Does anyone even check my blog anymore? Geez… I’ve been gone for so long!! Its been over 4 months since my amazing wedding and I haven’t written since 2 days before it! Anyway, the wedding was a TOTAL blast!!! It was my dream wedding times a million! All the hard work and efforts that went into planning it really paid off because it was truly a spectacular event. Infact, I wish I could do it all over again. There are so many things I feel like I missed because the day and night passed by so quickly. We’re still waiting for the full length video to come back and for our album to be made. There were over 4,000 pictures taken and the photographer whittled them down to 1200 for us to choose from! Our video guy did make us an incredible trailer though which I can post.
Anyway, its so hard to believe its 2009!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Some exciting news for us is that we found out we’re having a honeymoon baby!! Our baby is due in June and its so exciting! We don’t know the sex yet but we’ll be finding out in a few weeks. I’m on the edge of my seat. I’ll be THRILLED either way but I’m just dying to know!! The baby’s name will be a secret though.
So since this is my “fit” site I guess I should talk about my fitness.. or lack there of…. I’ve already gained about 10lbs. I’m 4 months pregnant. The first trimester was brutal. I was exhausted all the time and had a MASSIVE appetite which didn’t help. All I wanted was CARBS… “the devil” for me. Pizza, pasta, breads, cheese and orange juice were among my favorites. They helped plump me up nicely. UGH!! All those cravings have slowed down quite a bit now and I’ve actually been in Florida for the holidays. Getting out from the cold, dark weather of NJ has helped my mood too. I leave in two days and then we’re off to Vegas for CES (consumer electronics show.) Then its back to work and the daily grind. One thing that I WILL be doing is getting back to my morning cardio and lifting. I did slack quite a bit in the beginning but now its time to take advantage of some new energy and workout a bit. Although I’m still very tired most of the time.
Well, I’ll post some pictures…
The pictures of the baby are from 12 weeks.. we are now 17 weeks along!! yeah!!
What do you think? Girl or Boy??
Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! I’m freakin out with excitement!! I know its been a while since I’ve been on here to write but life has been NUTS!! My wedding is in just 2 days now and you couldn’t even begin to imagine the excitement going on here. My mother’s house is wedding central. A HUGE white tent is covering the tennis court and the yard is incredible. Inside the tent is a fairy tale!! Its all unreal to me! Oh yeah… and I reached my wedding goal for my body. I feel and look awesome and I’m ready to get married and party with all my friend and family this weekend. People start arriving today. My stomach is doing flip flops like crazy!!! I have permanent butterflies! I’ll admit that I’m a bit freaked out about my dancing and my speech but I’m sure thats just my nerves because I’m dancing with two great dance partners, my future husband and my grandpa.
Ok- i don’t even know if this entry is making sense because my fingers can barely type. I’m hearing the trucks arriving to continue setting up the tent and I’m getting chills of excitement!!!! Don’t worry- when I get pictures, I’ll put them up… I can’t wait to wear my dress!!!
Bye for now!!
Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! I’m freakin out with excitement!! I know its been a while since I’ve been on here to write but life has been NUTS!! My wedding is in just 2 days now and you couldn’t even begin to imagine the excitement going on here. My mother’s house is wedding central. A HUGE white tent is covering the tennis court and the yard is incredible. Inside the tent is a fairy tale!! Its all unreal to me! Oh yeah… and I reached my wedding goal for my body. I feel and look awesome and I’m ready to get married and party with all my friend and family this weekend. People start arriving today. My stomach is doing flip flops like crazy!!! I have permanent butterflies! I’ll admit that I’m a bit freaked out about my dancing and my speech but I’m sure thats just my nerves because I’m dancing with two great dance partners, my future husband and my grandpa.
Ok- i don’t even know if this entry is making sense because my fingers can barely type. I’m hearing the trucks arriving to continue setting up the tent and I’m getting chills of excitement!!!! Don’t worry- when I get pictures, I’ll put them up… I can’t wait to wear my dress!!!
Bye for now!!
