Huge Motivator!!!

My good friend just asked if DF and I wanted to skip my law school graduation and go to the British Virgin Islands to hang out with her and her husband on their 42' sailboat ... I asked my parents if they minded not coming to see me and they claim they don't. SCORE! I have to do some more asking around at work to see if it's okay, but I think we'll be spending 5 days on a sailboat island hopping this June!! So excited!

This is a huge motivator in the worst way. First, my bikinis/bathing suits don't fit me right now so that's just a basic necessity. Second, I want to feel comfortable on that boat wearing whatever I want! So if I didn't have enough motivation already (the size 4 clothes in my closet that I fit into for like a month and want to get back to), here is a new one!

Goal (and beyond) here I come!

Back!

I have been so incredibly busy! I don't even have time to post right now, but I wanted to "check in." I'm pudgier than I used to be, but still hovering right underneath a "healthy" BMI -- 140.2 at this Saturday's WI at home. Considering the insanity that has been my life these past few weeks, that is downright awesome.

I went to the gym for the first time in almost a month today. Did the elliptical while for 45 minutes while I read for school (couldn't bring myself to run just yet), stretched, did abs work on the inclined plank, and upper body work.

We haven't decided on a wedding date but I really want to have defined arms/shoulders by then, I want a strapless dress! That is going to be my focus.

(the picture is of DF and I in Vienna)

Vacation Blogging: Budapest

I'm out of the country for the next two weeks, traveling in Europe (Budapest, some other parts of Hungary, Vienna, and Cyprus). I won't be tracking but I will be exercising (we already have running, tennis, biking and horseback riding all planned out). I plan to eat what I want but in moderation and only when hungry or to taste new things, but I won't worry about calories or fat content while here. Last time I did this I lost 4 pounds over 3 weeks.

The picture on the right is the view from one of the three (tiny!) balconies in our hotel room in Budapest. We just arrived. The river is the Danube and I cannot wait to go running around it!!