I feel almost a little naughty posting a weekly update on a Wednesday! BUT it’s been a crazy old time here for us and I felt like having a little chat instead of talking about make up products. You see for once I’m writing in real time but not by choice… I haven’t been ahead of my blogging game for weeks and here is why.
The first thing is Isaac’s brother had a baby! YAY! Well his wife did but you know what I mean. This is the second baby to hit the Noonan clan in the past month with one more due this week so it’s safe to say Christmas this year is going to be very different to previous years. We went a met little Thomas on the weekend and god babes make you heart feel full don’t they? Kinda like the feeling I get when Simba (my pup) snugs up beside me in the morning… But bigger. I don’t feel emotionally equipped for all these babes and love so it’s been an overwhelming few weeks to say the least. Enough about me and my inability to control my gratitude at the moment (more on that at a later) but we are so freaking excited for them and Thomas we could explode.
I’ve had a few peeps asking about the wedding planning and how it’s all going. Well the most exciting thing that I hadn’t spoke about on here yet is I BOUGHT A WEDDING DRESS! If you read my post about ‘Why I didn’t Enjoy Wedding Dress Shopping & That’s Okay’ you’ll know I wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t feel like me and it just wasn’t working out the way I thought it would. I felt anxious and like really suited my personal style. I also mentioned in that post that we were making the trek to Gold Coast to try on wedding dresses at Grace Loves Lace. The experience was dreamy! The showroom was exactly how I want my house to look, the vibe was relaxed and the girls were so beautiful. During the whole appointment not once did I feel like they were trying to sell me on anything and I just felt comfy. In the end I was kinda deciding between two dresses and the lovely assistant Rachel actually backed the one that was a whole $2,000 cheaper because she understood my vision for the day. As you can probably tell I can’t rave enough about the ace customer service. The dress I ended up with is one I’ve been eying up for the longest time and the one that made me want to go up in the first place. For me it’s a good balance between being wedding-y but also different, relaxed and SO comfortable. I couldn’t be happier!!
In terms of the rest of the wedding planning we’ve pretty much got most of it down with only Isaac and Simba’s outfits to go. I feel so blessed to have found the most amazing vendors and people to work with in the lead up that I can’t actually believe my luck. I’ve decided to share them all in a wedding series after the wedding (just so there isn’t any judge-y-ness in the comments). We’re just locking in our desserts and then wedding bands in the coming months then we’ll be in paying off mode until the wedding haha!
Last up I wanted to chat about weight-loss and how I’m feeling in terms of my body. Sometimes as women it’s almost frowned upon if you’re trying to lose weight or not lose weight or are happy with your body or unhappy with your body. It’s so hard to keep up with what you should or shouldn’t say so I didn’t know if I was going to write about it but today I have a ‘fuck it’ attitude so I am.
This year my relationship with my body has improved a crazy amount. Looking back I didn’t realise how bloody unhappy I was until I started trying to get a little bit fitter. I then realised that I was at my heaviest I’d ever been weight-wise and I wasn’t cool with that. Sure I’d accepted that my self-perception wasn’t particularly on point BUT it didn’t like that slowly the scales were going up and up. I wasn’t particularly happy with certain areas of my body and I knew I wanted to feel super great about getting into a bikini in Bali. Going over to Bali I had reached my first goal and now I’m only 1kg away from my second goal. I’ve also lost around 20cm off my waist which has made a huge difference to how clothes fit. I want to make it clear that never put pressure on myself to reach certain numbers and I’ve only been weighing myself every 2-3 weeks to check in which has made the process so much easier. I think that’s super important because the numbers can consume you and it’s not fair on your mental state.
Alot of people in real life have made comments and asked how I’ve done it and to be honest it’s been fucking hard work. Like ridiculously hard! Never have I ever worked so damn hard at the gym or eaten so damn well. I don’t know if you guys are that interested in hearing more about the topic or not? In total I’ve lost 9kg’s to date and I’m hoping to loss another 1kg to reach my goal then focus on toning my stomach. I’m not super slim and I never well be with my child-bearing hips but that’s okay! I feel super proud because the way I’ve achieved it is in a healthy, gradual way. Let me know if you’d like me to talk about it more because I’d definitely be open to sharing photos/numbers etc.
Phew! It’s been a busy, busy few weeks. What have you guys been up too? Anything fun?!
About Sarah
I'm a retail manager by day and a blogger by night aiming to bring you the newest beauty, fashion and lifestyle news. More Than Adored was created to help beauty lovers, like myself, make informed decisions when it comes to buying new goodies.