40 days from today, I’ll be getting married! WOW! The days and time are just ticking away. I am beyond excited! So much of my time has been spent working, working out and working on this wedding! Maybe that’s why people go on honeymoons when the wedding is over… to take a break from all the working and finally relax. Well, my second dress fitting is this weekend. My first fitting was awesome and I cant wait to see how the dress looks with some more weight off my body. The scale doesn’t show much of a change but I know better… its the mirror and clothes that count. I have been hitting cardio at least 6 days a week first thing in the morning and I have taken Power and lifted quite a few times. I really feel incredible and proud of myself for pulling myself together and focusing more. My cardio has included a lot of HIIT training and I can see it paying off in my performance. Yesterday I was able to run 4 miles on the treadmill doing the HIIT workout and I was on top of the world! I used to run at a 5.5 for a quarter mile and want to die and now I’m at a 6.0 for 3/4 of a mile. I love seeing changes like that…. especially being a person who hates running. I’m actually starting to enjoy it!
Well, time to get on with my busy day. Its thunder-storming here right now and I’m a bit freaked out because my finance is on an airplane back to Jersey now too! UGH!!! This is stressful!
DL
Oh my goodness, its now just about 2 months to our wedding and the countdown is on. To make things feel even more real, I have my first dress fitting on Saturday! I’m so excited to put on my wedding dress for the first time! So the race is on to drop those extra 10 lbs I want to lose. Its serious crunch time because I don’t want to crash diet. I’ve been hitting the gym for early morning cardio. One of my new additions to my training has been some HIIT training on the treadmill. I hate running but it really gets my heart going and gets me sweating and working so I do intervals for quarter miles. I have also been doing the dreaded stepmill. I feel so proud of myself after I complete workouts on machines I HATE. Its actually torture for me sometimes to walk those steps but after I’m done it feels great I conquered the dreaded beast!
I have been taking dance lessons for the wedding and its so much fun! We go about once a week and I can’t stop laughing and smiling the entire time. Dancing can be such a high and so much fun when you know what your doing. I’m still a beginner but I can be lead very easily so its such a blast. My favorite dance is hustle. I’m constantly counting out loud… And one…. and One…
Well its time for my morning cardio… since I don’t have a trainer or anyone to report my progress to I will report here. My starting weight today is 140.5 lbs. My goal is 130. I know I have been at this stupid weight for over a year but now is the time to really step it up and get to my goal. I’m actually pretty great under pressure. Ok… 2 month countdown, here we go!!
Here are 2 birthday pictures…
Its the morning of my Bridal shower and I’m just so excited! I’m sitting outside on my porch with my coffee and lap top, still totally clueless about all the details of this wonderful party taking place today at 11:30am. All of my bridesmaids are here and even our dear friend Juan Carlos flew in from Miami Beach to help. Since I live 2 doors down from where the party will be, I can hear the laughter and excitement going on over there while they set up but still can’t tell a thing. My mother and the girls have been working like crazy on this party for weeks and weeks. Its so weird and exciting to be completely in the dark about a party and not be able to discuss with all my girls. Its like a surprise party that you know about but DONT know about! haha! I have to figure out what to wear! The good news is that weather wise, we got an AMAZING DAY!! The temperature is perfect and sky is clear. I CAN NOT EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT THEY ARE DOING OVER THERE!!! I’m so out of the loop! haha! Well, I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures so I can post them. Today Lorraine, my maid of honor, is the last girl to be fitted for her bridesmaid dress and then those will be ordered. How exciting! Its exactly 3 months until my big day! Ahhhhhh!!!!
Oh yeah, I’ll also post pictures from my birthday party. WOW! that was so much fun too! We had a cute little party at my mom’s house with a fantastic dinner and presents and a chocolate cake and little pink cakes. My fiance bought me a beautiful watch and the best part is, my favorite number, 8, on the watch is in diamonds! Its so pretty!
Ok, time to get ready for my shower! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I’m SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!! Its just 2 hours away!
Well hello!!! its been quite a while since I’ve written in this journal, although I think about trying to fit in an entry all the time. I actually write journal entries in my head but by the time I find the time to sit down and type, I forget what I was thinking about writing! Things in my life have been pretty hectic and busy and just wonderful! Tomorrow is my 28th birthday and I just love this time of year. The days in NJ have been so pretty and warm and I’ve been spending as much of my free time outside. My allergies have been terrible though!
