2013 January 05 | Weddingbee

Miss Mongoose, New Haven, CT Age and Occupation: 28, Digital Advertising Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Business Development Engagement Date: November 19th, 2011 Wedding Date: May 2013 Venue: Hotel Nelligan in Montreal, CA About Me: I was born and raised in Queens, NY (though you would never know due to my lack of a "real" New York accent) but currently live in Connecticut with my fiance. Anyone who knows me knows that I have a crazy obsession for planning and organizing things, so it comes as no surprise that I'm currently obsessed with planning our wedding. I love dancing, music, traveling, reading fiction novels, cooking, the color blue, cupcakes, all things space science-related and TV shows created by Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams. My fiance and I have been together for seven years and are so excited to finally get married next year. We are planning a peacock-themed destination wedding in Montreal, one of our favorite cities in the world, with 100 or so of our closest family and friends. While we may look very different on the outside, we have eerily similar personalities (probably due to the fact that we share the exact same birthday) and share very similar passions. But above all else, we love each other and love to have FUN!!!

Workin’ on My Fitness: Exercise

January 5th, 2013 @ 1:34 pm by Miss Mongoose

I’ve luckily never had serious struggles with my weight. Growing up, my parents put me in all kinds of activities from swimming and track & field to numerous dance classes like ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and even gymnastics, which kept me in serious shape for the majority of my life. But now that I’m over 25, that metabolism that was SO good to me all those years has started to slow down and all of a sudden; I can no longer eat cupcakes, Sour Powers, and Doritos whenever I want (if only I had a time machine…).

Image via FitBottomedGirls.com

So with the wedding coming up, I suddenly had a tangible goal to strive toward—I’m not necessarily trying to lose a ton of weight, BUT I do want to look and feel amazing on my wedding day. Oh, and I want Michelle Obama arms in my pictures. So here are the workouts I’m currently doing to get myself in shape.