Kristy!

Oh, I'm so sorry. That sucks, I know you'll be able to put together a beautiful wedding in the time you have.

Quote: Originally Posted by lisaloo79 Good job so far Kristy! I usually do salads for lunch on low carbs days. It's the easiest to do. I use tons of veggies, throw on some chicken/turkey/ham and add an oil dressing for my fat. It really fills you up actually! That's pretty much all I've come up with. I may try making soup, just for variety. I get bored with salad when I can't add fruit!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~*Kathy*~ Kristy - That sounds pretty good for your first day at it, keep up the good work! Also, if you're buying a protein powder to mix with water (as I do) then I highly recommend All Max Isoflex protein powder in Peanutbutter Chocolate flavor. It is surprisingly delicious (for a protein powder anyway lol). Thanks Kathy! I ended up with the Optimum Nutrition Milk Chocolate. I'm mixing it with fat free milk and it was pretty good. I think you had originally recommended that brand, so thank you. I am a carb-addict, so I have to say that it was pretty strange not having rice or potatoes with my steak last night. I was pretty hungry after dinner and was actually looking forward to the protein shake (I know, weird). I'm definitely looking forward to moving on from Low Carb week, even though I'm only on the second day of it! I find figuring out lunch to be difficult. How is everyone doing today?

I had no idea this thread was still popping up. Shutterfly has free book offers all the time, so with shipping and the extra pages, it was less than $15. Thanks for all the compliments!

Hey ladies! I'm on board! We pushed things up so today is my first low carb day. I have to say, I'm feeling pretty full at this time (and it's snack time in a couple minutes!). Here's my lay-out for the day: Breakfast - Egg with feta and spinach AM snack - greek yogurt and a handful of mixed nuts/seeds Lunch - soup: chicken broth with chicken, baby bok choy, a little red onion, and garlic (We went out to lunch for a friends birthday, but I think I did pretty well!) PM snack - celery with peanut butter Dinner - NY strip steak with a sprinkling of bleu cheese, a side of kale, and maybe some cauliflower. I still have to buy the protein powder on my way home from work. I hope I get a good one! Congrats on all the weight loss ladies! Oh, and for the BL contest, the reason I'm not joining is that my busy season is starting at work and I know I will forget to send in the weights. I like the support on this thread though!

Yay Mo! Aruba is our next big vacation we want to go on. I may have to get in touch with you!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~*Kathy*~ haha thanks Coug! I don't know, I don't see why it should be a problem. I'll use my saturday weigh-in # from the saturday BEFORE the wednesday if that makes sense. For example: I'll weigh in on Sept 19/09 and I'll send Ginalyn that # on Wednesday, Sept 23/09 when BL7 starts. That should work, shouldn't it? I did this is past BL seasons. My WW weigh-in day was Monday, so I used that weight for Wednesday's weigh-in. I also took a picture of the WW book instead of the scale (since you can't see it at the meetings) and no one had a problem with that. They're pretty flexible about it. So I'm gearing up to start this next week! (Finally!) I'm going to Cape Cod this weekend, returning Monday, and starting on Wednesday. I know that's kind of a weird start date, but I don't want to wait a whole other week, plus that will make my first cheat day my birthday! Eventually I'll work the program out to make cheat day on Saturday. Now I just need to figure out what to buy. Thank you everyone for all of the suggestions so far. It's too bad we can't start a journal to just list food we've discovered/love as a quick reference. It's time consuming to go back through pages and pages of threads! Keep up the great work ladies!!!

I love stuff like this!

I used my Nana's locket instead of buying a frame. It was nice to make that my something old.

These look great. I love the first one in jeans and heels!

I got married in St. Lucia and LOVED it! In addition to Sandals, there is another adult-only AI resort called Rendezvous. You are correct that the beaches are different though. You will not get the snow white sand with aqua water. The cobalt blue water was gorgeous in my pics though! Check out my slideshows in my siggy. Also, here are some snorkeling pics taken on our catamaran ride by Paul Bennett of ELU Photography and Kristi Klemens of KLK Photography.

Oh Erika, I'm so sorry this happened! I wish I had known. We do have some awesome girls on BDW. Great job ladies! Have a safe and speedy recovery Erika!

I can't stand him. But they're not going to ban him from these events...look how much everyone is talking about it.

You mentioned that you received one gift and that was from his parents. I'm assuming that means you did not receive one from her. Are you sure you want to give her something then? I've never given engagement gifts, but my best friend (who got engaged one month before me) gave me a wedding planning kit she put together. It was so thoughful, but I still feel like a jerk for her getting something for me when I didn't get anything for her. Just a thought.

I had to laugh at 9-9-09 being the Satanic number 666 if turned upside-down. Actually, it would be 6066. It always bothers me when one crazy person makes a whole religion look bad.

So happy I stumbled on this thread. I forgot the premiere was tonight. Must remember to set DVR. DH is not a fan, so it'll be easier to watch it on my own time. Yay for SYTYCD!

Oh that's so scary! I hope there aren't any BDWers affected!

Dislike Transformer movies

You don't sound very broken up about it. I agree with your FI. I couldn't have someone there bashing everyone.

I would look into Ray from Karay Media. Karay Media Productions - Wedding Photography in St. Lucia I was going to hire him until I won my photography on this forum. Someone on BDW used a different local photog and posted pics on here, but I can't remember who!

Maybe he has a really good life insurance plan or something. So crazy!

Aw, thanks for the shout out! My only other claim to fame on this forum is when tons of people changed their title thingy to *licious (like Kristy*licious). That reminds me, I think it's time to change that!

For the most part, I find that guys aren't really interested/excited about the wedding until it's a couple months away. Then they're all excited to do stuff, but by that point, we're fried and have our own routine set. Try not to squash their excitement (even though it can be frustrating sometimes).

Rachel! I love when Rachel comes around!!! I can see what you're saying. It could definitely be read that way. I just think it's kind of cool though that it's happening in many different places. And you're right, we have referred to ourselves as BDWers.

I actually like Desties because we're destination brides.