Two-fifty-five - By Katie

With just 255 days until "The Big Day", things are getting real. I have a stunning veil, donated to me by a close friend. Another wonderful friend will start work on my dress in just a few weeks. My dress, is amazing... and in order to fit into it, and look good, I need to drop around 20kg.

Today, I had my first PT session, with the lovely Melissa Geddes from Slim Force (find them on FB at https://www.facebook.com/#!/slimforce). I weighed in today at a disgusting 89.5kg, which means I've put on 11.5kg in just 6 months, so I'm very disappointed in myself - but determined that, with Mel's help, and my wonderful fiance's support, I'll get down to my goal. I don't want to be "skinny". I'll never be a supermodel. I DO want to be fit, toned, and healthy. I want to be in the healthy weight range, and feel good about myself. I want to be able to run after my 2yo son without puffing and panting, and feeling like I'm going to die. So here we are. After push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, planking, squats, dead lifts, jogging, and some weird thing where i "sat" against the wall and balanced on one leg, my legs are killing me. I did better than I thought I would, which gives me hope - I'm not as unfit as I believed.

So today - for real - the Wedding Countdown begins. Operation "bye bye fatchick".


"Before" shots: Front, back and side. 27/9/2012.