So today was the big day that I've been waiting for for quite a while... the day of my final tux fitting. Well in a word, it was great. The woman who is fitting me said I had lost a little over an inch in my neck and 4 inches in my chest, and even though the tuxedo pants range across three sizes, I may have jumped to the lower size bracket. For now at least we decided to keep the pants the same because she said it would be better to have a larger pair of pants that you tightened than a looser pair of pants that you had to loosen. Honestly I don't know if that's true but she said if don't like the way it fits I can just send it back within a couple of days because after all I'm the groom and they can get it rush shipped just for me, which I thought was really nice.
Aside from that, today was a very stressful day. There's lots of wedding drama that goes on, and I don't understand. I'm so thankful that my family has been very supportive and my friends have not said anything other than gracious things, and it upsets me that my fiancé has not been as lucky in that regard.
This month is extremely busy for me at the studio, first of all because I got my wisdom teeth out like I said, so I'm really backed up. Also, I have a lot of projects going on at one time and I'm trying to get them all at least somewhat finished if not completely finished before the wedding. So to put simply I'm trying to do four weeks of work in two and a half. I'm working the 4 or 5 local artists, one out of town artist, and one out-of-state artist, and scheduling and coordinating all of them gets very difficult. Like I told my students in the past, it's much more difficult to learn and do the business side of running a studio than it is the actual skill...
I currently weigh about 188. 39 pounds lost! My next goal on this path is to get down 180 by the wedding. I've still got 15 days, and while it won't be easy, and while I probably will have to work out and eat very very healthy, I'm pretty confident I can do it. Luckily I've got a ton of yard work to do in the next few weeks to prepare for the wedding, so I will be getting plenty of exercise. Not only that, but I'll be running on the studio like crazy. I was standing in the mirror this morning and I looked at myself and said "you know, I feel like I look a lot better, but now I still look like a lot of those 'average Joes' that submit their pictures to P90X." The people that aren't obese or fat, but aren't toned or ripped. So I guess that's my next challenge - get toned and or ripped, haha.
Like most people, I hate working out. I don't mind eating healthy, in fact I really enjoy it. However, working out is something that is not fun, not enjoyable, painful, and at that, takes a lot of time to actually get better. Another difficult thing is that a common misconception of working out is that you can spot target. When you work out, you can only spot tone. You can't just work out your arms until you have these huge muscly arms and then your stomach is still fat. I feel like I need to lose a little more weight via diet and cardio before strength training workouts will really be super effective. That is unfortunate because I hate cardio more than anything. haha.
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