Trying to get in better shape by mid December!

Ok, so I just got back from Missouri, didn't post like I should have before I left. My bad! Got busy packing and all. I promise there will be pictures! But the trip went well, it was so great to finally see my fiance after all this time, and he looked so nice in his uniform :) Of course, its basic training, so he's lost weight too. He almost has a six pack! He was very impressed with my progress though (as well he should be haha) as with the shall we say... benefits... of my yoga practice ;) I won't go into it. But it was a good trip. He even got me my own set of ACU's to wear around the house so I can feel cool (yes, I am a loser like that lol), and a souvenir dogtag that has the army logo on one side, and on the other side says "Off Limits, Private Property, US Army" :) Its super cute. So pictures to come, I promise, but right now, I'm exhausted so I sleeeeeep!
 
Ok, so I haven't been the most faithful journaler... life has been hectic, what can I say. Wedding plans are in in full swing (who knew there was so much to plan!), friends are in crisis, all kinds of stuff going on. Phew. Ok. Here's whats up!

Been doing my yoga and Curves circuit faithfully, my meds have been making my tummy sad so I've been eating light but its getting better every day. Now and then I feel well enough to throw in some work on the home gym and such (woot). I'm even fitting into some of my size 8 jeans from last December! Mucho exciting! So ummm.... would I get in trouble for posting a picture of me in a bikini? Is that considered scandalous? o_O Seriously, I don't wanna get in trouble here... lol. But the progress is very evident.

In other news, my fiance's training has been delayed, so now he won't be home for good until April. Ugh. But at least he gets more time at Christmas than we originally though - two and a half weeks! Woohoo! So that's about all for now. Pictures to come. And um yeah someone let me know if I'm allowed to post bikini pictures here. That's allowed right?
 
Did my power yoga and went to Curves today, and it was my monthly weigh-in day with them - 149 pounds! I have officially broken below the 150 mark! Woohoo! That's 19 pounds lost since I started this journal in mid-August. *happy dance* I'm even fitting back into my size 8's! Life is good.
 
Red_Panda said:
Ok, so I haven't been the most faithful journaler... life has been hectic, what can I say. Wedding plans are in in full swing (who knew there was so much to plan!), friends are in crisis, all kinds of stuff going on. Phew. Ok. Here's whats up!

Been doing my yoga and Curves circuit faithfully, my meds have been making my tummy sad so I've been eating light but its getting better every day. Now and then I feel well enough to throw in some work on the home gym and such (woot). I'm even fitting into some of my size 8 jeans from last December! Mucho exciting! So ummm.... would I get in trouble for posting a picture of me in a bikini? Is that considered scandalous? o_O Seriously, I don't wanna get in trouble here... lol. But the progress is very evident.

In other news, my fiance's training has been delayed, so now he won't be home for good until April. Ugh. But at least he gets more time at Christmas than we originally though - two and a half weeks! Woohoo! So that's about all for now. Pictures to come. And um yeah someone let me know if I'm allowed to post bikini pictures here. That's allowed right?
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Not only allowed, encouraged! How bout today? :D
 
Down to 148 pounds, still doing yoga and using the Curves gym, sorry I haven't posted much, my fiance and I just got webcams.... :D He had veteran's day off from training so we got to chat all day, it was pretty great! And we now know what day he's coming home for Christmas break - December 19th! (note the title of the journal, him coming back for Christmas was kind of the "big reveal" I had in mind when I started working out... and it will be a good one!). I do have those bikini shots I promised, I was waiting to get them from the photographer (Yes, little panda has bravely stepped back into the modeling world! Woohoo!) so I'll stick a couple up here when I get a minute later :D
 
Progress pics are going on up in the photo galleryyyyy :D Bikini pics will go here though as a special prize for those of you who read my journal rather than just looking for photo gallery postings haha. Yay! Enjoy.
 

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And a couple of photos from a different photographer... I'm too good to you all.
 

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Panda you look absolutely amazing......your such an inspiration. I've been wanting to get back into modelling myself and you've given that extra push to do it and strive for the greatest.....there's not going back now.....you've done acheived such a great transformation. Well done, all the best for what you acheive in the future!! Well done
 
You look incredible. If you don't mind me asking, what do your modeling pics get used in? That company's catalog or something? Do you make good money doing that?
 
MarkMyWords said:
You look incredible. If you don't mind me asking, what do your modeling pics get used in? That company's catalog or something? Do you make good money doing that?
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Since I'm just an amateur model mostly I do promotional work (handing out free sodas at events, spritzing people with Axe from behind a table to promote their new scent, stuff like that) or "clinic" shoots, which is professional photographers coaching amateur photographers and helping them to build their portfolios. Basically I strike poses and let them teach each other how lights works, how their brand new camera works, how to catch that angle just so. My job in those cases is to be pretty and to be patient. Sometimes I get clothing gigs, like a Joe Rocket shoot awhile back where I got to wear motorcycle jackets and stuff, but not for catalog work, that was for online advertisement. I also have a potential job coming up where I'll be modeling a beach cover-up line. So it varies.

Any pictures I share with you guys here will be from one of the clinic style shoots, as those are the only ones that I get to keep pictures from. Ones that will be run as ads I don't usually get copies of, but if they are for portfolio use I get a copy for my portfolio as well and they don't really mind me showing them around. As for pay, it depends. For a clinic type shoot I can get anywhere from $50 to a few hundred for a few hours of my time, depends on how many people show up and what we're doing. If I'm the subject for a one-on-one lesson (that is, one amateur photographer learning from one professional photographer rather than a group clinic) I usually get about $50 an hour. For a private portfolio session (one photographer just shooting me in his own studio) I can get paid up to $100 an hour. And that doesn't take into account that many photographers tip well if you have nice manners - many models can be kind of... witchy. Haha.

And that about sums it up :p Amateur modeling in a nutshell.
 
Cool cool, thanks for all the info. That's pretty sweet, you work hard to look fabulous, then you get paid $50-100 an hour just to pose and look good! And then tips also...I'm thinking you do pretty well in that area.
 
So I just went to NYC to go wedding dress shopping at Kleinfeld! :D Super fun! I took my mom and my maid of honor. And it was really cool that I fit perfectly into all of the sample dresses! I'm a perfect bridal 10 (which is somewhere between a misses 6 and 8 apparently). Woohoo! But I picked out and ordered my dress - something simple, elegant, and sweet. None of this crazy poofy overdone stuff, just something fresh and young and timeless. pictured on the designers website, for anyone curious. I got a sweet half length oval cut veil with lace around the bottom edge of it to match. We also picked out (see that dress in the color "espresso") and the girls will be trying them on next week hopefully. Then today I met with a photographer and a florist, we started looking at invitations, it was all kinds of fun. So now I just have to stay in shape so I fit nicely into that beautiful dress! :D Shouldn't be a problem, with the success I've been having right?
 
Yes yes, no postings from me, I are bad llama. Neh. Been busy, more wedding planning stuff (invitations, florists, photographers... it ever ends!) but I've stuck with eating well and not snacking, and I've kept up my yoga, walking with the dog, and getting to Curves maybe not as much as I'd like but when I can. I'm down to 140 pounds as of yesterday (woot!). So I'm still on track, I swear! Just busy and not online as much as I should be :p Because, you know, the internet is important and stuff... haha.
 
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