second picture!

It might not seem particularly impressive—I lost two pant sizes in 8 months, but I’m guessing that most brides here don’t have that long to go—but the truth is, I didn’t really get serious until November of this year… maybe the tail-end of December, if I’m being honest. So I really lost two pant sizes in five weeks. And if I’d had more to lose, I bet it would have made a bigger impact!

I have been doing the Buff Brides 12-week program for nearly six weeks now, and I flesh it out by playing Ultimate Frisbee once a week (about an hour of intense cardiovascular exercise!) or by doing this video a couple times in a row after weight lifting. I don’t skip workouts no matter how lazy I feel, and I watch what I eat (most of the time). Amazingly, it really hasn’t been that hard. And now that I see my own before and after? I don’t think I could let myself fall off the wagon again!

Have you been sticking to a workout plan? Have you started to see results?