So this week and weekend is going to be so much fun. All my best friends (and bridesmaids) will be here to celebrate my birthday and my bridal shower! I am so excited. I don’t have a clue about the theme or any details about my bridal shower but I know all the girls have been working so hard on it so I can’t wait! For my birthday we’ll be having a big wonderful family picnic dinner. I have invited about 15 people to that and we’ll be eating one of my favorite meals…. fruited pot roast. Its AMAZING, trust me!!
My website and journal are called Dana Lynn Fit because its supposed to be about my FITNESS lifestyle so I’ll have to be honest… it hasn’t been a huge priority lately. I’m NOT happy about that either and it weighs on my mind all the time. I’ll admit, I’m a bit chunkier now then I would like to be and with my wedding dress fitting around the corner I really have no excuse. Anyway, I’m not going to sit here and make an excuse because there are none. I just have to get my butt in gear again and make sure to make physical fitness a top priority again.
Ok.. well I just got home from work and its almost 7pm. I still have to do the food shopping!
DL
I finally found some time to write in this journal since today I’m home from work with terrible sinus problems. My head is so clogged up that I feel like I’m in a vat of mollasses. I just took a Zyrtec which is a medicine I used to take years ago when I lived in NJ and my sinus’ were a wreck. I’m hoping the meds kick in soon or I might go nuts blowing my nose.
Lately life has been busy and lots of fun. Our house is coming along and we finally have a wonderful living room set up to hangout in. Ever since the plans for the wedding have started things have really been moving right along. Since this site is about BALANCE I won’t shy away from admitting that I can’t wait for the wedding cake tasting! hahaha! Cake is one of my favorite things! However, I can’t forget that my first wedding dress fitting is in July and my goal is still waiting to be reached. I’ve been waking up early doing my cardio and this weekend I plan to take Power Class. The weather is really warming up so I also go outside and do walking lunges and jump rope. Anything to enjoy this weather!
At the end of March we took a trip out west to Arizona and stayed in Sedona for a few days. We had a lot of fun relaxing and site seeing but to be honest, I wouldn’t want to stay more then 2-3 days in Sedona. Its great if your an avid hiker but we aren’t.
Here are some pictures from our trip and our engagement party- just to show how HAPPY I AM!!
HAPPY SPRING!!!
DL
I made it through my first winter back in the Northeast! Spring is finally here and I’m just loving it. Most of the trees are starting to have little buds on them or they have already flowered before getting their leaves and the air is starting to warm up more and more. I love living with the seasons. It makes you not take any of the other seasons for granted. When a new season arrives I’m so happy to see it and by the end of each season I’m ready to move on to the next. I couldn’t wait for the cold weather to wear my sweaters, see snow and drink hot chocolate but now that spring is here, I can’t wait to go outside without a coat, wear open toed shoes again and spends my weekends outdoors. I wouldn’t change living here for anything right now.
So with all the craziness in my life right now, I’m still trying to keep my fitness a top priority. Sometimes it can be very hard with working full time and planning our wedding and taking care of everything that falls in between but I know its too important for my mind and body to let slip by each day.
Yesterday I took a Power Class for the first time in a while and today I am sore! It felt so good to be back in class again and I know I need to make it my goal to get there at least twice a week again. Shoulders are a body party I really want to work on. My wedding dress is strapless so working on my upper body is so important right now.
Wedding planning time is a very fun time but it can also be so stressful and that’s no exception for me. Between family drama and drama within the actual wedding planning, I need exercise to be an outlet for relieving the added pressure.
Well, its time to get going. I have so much to get done on my cherished Sunday.
DL
Well, here’s the good news… We found our wedding band… here’s a clip of them doing a cover of one of my favorite songs from the 80’s.
How freakin cute! I can’t even stand it! My dog, Turbo, reminds me of the drummer. What a stud!
Well its one week until our engagement party and already some gifts have come to the house. How freakin fun! The only part thats driving me nuts is that the store we registered with LOVES packing with peanuts and it kills me everytime I open box to take out a gift. There are peanuts everywhere!
My finance joined my gym and I couldn’t have been more thrilled the day he did it. I now have a workout buddy! How awesome! We will both lift during lunch time and I’ll continue doing my morning cardio because I can’t get all sweaty in the middle of the day. Then later after work if I want to do another session or take power class, I can go back.
Oh, more good news… we are finally filling our house with furniture! It’s starting to feel like a REAL home instead of a big empty box I’ve been living in. Now if only our LA house would sell….
DL
