a new me

Today was the first day of my exercise regime! I awoke bright and early at 630a.m. to get my bottom to the gym early enough for, 1) hoping there would be no one there so I could work out privately, and 2) so I would be able to still have my entire Friday afterward to do my normal things like cleaning, baking and running errands.

Oh my gosh this was a horrid workout and I definitely discovered I am way more out of shape than I had already knew =( so... I stretched and decided to test out the stair master, I originally set the time for 20 minutes but after five and being completely out of breath and feeling as if I were going to keel over I made a decision to stop at the five minute mark and consider that my warm up! I headed over to the elliptical machine which seemed pretty easy at first with my music in my ears but after 10 minutes a girl was becoming extremely tired so I endured 10 more minutes for a full 20 minute elliptical ambush on my body. I finished off my work out with a 40 minute walk on the wild side at 3.5 m.p.h followed by my cool down and a few stretches.  I told my self I wouldn't push too hard the first week or two so I could build up strength to eventually have harder workouts in a short time. I am extremely proud of myself  however for sticking it out a full hour at something I wanted to end after the first five minutes.

If you are a close friend or my fiance you know that I definitely have a hard core outer shell,  a bitchy attitude that would lead anyone to believe I am cold blooded and could give two flying doves about what anyone may think of me, however deep down inside I am a super sensitive and have a very low confidence level when it comes to my looks. The purpose of starting the gym is to raise my confidence level so that I FEEL pretty and finally get that body I always admire on other ladies.

With all that said, I am thinking about purchasing a 'goal outfit' that I wouldn't normally purchase based on my body flaws and feeling uncomfortable in to motivate me that much more to continue on with my goals, I will purchase a size smaller then I am to encourage myself to get in it and feel amazing!

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I picked this dress because it is cream colored, has polka dots, is sleeveless and has a belt! I tend to stay away from white because it shows everything about your body, I also tend to stay away from anything BELT related because I have luscious child bearing hips that I desperately try to hide and setting a belt above them in my eyes probably wouldn't help! I absolutely adore this dress, for an evening dinner or for the executive job I might have one day...DREAM BIG RIGHT?

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I paired the dress with these teal blue strappy sandals that would add some color to my plain oriented dress. I love them, they have a little sass and I love the short heel so they should be easy to walk in.

I'll be working out again in the a.m. and I am looking forward to it and for my future results!