New year, new decade.

This last decade def had its ups and downs. I went through some of the worst and some of the best things ever! It’s crazy to think how Y2K seemed not so long ago.. And I was only 12! Ha ha. This next year is going to be amazing. And the decade will be even better!
Here are some of my memorable moments of the past year. :)

2009-
Erik and I got our first place together.
We quit smoking together.
We set our wedding date.
I got my new job at the UA.
Erik was promoted to store manager @ Trane.
Way way more awesome things..

2010..
Our wedding!!!
New place.. maybe a house?? :)
New puppy?
We will have to see!!!

I hope everyone enjoys their new year! Please be careful tonight! :)
Happy 2010!

Healthy, fit, happy.

Ok.. So those of you who know me, and have known me for a long time, you know I was really over weight most of my life. I was always bigger than all the other girls, even in elementary! I never had confidence, and it totally ruined my self esteem. High School was the worst.. I got up to my heaviest my junior year. Not to mention my acne was raging AND I had braces.. Talk about awkward stage. (That's besides the point)
My senior year I finally started to lose weight. It took me a longgg time, but a couple years out of high school I was 40 pounds lighter (finally!)
I've managed to maintain that SOMEWHAT. I've never gotten anywhere close to my heaviest weight, but I did gain almost 20 pounds when I moved out east! (Erik's mom is an amazing cook, ha ha!) But I've almost lost all that extra weight, haha.
Well.. as you probably know.. Erik and I are getting married in July. And what girl doesn't wanna look smokin hot on her wedding day!? Exactly..
That is what brings me to my new obsession. I know you could never tell when you look at me, but I am seriously addicted to anything fitness, weight loss, exercise related! I am always getting new work out videos, reading weight loss blogs, looking at health magazines, pics, etc.. I just love the motivation it gives me!!
These past few weeks I've been working really hard at the gym, and I can ACTUALLY see it when I look in the mirror! (Erik tells me all the time too, which is awesome) But the one thing I really need to work on, and its probably the BIGGEST part about fitness, is my eating!! I am a freakin junk food junkie!! I am addicted to it. Soooo.. I really need to kick that habit! Please please give me any tips, advice or anything you can! I'd love to hear it :)

P.S, I love Jillian Michaels and I want my body to look like this! (One day it will :) Just add like 4 inches to her height! ha ha)

Update!

Ok so I pretty much suck at this blogging thing.. Not that many people read it anyways! Hahaha.. And I haven't been taking many pics lately (which needs to change), so I apologize for the boring blog post.. But I will update you the best I can!
So Thanksgiving was wonderful! It was just me and Erik, and his parents. We ate a wonderful (healthy) dinner, then went to see A Christmas Carol in 3D. It was awesome!! It totally got me ready for Xmas.
Erik and I did our first black friday shopping! Neither of us had done it, and we didn't really want anything, we just wanted to experience it. Ha ha (Sounds crazy, I know) WELL.. We didn't wake up as early as we had planned, but we were still out the door around 6 am. We went to Best Buy, Target, Michaels, and the mall. It was a good time :) We both had 4 day weekends that week, so it was AMAZING! We had so much fun together :)
We put up our very first Christmas tree! It was pretty exciting, and it is so cute too! I wanted to do silver and white decorations, and we got the cutest ornaments at Target. The tree is still a little sparse.. We need to invest in more Xmas decorations!
As part of our Christmas presents to each other, we both got the new Motorola Droid. (iPhones competition) And I have to say.. They are pretty bad ass! Erik is seriously OBSESSED with his. It's his "other girlfriend" ha ha. I tried taking a few pics of us on Black Friday, but he wouldn't put his damn phone down! You can see for yourself in the pics I will post.
We are headed to Utah in 12 DAYS!!!!! I am sooooo excited. Not only because I am missing everyone, but also because Erik hasn't been in a WHOLE YEAR, and we finally get to travel there together again. And we get to spend Christmas with both of our families :) We have a full week jam packed with plans, and I am so excited. We finally get to meet with our wedding cooridinator, and start making official wedding plans!! I've done a few things, but I feel kind of stuck now.. Like I don't know where to start. So hopefully meeting with her will get the ball rolling. (If any of you have any wedding planning advice, PLEASE share!)
Well I hope everyone is enjoying their holidays!! I will post an update, along with pics after our visit to Utah :)
Merry Christmas!!!