~Melissa~

Ditto... I keep getting excited, then let down

Heidi I wish I knew some words to comfort you through this difficult process. All i know is that time will heal your pain. I've never been through your situation but I think you're handling it better than anyone else would. That's a good place for your brother, sister and yourself to go. Think of the happy times when your Dad was in good spirit with you. You're such a strong girl. So much has happenned to you already in 2007. . . You will be in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. We love you girl- stay strong!

Thanks Jill. Yep I'm proud to say I did it LOL then i was hungry AGAIN so i had a cucumber hah. Did you do good today Julie?

Good job Jenn, keep up the good work!

OK he NEEDS to go to bed LOL I'm dying to see the pictures of both the dress and veil. You must be on cloud 9... except $230 is pretty pricey, what all do they have to do besides adjusting the sweetheart? I hera ya on being a lil bit taller My short stubby legs do nothing for me

Laura that's fabulous. i'm so proud of you girl. 7 in 12... wowzers. Congrats it must feel so good to know you can do it. Thanks Amy for those meal ideas. I know sugar is such a killer. FH is all about ZERO sugar in the house. Grocery shopping takes forever because we (well HE) reads the labels on everything. Today at the ice cream shack i brought protein powder form home and used their milk, bananas, berries and pineapple to make me a shake for lunch. Morning I had 2 hard boiled eggs. For dinner I was a good girl yet again and had brocolli with lemon on top as well as salmon in a garlic butter sauce. i know butter is bad but it was the healthy not really butter stuff. hahaha Now I AM going to do my workout. promise.

I'm PUMPED... so excited for you sweetie!

Those are hot!!!! You are such a beautiful girl. your FH is going to freak out when he sees these. HOT HOT HOT

JT's teaser pictures were amazing. Your wedding was a memorabe one. I love Greece, hopefully one day I'll get to go see it for myself. Glad your back home safe.

Quote: Originally Posted by Julesr I did bootcamp last night, it was killer. After that I moved furniture around at my sister's house, that was a workout itself. After that a friend came over and brought candy and chips. It was so hard. I had a handful of skittles and did not touch anything else. That was very hard for me. But, I did have a salad for dinner and a grilled chicken pita for lunch and a boiled egg and 1 piece of whole wheat toast for breakfast. So, that candy did not throw me off that much. Moving is such a great workout. You must be one sore girl today. Good job on the skittles, I'm not much of a candy person myself. SO staying away from sugar isn't a big deal to me. but it must have been hard for you. I hate it when it's just sitting there looking at you calling your name to eat it LOL Quote: Originally Posted by Adamsgrrl I am also trying to lose 5 lbs in 10, 9 weeks. I eat 5-6 small meals a day. And try to work out at least an hour and a half each day. I hate to say this because I HATE doing it, but run. I force myself to run 30 minutes each day and then get on the bike for 30 minutes, do 300 crunches on a workout ball, and 300 leg lifts. I hate it. But I have to do it. Monika Thanks Monika. Good luck to you as well. Working out an hour and a half is totally going to get you to your goal weight. You're doing it the right way. I am not. 2 weeks to go and I'm panicking. I will fit my dress but I just want to look good on the beach. Jill how's that condy crawford video? I heard from a friend it's actually a good workout and moves at a good pace. I was a bad girl last night and I didn't (cna't beleive I'm admiting this) do my workout. Today I will though, I keep telling myself. The killer is going to be helping out at the ice cream place today. All those milkshakes calling my name. hehe Good luck girls I think today is going to be hard for me.

It was hard Jill! But I'm proud of myself for doing it. Now I have to go work out and I'm not wanting to. I'd rather have a nice relaxing bubble bath.

Quote: Originally Posted by TropicalIslandBride For all of you whose wedding is coming up, you have my moral support. You can all do it!! Go lose that last 5 lbs you want!!! Go, Go, Go, Ra, Ra, Ra... You're so sweet Sharon. Thanks for the motivation! Quote: Originally Posted by maa413 ALso consider protein shakes as meal supplements. Try Muscle Milk light, very filling. I love protein shakes, I'm thinking i may use them s a lunch meal replacement. Thanks for the reminder. Quote: Originally Posted by Julesr I ate pretty well today though, so I am working on it. I have boot camp tonight and I am going to really push myself. I am thinking that the salad I just ate will not keep me full for long though. SO, I need a very low cal snack with some protein in it that I can eat when I get home from boot camp. Any suggestions? Ummm I love carrots or cucumbers, don't know if that's good prior to a workout. You should treat yourself to a protein shake after bootcamp. I put in protein powder, OJ, a banana, some vanilla yogurt and 3 strawberries. Oh and ice too. Blend it up, it's soo yummy. Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 Yay!! So glad you started this thread!!! I worked out this morning for 1 hour 15 minutes total, I was supposed to take one of the dogs for a walk/jog this afternoon, but my afternoon got kind of screwed up and it was almost dark when I got home, so I'll try for the double workout tomorrow. That's super jill! Wow, with your double workouts I kow you'll see results. I'm so proud of you. I don't like working up a sweat. I ate a light yogurt, a banana, a lean cuisine, and a pork chop, and lots of water. Not my ideal menu, I usually have salad, but I'm not that hungry tonight so I just ate the porkchop.I love bananas too. They have lots of potassium in them too I think. We can all do this! You're right we can do this. Gotta keep saying that to myself. It's so hard. Thanks Kash about the shredded wheat tip and recipes. I'm going to try the salad tomorrow. I love balsamic. We ended up having chicken and corn on the cob tonite (I know carbs). I added a side of steamed brocolli while FH added some potatoes which looked so good.

