My wedding is a little less than 5 months away, so it’s time to get serious about getting fit.  It’s not about losing weight anymore.  When I was in my 20s, I was obsessed with the number on the scale.  I wanted so badly to be 130 pounds, and I was, and it was hard.  I had to maintain a 1200 calorie per day diet, which meant I was hungry all the time.  I had to workout, religiously, a minimum of 5 days per week, burning a minimum of 500 calories per workout.  Despite these efforts, I still didn’t have a great body image.

In my 30s, I’ve decided that the number on the scale doesn’t matter.  I’ve realized how much I love and appreciate good food, beer and wine.  I want to feel good about myself, but not live hungry on the elliptical.  All of these realizations mean I’ve put on a bit of weight and it turns out that I’m okay with 145 pounds.  My body is comfortable with 145 pounds.  I do not have to work at 145 pounds.

I eat balanced, healthy diet, but I could cut back on the gummy snakes (they’re even better in Australia!) and beer.  Let’s be honest, I’m probably not going to.   Since we’ve been in Australia, I’ve put on a layer of beer padding that I’d prefer to get rid of before my wedding in Hawaii.  So here is the plan:

• Maintain my current diet, but maybe cut back on snakes and beer a bit.
• Start exercising.  Spending our first 6 weeks in Australia in a hotel without a gym really set some bad habits in Australia.  I need to get back on the fitness bandwagon.  Evenings that I work from my St. Kilda Road office, I’ll be sure to get in some cardio and yoga/Pilates.
• Keep having fun.

That’s it, that’s the plan.  Nice. Easy.  Achievable.  The end result will be that I’ll look as good for my wedding as I did for my sister’s.  If you’d like to come along for the ride or need an accountability partner, join me on myfitnespal.  My screen name is hantrobus.

I’m not going to share before and after pictures here or on myfitnesspal.  I’m not going to share measurements along the way.  I find these things to be incredibly private; I also think before and after pictures are very fake.  I mean, I can look 10 pounds lighter in 30 seconds by sucking my gut in, standing in good posture and changing my outfit.

And remember, we eat less to look good in our clothes; we workout to look good out of our clothes.