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giving the totals ahead-of-time has been discussed in i think EVERY season of BL, lol! it is usually debated but then shot down bc some people will feel defeated and just give up since they have no way of winning. then again, it always came up at the end of the contest, just before the final weigh-in. i don't think a midway percentage total would do any harm.

also, i noticed you posted about being frustrated with forum use/navigation in another thread (since closed). an easy thing to do is click on "User CP" just under the forum logo ... that will take you to a page containing all of your "subscribed" threads (meaning every thread you've posted in). it's the easiest way to find out whether any answers to your questions have been posted. hope that helps a little!

Quote: Originally Posted by mrs.timpone Getting married @ Dreams Cancun September 25, 2010!! I would love to hear from real Dreams Brides! Any one have advice/ pictures of their wedding to share?! hi mrs. timpone! not only did i get married at dreams cancun (legal ceremony on may 28, 2009), but i also live in cinnaminson! if you ever want to meet up and chat about dreams weddings (or even how to make the best use of this forum), i'd be more than happy to help! i can only assume that by now you've found this thread: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...ied-here-2782/ it's a monster thread but soooo worthwhile. check this section for other brides' reviews on their dreams cancun weddings: Wedding Reviews - Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource there are a ton of resort pics in this thread which is a site review: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...tml#post258696 and you can see my actual wedding pics here (i used moments that matter photography): http://tomlisa09.shutterfly.com/pictures hope that helps! if you want to discuss things further or meet up, send me a PM (private message). you'll find the link to do this by clicking on my screenname on the left. good luck! -lisa

hey, what happened? this thread kinda died for a bit, so here i am to bump it and revive it! it has always been one of my faves! and here's my latest confession: we have pulled the goalie, and are taking the "if it happens, it happens" approach. def not TTC, but not NOT TTC, if you kwim. well we had a snow day on wednesday and we both got to stay home, which meant we had time for a little much-needed sexytime. afterward, i thought to count the days ... and FML, it was day 15 of a 30-day cycle. i got all freaked out and started to cry. i am SO not ready. i know i'm getting ahead of myself and there are no definites, but ahhhhh freaking out!

Quote: Originally Posted by jstar83 i had 8 mts to lose 50 lbs.........and now only 2 1/2 months to go,but really only one because I need to do dress fitting a month prior....so...cant lose weight after that...or else the dress will fit oddly....and loosely.... this is suppose to be the best day of my life and i feel like.....i wont appreciate it because im so fat.....ill look back at the picture and hate them instead of love them...... :*( i had two years' worth of engagement and i didn't do jack shit about my weight until about 6 months beforehand. and even then i lost and gained, lost and gained. i think i took off about 30. in the end, i did sooooo much stress eating that i'm lucky my dress fit me! i was sooo worried about my pics but from my own experience, i can tell you that i looked at my pics a *kajillion* times before even *i* was able to notice my flaws ... the love and happiness of the day totally outshone any back fat or arm flab (and believe me, that shit was there)! i know we all want our day, and what we look like, to be perfect ... but truly, the man about to become your husband and the love you share are all you need for a perfect wedding day. p.s. i gained all 30 lbs back within 8 months!

wow i love all these hot siggies! abbie, you're right, all this hotness isn't exactly work-friendly! mariesam ... wowza!!! we never did TTD and i was never brave enough for BD ... this is about as steamy as it got for us in wedding pics:

wow linds! yay!!! and congrats to oryx and princess for big losses as well! i am having a hard time getting back on track after having a "taste of the forbidden" this past weekend and being snowed in with all the leftovers! doesn't help that my hubz is the cook and he keeps making delish bad-for-you stuff. brat. we have been doing a ton of wii fit and shoveling tho (with more snow on the way), and he knows better than to buy me chocolates for vday LOL, so next weigh-in should be better!

we are DVR'ing it right now so we can watch it later and ff thru the commercials, lol. i am going to be so sad when it's all over.

hahaha not sure how to take it that you can see me dressing like a ho! but yeah, absolutely. LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by bahiabride2010 can't wait to see pictures of it in your bouquet...that should be part of the journal...everyone include a picture of what it looked like on the day of! that would be great except you usually need to pass it along before you've gotten your pics back. here it is when i had it: Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyBride09 Is it weird that I just got a lttle teary eyed when I saw this pop up I believe I am the third bride to have had this passed down to me. I am soooo excited that it's still getting passed around and that it's being used in so many weddings. awww jenn, i got a little nostalgic too hehe ... i had it second, right before jenn. if you read the journal, i was "mummergirl" back then.

aha! i knew there had to be a thread about LOST somewhere! are you all half as confused as i am? hahahaha i love this show! bumping this to get it going again ... i want to hear your theories on what the heck is going on!