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride If you are working out, you should eat a little protein or some more food, girl! lol No worries hon. We eat soooo much chicken in this house (FH is a big fan). We'll probbaly have chicken for dinner with a salad I'm thinking. Quote: Originally Posted by JenandBrendan Although I don't really recommend it, have you tried The Atkins Diet. It does work. The only thing is, you really can only do it for 2 weeks. And then, just be careful because once you start eating carbs again, you put the weight back on pretty quickly. Or what about Colonics? As gross as it is, I hear from people I work, who have done it, that you lose 3 pounds. Atkins I thought about it but I know I would fail miserably. I love carbs. Don't we all? I'm just going to limit my carbs like some other girls suggested.

Quote: Originally Posted by amyh I just went to his site and they provide a contact form Aldo Tovar Photographer E-Mail: [email protected] I believe Raeka is using him. I was going to use him. His work is GORGEOUS. I just do't wan to pay $450US per hour when I can fly in my photographer and get her for 10 hours, plus a TTD and casual beach session. I really wanted my whole day to be photographed and Aldo was a bit too pricey for me. he does do really good work though. He gets back to emails in a timeley matter too. Good luck.

OK, figured I would start a new thread so we can share our experiences in this last lil bit. I'm going to need all the motvation in th world to drop these last 5 pounds. 19 days to go.... So far today I had yogurt(low fat, low sugars) with grape nuts (yep I needed some form of carbs but I only put in a little). For lunch I had celery sticks and carrots. Just had a banana for a snack.Don't know yet what I'm doing for dinner. Gosh this is going to be tough. Oh and I'm working out tonite with FH, he pushes me hard. He used to be a body builder so he kinda scares me too when it comes to the weights LOL

No problemo! I'm glad everyone is getting good use out of this too. So far my guests have been very pleased with the info as well.

YIPEEE! That's terrific. I'm so happy for you... I can't beleive it's coming own to the wire. Please take a camera with you tomorrow. i can't wait to see it on you. I know it's going to look AMAZING. Congrats jill

Happy Birthday to youuuuu, happy birthday dear Drea, happy birthday to you Sushi class sounds awesome! Have a good time with your hubby tonite!

Ooo I love it Stephanie. Good choice, I hope it all works out. I would be a nervous wreck until it gets here. hehe

Amy you're a complete knock out in that dress! Beautiful girl. Size ZERO, OMG, can i please post this on my fridge so I don't eat bad junk.

I'm all for crash dieting now.. hahaha this is the result of being lazy. I deserve it

That's understandable Christa especially since youve been F****d in the past. Funny how you post this because I was just about to write a thread pretty similar. I had this amazing job lead as a personal banker aproving mortagages and stuff which is differnt than my usual work. Anyway I was pumped all week long to hear from the branch manager who stated earlier n the week "he would hire me in a second". Guess not cuz I just got an email from his boss the regional manager who said my resume had only accounting experience thus no finance experience. I'm totally bummed. We can be bummed together if you want Christa I HATE job hunting.

I love this thread.... I just re-read it form the beginning. Alot of useful information I've gathered: I am happy we're doing a welcome dinner, glad I found a photographer I love, happy we got the basic cake and relaxed about having our own playlist instead of DJ. I think i've already spent about 20 hours on the music and it's not even done yet. i hope it's worth it... I'm still undecided on rose petals or bubbles? And undecided on SPANX...

Very sad. I guess I was ignorant to think this doesn't go on in the schools anymore. I'm so appalled by this story. Thanks Christine for the update.

Right on Jill. You did an awesome job on everything. I love your lil guestbook, it's going to be great and a big hit with your guests I'm sure. How many guests do you have? sorry I always forget these things. Oh and very pretty dress, I never saw it before but I LOVE it!