The wedding, the honeymoon, and the gain.

           So the wedding was amazing but stressful. I actually ended up losing 7 pounds right before the big day. So for our honeymoon we knew we would be doing a lot of walking and we definitely did. We flew from the Pacific Northwest to Ireland and toured around southern Ireland, kissed the Blarney stone, saw several  castles, and spent some time touring around Dublin.
         Then we flew to London UK where we spent the majority of our trip. We walked and took the tube a lot and even had to walk back to our hotel once from a neighboring station which was about1/2 a mile or so but after walking back and forth probably  turned into about a mile. But we also went on tours and visited galleries, and museums, and I had a fantastic time with my husband who is also my best friend. We were definitely reaching our walking goals while abroad, but we weren't as concerned with what we were eating  while we were there. We were going for more of a cultural experience  which included trying a lot of things we had never eaten  before. Also as a huge  Harry Potter fan we found platform 9 3/4 and bought several things and totally geeked out
         After London we flew to New York City where we explored and walked the city.We went to several of our bucket list places. And I got Jeff to go to a Broadway show. We saw Wicked. Which I had seen when it came to Portland a few years ago but I was so excited and we sat in the 8th row. Which is magical if you ever get the chance to be close to the stage it is absolutely worth it.
          More too it and closer to what this blog is about, when we got home we  completely went off our diet and exercise  program.  In fact we might as well have thrown it in the fire and said we were done with it. So I know for a fact that we gained back EVERYTHING  we lost and all the progress  we made.  We went directly  back to eating fast food 4 or 5 times a week not exercising any more than what we do at work. Luckily we both have active jobs that involve walking.
So in this time of Resolutions and new beginnings  we have deciding  that we are going  to  start over. Not only are we going to try and get our finances in better order, but we are going to start meal planning and exercising more. Be on the look out for new updates, news and words of fellowship as we like so many embark on this journey again.