Aaand we’re back!
After a nice three-day weekend, I must admit it feels good to get back into my normal groove and start on this week’s to do list. I’ll be cramming five days of work into three, since I’m leaving early on Friday morning for Chicago to be in my friend Leah’s wedding on Saturday, so I’m anxious to get crackin’.
This morning started out on a productive note with a quality cardio workout at the gym. I completed this 30-minute treadmill workout that got my heart pumping:
| Minutes | Incline | Pace |
| 0-4 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| 4-5 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 5-6 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 6-7 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 7-8 | 1.0 | 8.2 |
| 8-9 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 9-10 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 10-11 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 11-12 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| 12-13 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 13-14 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| 14-15 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 15-16 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 16-17 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 17-18 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| 18-19 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 19-20 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| 20-21 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 21-22 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 22-23 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 23-24 | 1.0 | 8.2 |
| 24-25 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 25-26 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 26-27 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 27-30 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
This workout covered 2.89 miles and the varying speeds made it absolutely fly by!
I rounded out my workout with 25 minutes on the elliptical while flipping through a home decorating magazine. I can’t wait to decorate a new place!
Breakfast
After the gym and a one-mile walk with Sadie, I was more than ready to dig into a yummy breakfast.
On today’s menu was chocolate chia seed pudding that I prepped last night, with 1/2 cup of oats stirred in.
I topped everything with frozen banana slices before digging in.
Cold, creamy and oh-so-satisfying.
Wedding Hair
As I mentioned above, this Saturday I will be a bridesmaid in my friend Leah’s wedding. All the bridesmaids are having our hair done (I opted out of having my makeup done after my wedding day disaster) and I’ve been looking at magazines and photos of updos in search of the perfect look for her special day. Leah’s bridesmaid dresses have a collar, so updos seem like the way to go!
So far these are my favorites:
Carrie Underwood…
Jessica Simpson…
Carmen Electra…
Julianne Hough…
I am trying to pick a style that will work with my ridiculously thin hair. I worry that I won’t have enough volume for Carrie Underwood or Julianne Hough’s looks, but we’ll see what the hair stylist says!
Which look do you like best?
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I really like the Carrie Underwood look! I think it looks classy and fun! I would totally go with that one. I think it would great with a collared dress 🙂
Carrie and Jessica are my favorites!
LOVE the Carrie one. I think it’s hilarious that you’re concerned your hair is too thin to pull it off; I’m always battling my hair because it’s too THICK! The grass is always greener, right?
oh what i would GIVE for thick hair!!! and yes, the grass is always greener! 🙂
Same here, much too much hair here!!
I actually think the Carrie Underwood and Julianne Hough would work best with thin hair. I had a bad wedding makeup experience too. I let a friend do it and she did it completely different then I usually do it. After looking at the pictures I just looked off and like I didn’t have enough make up on.
Your hair is gorgeous and you’d look spectacular in any of them! I like Carrie Underwood and Carmen Electra! Both are so so cute.
I think Carrie Underwood would probably we best for a wedding. I am struggling right now because I am going to be in a wedding in a few weeks and I get to pick how my hair is done. I really don’t know what I want! My hair is super curly, dark and pretty short, I don’t think there is much you can do with it! Good luck on the wedding!
I love Jessica simpson’s style! So messy and fun – plus it would totally work with your hair!
I used the same Carrie Underwood photo for my wedding hair inspiration!! Loved it!! My stylist didn’t do it quite as lose as hers so it would stay all evening! Photos are on my page under the recent “all you need is love” post if you’re curious! 🙂
I love the Carrie Underwood updo! One of my friends has really thin hair and so she bought cheap hair extensions and the stylist was able to incorporate those in her hair for a much fuller updo! Def ask your stylists opinion though because I know some hair extensions don’t work well for updo’s… Good luck! Can’t wait to see pix! 🙂 🙂
I love the carrie underwood look…but really everything looks good on her!
I love the Carrie hairdo. Hairstylists can work magic with product and a curling iron. The dresses sound interesting (having a collar that is). What color are they? Have a great time.
I like the Carrie Underwood style! Very cute. I’m in two weddings in the fall and I am debating how I want to get my hair done. I have very thick hair, so that causes problems too. It took over a hundred bobby pins and tons of hairspray to hold my hair in place when I went to prom in high school…it’s so heavy that it just weighs itself down when I put it up!
LOVE the Carrie Underwood style the best. That would look great on you!
I LOVE the first (Carrie) and last looks (Julianne) – that pony tail is so sweet! All would look good on you for sure.
I hear you – short week means overdrive – boo.
I really like Julianne’s hair if your hair will do that otherwise I like carmens, I think it looks good with the ponytail look.. have fun!
The “Carrie” style will work best for you hair, but I’m loving the “Jessica” look – hot!
