One week to go!

I can't believe it's been 7 weeks that I've been working with Amanda now. My results are absolutely amazing... and I still have one more week before Put-In-Bay!!

I just bought a new bathing suit, and for once I actually enjoyed trying them on, and I feel really good about this one. Super simple blue and white stripe, but really cute.

This weekend I've been in Cincinnati to find an apartment, and I had success! I have a really nice two bedroom that's right in between two of the main squares in Cincinnati (Hyde Park Square and Mt. Lookout Square). I'm about a half mile from each of them, so easily walkable when the weather is nice. Yay!!

I did really well with my diet this weekend too. I knew that I was going to a wine tasting with my friend Krista on Friday, so on Thursday and Friday, I was very careful about keeping my carbs and fat really low so that I could enjoy a few glasses of wine and some appetizers. Turns out the apps were just cheese and veggies, but I enjoyed each bite :) I'm also staying at a Hannaford Suites hotel, so I have a kitchen in my room, which allowed me to go grocery shopping and cook my own meals. Saved me money on not dining out, and I didn't have to worry about finding more healthy options on menus. The only exception was that I went to Panera for lunch during the apartment hunt yesterday. I had their vegetarian black bean soup, which tastes delicious and isn't bad nutritionally, but has A LOT of sodium in it (as in, more than 1,500 mg). I tried to drink a lot of water to help flush it out, but I can tell I'm still retaining some water. I'm drinking plenty of water today too, so hopefully that will do the trick.

My hotel is right next to the mall, so after I found my apartment yesterday, I went shopping and had another day of nice surprises when it came to sizes. The size 6 pants that I bought a few weeks ago are now baggy, and don't look particularly flattering, so I went into the Limited and found a new pair of size 4s that fit much better. I also went into banana republic and found a new pair of jeans that were on sale for $25, so I was thrilled!

My training schedule with Amanda this week isn't particularly ideal, especially since it's crunch time before Put-In-Bay, but it'll have to work. Monday I have to do a group workout as she didn't have any individual time slots that fit my schedule. Then I'm in Tuesday and Wednesday evening, and Thursday morning. No workout on Friday, which is the day before we leave for PIB, so that day's exercise is up to me. Then I get to go crazy with my classmates all weekend! Sooo excited!!