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My FI is also joining in the fun as well. I've been doing a bootcamp program in town for the last year.They are big on diet as well and I am pretty good at following it. Over the last year I am down 25 lbs. I took the summer off an am kicking myself now because I think I would be at my goal if I would have just stuck with it. Well the FI starts at the same place tonight. In order to go you have to complete a 10 week session called extreme bodyshaping. I am just excited that he will be on the same diet I am on, and we can get healthy together. For me there is no better motivation than a beach wedding you still have the dress plus the swimsuit!

Did you book with a travel agent? If so I would give them a call and see if they have some leverage with the resort.

Kelly, I have no problem with that at all. I made the mistake of stepping on the scale yesterday. If that doesn't motivate me after all the goodies I have been eating; I don't know what will!

Thank you Katie for the information and the pictures. Very helpful!

Hi Maegan, It took me forever to hear back from them on a date. I would also suggest asking for availability around a date you are looking for. Once I heard back that my date was not available I had to start all over again . . . boo! Once I got assigned to an actual wedding coordinator the communication has been better. Claudia normally gets back to me in about 2 or 3 days. Good luck!

I feel the same way. Now I wear it at work, but when I first got it I was uncomfortable wearing it. I think half of it was comfort and the other half was I was scared to death to lose it! I lose jewelry a lot. I have gotten used to wearing it and it doesn't bother me anymore, but I still take it off if I am showering, cleaning, or sleeping. So basically I wear it in public. Hopefully someday I'll feel naked without it!

Hey there ladies, how is everyone doing? It's so hard with the holidays upon us; but I keep thinking dress, swimsuit, dress! My goal was to lose five lbs. by Christmas and I hit that this weekend! I have about 10-15 more to go before the wedding. I am excited for January to hit and to have more friends on the health kick with me.

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Sounds like an amazing destination!

I love the dress on you. You look Fantastic! My vote would be to keep it. The key is that you have to love it though. It's never too late. My sister changed her mind 2 weeks before her wedding and was able to get a new one and get it altered.

Wow that is really good! Congrats!

These options are really sad! I am so disapointed. Does anyone know if you can still order off the old menu?

Hi Micheal. What a great contest. I'll have my fingers crossed for the next week or so. . . Real Love is going through the good and bad and not knowing how you could ever live again without them in your life. It changes and is always growing in new and different ways. It is unconditional; not because it has to be but because that is the only way it can be. Our wedding is South of Playa Del Carmen at the Barcelo Maya Palace on April 27th, 2009. Thank You!

I also hope we don't lose either! But if we do I hope it happens quickly so this whole Denny and Izzy thing doesn't get any weirder.

I know at the beginning of the season there were lots of rumors that Izzy was going to get killed off the show. The show denied it; but I can't help thinking this is what is up with the whole Denny/Izzy thing. Maybe he is here to make her death easier on her? Just my 2 cents.

These are amazing. Thanks for sharing!

Congrats and Welcome to the forum!

Welcome and Congrats!

How exciting - Keep up the good work! I hope the same happens to me.

So cute! Great job.

I finished my sugar cookie project yesterday. I am sending these to my sister and friends to ask them to be my bridesmaids. I picked beach and wedding themed cookie cutters and painted the cookies - fun and tasty project. We waited until those in our wedding party booked their travel before we wanted to ask so I am excited to put these in the mail tomorrow! I also wrote a personalized note to each of them to send with the cookies. Here are a couple pictures of how they turned out. I've never painted cookies before, but I really liked how it they looked when I finished.

These are great! Congrats!

I am in. I'll PayPal you this week!

Hi Gail. I think everyone goes through the same thing. I would suggest finding a good travel agent and talking to them about your wedding and they can suggest places. I've been to a couple resorts in the area and we picked one I have never been to for our wedding. We wanted to keep costs down but still have the option of a nicer resort. We picked the Barcelo because it had a couple resorts in one. It's funny, we made that decision to cut down with costs but so far about 30 people have booked and they have all booked at the luxury resort so I guess in the end I maybe shouldn't have worried about it as much as I did. There are some great travel agents on here who can help you!

We are also paying for their outfits. They are spending so much to come down with us I was concerned with adding something on. However, I know they would be happy to do it if we asked. We are not going over the top with gifts though, the outfits and accessories are the gift. Is that bad?

If it makes you feel any better I put on 15 pounds in 7 months when I first met my FI. We were always eating out and drinking. Since then I'm back to the weight I was when we started dating, but it was that initial jump on the scale shocked me as well. I thought maybe 5 or 6 lbs, but not 15! Writing down what you eat is huge, drinking a lot of water has also been very helpful for me.