I had thought about trying to make this one of those ‘if you and I
were having coffee together I’d tell you…’ posts but really this is just a
brain dump of me trying to play catch-up. It has been over a MONTH! Can you
believe it? I mean, I knew I would be taking a hiatus but man- that was a long
one.
Well, first and foremost. I should introduce myself. Hi, I’m Dacia Larin…that’s right. I got
hitched! On 10/17 Erick and I made it official. There are not enough stories,
pictures, videos, etc. from that day to adequately paint the picture of how
amazing it was. The whole weekend was perfect- start to finish. I haven’t gotten
my official wedding photos yet but I have a collection of about 300 compiled
from ones I took myself plus those from people that attended out on FB, I have
a few on IG, and I have this super amazing slideshow that Dre, our friend and
photographer, put together. In case you want to see inside our wedding day.
Some of my favorites from the wedding
I do hope that one day I can sit down and tell you all about
the wedding weekend. Although it would probably need to be like a 4 part post.
If you are interested at all in me doing that please let me know.
Since I have been away I finished up one of the two courses
I was taking this semester. I actually took my final from my hotel room in
Austin. That’s right- I haven’t posted
since before ACL. So much I am behind
on. And wrapped up my final project the week before my wedding. Needless to
say taking an 8 week accelerated course while planning and finalizing a wedding
was not a great idea for my mental well-being. But I survived. And I got an A!
A crazy thing happened while I was in Austin…I cut my foot
open on a rusty nut on a bolt sticking out of the sidewalk. There must have been a sign bolted down at
some point and then removed and the bolts were left behind. Who knows, it was totally
random. This required a trip to urgent care, a tetanus shot and a 10 day
supply of antibiotics. That was so not awesome. It happened Sunday morning on
the way to breakfast so Sunday at ACL was interesting. Definitely not how I
wanted to end the most amazing ACL trip ever. All in all it was still an amazing
time and I managed to make through almost all of Sunday’s shows- I just had to
deal with the pain, the shoe issues and the gross antibiotics feelings for a
while afterwards.
Sad to say it but I think next year will be Lollapalooza for us since it coincides with Fitbloggin' in Indy...ACL 2017 for sure!
What else, what else…
Oh, weight loss.
Hmmmm….
Well, I am back at it again. Tracking, meal planning- the
whole shebang. I gained a lot after/from ACL (I blame some of it on beers and burritos
every day but I also blame those damn antibiotics) and then with the wedding
life was just a bit too crazy for me to care. When I wasn’t traveling or
wedding’ing I made the best choices I could- I cooked meals at home, I got in
exercise when I could, I tracked, but during those other times- not a fuck was
given. #truth Weight Watchers was the last thing on my mind.
I have gone back in and updated my weight loss tracking page for the
last 4 weigh-ins I didn’t write about and I also updated my goals. A lot has
changed in a month….more so than just my name.
So here I am. About a week back into my normal-ish routine
and I am still working on it. The meal planning/prepping is almost always like
second nature and I am pretty good at bouncing back into 80/20 but the activity
is where I am losing focus. I just don’t know what I want to do right now.
Yoga? Cize? I want to ride my bike all the time but I am limited there although I am planning on bringing one of my
bikes to work so I can ride around during the day. I don’t feel like
running – boring- and I don’t feel like even going to the gym. I just want to
cuddle with my HUSBAND and our puppy and do that all the time. Why isn’t that
enough? I am also cursing daylight standard (that's what this is right?) time for coming this weekend to
steal my after work sunshine. Ugh! I hate this time of year.
Anywho that is where I am right now. Still working, still
taking classes, still working on my weight loss mojo just now I am doing so as
a married woman. Which really doesn’t
change much of anything, I just like to talk about being married.
I will be back soon to check in after this weekend’s weigh-in
and will hopefully have some fun Halloween pics to share with you and maybe
even some ideas about how to get my fitness groove back. If you know how,
please do tell ;)
Love and hugs,
Dacia
xoxoxoxox
