Getting in Shape

**sigh**
Ive been working really hard to lose some weight before I go wedding dress shopping. I told myself I wanted to lose 50lbs before I went and tried on dresses (I wasn't planning on doing this probably until late this summer/early this fall). So I really do have like 2-3+ months before I planned on trying on dresses but I'm getting discouraged :( And I have been working my butt off and its killing me!!! (not really lol) I think I do need to try harder...especially with the eating aspect.

I can tell in some areas that I have been losing weight/inches...which makes me feel good but I feel like with how hard Ive been working and how "closely" I have been watching what I eat/how much I have been eating I feel like I should be seeing better results.

So far I have been:
Cutting calories to about 1400/1500 a day..eating lots of fruits and veggies
And then work outs:
Mondays: I work almost the entire day so theres not much time to exercise but I do walk to and from my internship..and then, if its not too late, walk the halls at one of the retirement communities after work (try and do a mile)
Tuesday: Five mile walk if weather is good
Wednesday: Turbo Jam (40min-burns about 600+ cals)
Thursday: Five mile walk if weather is good
Friday: Turbo Jam (40 min)
Sat: Another busy day in general...I get lots of walking in between going to the farmers market/rallies and work..Im going to start doing at least a 20 min work out video or one of the 30 min yoga classes I recorded on the TV.
Sunday: This is my super long 14 hour work day...Thankfully the lady I do the 12 hr shift with likes to walk so me and her walk a lot which helps...I also do a lot of cleaning over there...Bad thing is I do not eat very well when I'm there :(

I think I need to start adding in more exercise...Good thing is I bought a new bike last night so that should help me squeeze a few extra calories out.

I "think" I have lost 2.5lbs this week....so I guess that's not too bad :)

Here's to eating better, having more self control, and exercising more this next week!!! And losing some more weight ;)

Tissue Paper, and Floral Wire, and Styrofoam Balls. OH MY!

So Im still working on my tissue paper poms! We got 3 more 6 inch balls from Hobby Lobby last week using our 40% off coupons (2.70$ a piece is way better than 5$ a piece).

So I decided that the easiest way to make all these was to do it in steps....so Im making a ton of the flowers first and then making the poms.

Well last Friday I started the mass flower making process and it was going really well...I just sat in front of the tv and just made one after another. After I had a nice pile going a certain little kitty decided that I required kitten assistance and then decided that they were, in fact, for her...for her to play with to be exact! So I had to find some where to put these where she couldn't get to them.

 This is what helping looks like, by the way.

So I put them in a laundry basket and I have decided that I will start putting the flowers in the balls as soon as I fill this puppy up.

This is what I started with last Friday:

And this is what I have as of today:

Making good progress!! (P.S. Ignore all the junk on the floor lol) Its probably about half full? I have used all the tissue I had already cut out so Ill have to do some more before I can continue.

It'll be interesting to see how many full poms I can get out of a full basket :)