Quote: Originally Posted by krista.baird I'm getting to a point in my life where I realize that even when I was smaller (in highschool), I still thought I was "fat" because our media and society has portrayed women so poorly for so long, and it has created so many body image issues out there. yup! hell i was 5'8" and 140 lbs and thought i was a WHALE. i couldn't seem to wrap the head around the fact that while yes, my friends all weighed about 40 lbs less than i did, there also wasn't a one of them over 5'2". i was so caught up on the numbers back then. it's sad, because i should have had all the self-esteem and confidence in the world, but i had none of that. what we all wouldn't give for our old bodies now, eh? oh the clothes i would rock. haha i'd probably dress like a total ho trying to show it off!

tomorrow is def going to be a gain ... i fell off the wagon HARD. but then it'll be a whole new week full of opportunities for eating right and working out so i'm not gonna dwell on the negative.

AHHHH my boss's niece is an actress (pretty unknown) and just got cast as alcide's exgf, debbie pelt, for season 3!!! how exciting! i was like please, please, please talk to your niece and get us onto the set for a visit!!!! haha don't i wish! True Blood: Meet Debbie Pelt (she's another blonde who should have black hair, so i guess maybe she'll dye it or wig it) i haven't caught up on this thread but have you seen the deliciousness that they cast as alcide? joe manganiello? hot hot HOT!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Abbie me too i use my iPod sitting on the couch with the real computer right next to me! its easier to make sure the kids and hubs arent reading over my shoulder haha BDW + portable = magic hahaha haha but beware: one time T wanted to quickly look something up so he hit the browser on my iphone and up popped the shout box ... and an embarrassing pic i posted of him, hahahahahhahahahha! love your equation above! hehe magic!

gorgeous! i love them! hey erika and andi came out of lurkville! hi girls!

haha i thought of this months ago ... seriously would be the best thing EVER. i just got all *crazy excited* when i saw this thread pop up, thinking maybe someone had actually done it ... but alas my dreams are shattered ... hah! tammy's response makes perfect sense ... we certainly can't jeopardize the security or functionality of the forum just so we can all have a new toy! p.s. while an app would be handydandy, if you have an iphone or blackberry, you can still access the forum via the web. that's what i do!

kinda surreal to see this resurface again, since i'm the original poster ... and our wedding ended up just fine, with 31 guests! there is a ton of good advice in this thread tho, the most important being to STOP STRESSING and BELIEVE that however things turn out, that's the way it was *meant* to be. even if that means it's just the two of you. in the end, last may (even during the height of swine flu madness), pretty much everyone came, including all the naysayers, the wishy-washy, the drama-causers, the crying poor, and the hypochondriacs! ahhh they are all lucky i love them (or that i have no choice but to love them bc they are family, haha)! they drove me to drink, but that just helped us get our money's worth out of the AI! since the wedding, there have been many developments in both our families: a diagnosis of terminal illness, pregnancies and babies, heart attacks, hospitalizations, etc. ... all which would have been *real* reasons for not attending our wedding. these sort of things help put things into perspective and remind us what's really important. we feel so blessed to have had our loved ones with us and truly believe fate was on our side. honestly, in hindsight, i feel pretty silly for all my bitchin and moanin, lol.

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsLewis My doctor thinks that a healthy weight for me would be 130. But at 5' 10", with broad shoulders and a size 11 foot, I'm thinking 130 is COMPLETELY ridiculous lol I'm thinking if I lost 100lbs I'd look and feel much better But 10 lbs? Psh. I can gain and lose that in a week lol say what?!?! 130 is ridic for someone who is 5'10". get a new doctor!!! i am 5'8" and my ultimate ultimate goal is about 165. i know that for me, that is a healthy weight and i look really great at that size. it has been a very long time since i've been there tho, haha. my first major goal is just to get under 200 lbs again (for the first time in about a decade). you made me LOL about the 10 lbs!

they're great, di! i love the rsvp postcard!

so who was our big winner this week?

down again, but only by a half pound ... *sigh* ... slow and steady wins the race, right? BUT, my wii fit age was 31 last night.

way to go, tyra!!! and yay manders for coming in 3rd despite vacation!!!! good luck over the weekend, ladies! try to do more and less , ok? it's tough, but we can do it!!

chubby hubby ice cream (Ben & Jerry's) : straight to my thighs!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsLewis I think it would be great to talk to someone in the same boat, because everyone else I talk to is worrying about 10 lbs lol I just need something that actually works, because so far nothing has. I was even on a completely vegetarian diet for two years, no soda, no chips, no chocolate, just veggies and grains basically, and lost about 5 lbs. Sad... lol I forgot to add before, another reason why I'm iffy on surgery aside from the risks of the surgery itself, generally you lose the weight faster than normal after surgery, and then you're left skinny, but naked you look like one of those wrinkly dogs! lol Not sure that's much better... hahahahha a wrinkly dog! i'm dying here ... yeah not much better at all! i don't know whether i have more or less to lose than you, but i can guarantee that i am not worried about 10 lbs. i am about 100 lbs overweight (technically, at least i'm 100 lbs more than what i graduated h.s. at). however i would look amazing imo losing around 80.