I love the Carrie Underwood and Carmen Electra ones :). Hope you have an awesome day!
I love the Carrie Underwood one! My friend and I both unknowingly sent that picture to a friend whose wedding we were both in. We both ended up getting slight variations and I loved it! I have really thick hair and didn’t want a huge updo bc I was scared it would be too much, but my friend who got it has super thin hair and it looked awesome on her–seems to be a versatile style!
I’m sure any style you go with will look great!
I seem to agree with most and say Carrie Underwood’s style is beautiful! I also think it would look great on you as well!
only about 70 comments later 🙂 but I agree Carrie Underwood’s style would be great with fine hair. I have fine hair and I plan on getting a style similiar for my friend’s wedding that I’m reading this weekend. I might have mine done with more waves before it’s pulled back like Michelle Pfeiffer in this photo: http://www.bellasugar.com/Love-Hate-Michelle-Pfeiffers-SAG-Look-992637. Whatever you choose, I’m sure it will be beauitful!
Julianne Hough’s is so understated and yet so chic. Brilliant!
Carrie and Julianne ones are my favorites but really I think any of those you pick will look really good!
Don’t worry about the volume with your hair. Hairstylists can perform miracles. I also have crazy thin hair. Recently, I was in a wedding and brought a pic of a Heidi Klum up-do with major volume on top. I didn’t know how it was going to work, but my hairstylist made the magic happen!
I’d say Carrie’s!! You can TOTALLY rock that look with thinner hair, I did something similar for my wedding and I have really THIN hair too…. 🙂
Carrie’s for sure!
I, too, have thin hair but it’s long and looks thick (but it’s definitely not!). When I was in a wedding, I had a photo just like the Carrie one you have here. It actually worked out really well! The bun itself was small, but the wispy hair really worked for our type of hair! Good luck!
I love j.simpson’s and carm’s …. those seem to be safer for thin hair.
Loving Carrie’s! I have really fine hair (but a lot of it) so I know what you mean! I really like Julianne’s too – has that messy but chic look!
J. Simpson has great extensions that she sells that just clip in and you could do any of those styles!
I think Carrie’s hair looks beautiful – but they are all gorgeous! 🙂 That workout and breakfast look so delicious, I must make that chocolate chia pudding. Both are bookmarked, lol! 🙂 xyx
LOVE Jessica Simpson’s look- the messy look is so gorgeous, because it’s so natural looking! I like Carmen’s too- she would be a second favorite! 😀
First one is the best!
I’m getting married (in 31 more days!!!!) and am a little bit stressed trying to decide how I want to do my hair. It’s funny because that Carrie Underwood picture was one of the looks I thought about doing! I think I’m going to do what I wanted to initially… trust my gut right?
I think I’d like a combo of the Carrie and Jessica “do”. Maybe a little less messy in the front that Jessica’s but messy enough where you don’t need all that volume. I’d also like Carrie’s a little messier in the back. These kind of remind me of how you had your hair at your wedding, so you know they’d look great!
Julie! I am big into doing hair, and have actually done some for weddings in the past. Your hair type, although I can’t tell 100% over internet looks like the J-Simp style would work best. Just make sure you really amplify/tease the roots. Aveda has a great root spray that you could use to get extra volume. I spray it and then blowdry the spray after teasing it. It really helps it to stick!
Carrie Underwood. 1000%.
wow I love Carrie’s!! She always has the best styles. That would look so good on you!!
Thanks for the workout, I bookmarked this one!
I like Carries! But if you’re worried about volume, I would go with Jessica’s hair…I’m sure either way you’ll look great! Not too big a fan of Carmen Electra’s hair. Also, thanks for the great treadmill workout!
That exact Carrie Underwood photo is the photo I used for my wedding hair! So its obviously my favorite 🙂
I can’t find a good pic of the back right now but this has always been my fave updo: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1776195840/tt0251127 kate hudson in how to lose a guy..when she wore that yellow dress! love it
I love doing workouts like that, really makes the time go by quickly.
I make a really similar breakfast pudding! But I use flax as I can’t get chia seeds in Ireland. Here’s the recipe:
http://somethingtochewover.blog.com/banana-breakfast-pudding/
I like the Carmen Electra one best!
I have super thin hair and did a style veryyyy similar to carrie underwoods for my sister’s wedding. It ended up looking gorgeoous and somehow worked! I think the Julianne Hough route might be a little tough with thin hair.
LOVE Carrie Underwood’s hair!
Im loving Carrie’s do! Looks elegant, and seems like it would hold up all night dancing!
That looks like an awesome cardio workout!
I’m a big fan of wearing hair down, but I think the Carrie Underwood and Carmen Electra looks are really sweet looking
Thismay come as a surprise to you….Carrie Underwood!
In case youre not convinced, Carrie Underwood!