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I'm excited for tomorrow! I know I was really good all week AND weekend! I worked out 3-4 times and I've been working for my dad which involves a LOT of walking, moving, etc... I hope I can keep it up every week, lol!! It sounds like everyones been doing really well, keep up the good work, we can all do this!

Quote: Originally Posted by lucy106 Does anyone know how many songs are needed for the ceremony? I figure one for entrance and one for exit but is any music needed for in the middle of the ceremony? This of course does not include the pre-ceremony music while guests wait. We just had two. Our daughter was my MOH, she walked in to the same song as I did, which was somewhere over the rainbow. It was a long song, so she walked and then I came soon after her with my dad. We didn't play any music during the signing because we signed after the whole "you may kiss the bride" so everyone was kind of moving around at that point and talking. Then we played our song to walk out.

Beautiful dress! Thats going to be great on the beach!

Good Job Erica! You're doing great, its so hard to be good at parties! I've done good with eating, except for the easter candy I had to buy today!! But I'm going to go put it back in my car now, now that the sun has gone down and bring it to my dads tomorrow where it will stay! I didn't eat very much regular food today though, so hopefully that will balance it out a little.

I just got mine yesterday, but you girls are making me want to get reading it right away! Hopefully tonight I can start!

You warm weather girls suck! J/K! We had torrential downpours yesterday and today is super windy and cold. I wanted to go out jogging with one of the dogs, but is too cold. I did pilates yesterday, I think I may just take today off from working out and make sure I get a workout in everyday during the week. Good job girls on the eating and working out!

Hi, You have to go to "insert" and then "word art" you type in your text there and then you will have a tool bar with the different types of ways you can modify it. The arch is one of the "shapes" let me know if that doesn't make sense

Yari, I love it, its so pretty! Don't forget to use it, like I did, lol!

Thats so cute Jen, what a good idea!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarah While we're venting about our nursing jobs, I'll confess that I ate two chocolate chip cookies and 10 meatballs tonight. I avoided the cake and the pizza, but still feel like I failed miserably. We, as always, had a potluck tonight for a nurse that's moving away. I did eat some of the veggies I brought, but also the other crap. Oh well- there's always tomorrow (well, technically today, but whatever...)! Sarah, don't beat yourself up, we're all going to have days like that. Just work on eating good today and try to get a workout in. You can do it!

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa ok girls - it is Friday! just remember that one meal will not ruin your long term goals BUT we just started this and it will feel better to see LB's lost on the scale Wed than eating something you know doesn't help achieve your goals. also - here is a tip i picked up from someone else ... "if you have already tasted / eaten a food before and you indulge in it just to indulge, (ex. lasagna) you are being a glutton - ask yourself why you are allowing yourself to make the wrong choices? you know what it tastes like, there are no surprised in the bag of chips, just fatty calories!" and this is about LONG TERM LIFESTYLE change, not a Diet or a quick fix and changing habits is uncomfortable and takes work. GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND - YOU CAN DO IT! Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Girls we have to stay strong this weekend! It is so easy to fall off and revert to bad habits when we go out to bars, restaurants, parties, etc. Let's stay focused. I think if I go out and feel tempted I am going to call my buddy to talk me out of it. It will be like a sponsor for, AA excpet for food b/c let's face it, I am addicted to food! Thanks girls for the motivation!! Glenda you call me if you need me! I'll talk you out of anything! I haven't worked out yet today, I was so wiped out this morning I shut my alarm off and fell back asleep! I'm trying to tell myself to go get on the treadmill, but I have a feeling its not going to happen tonight, but I was moving all day at work today, I've eaten good and I will be up first thing in the morning working out. Good luck this weekend girls! I'll be checking in throughout the weekend, let me know if anyone needs help!

Quote: Originally Posted by cessyboston i have been such a cranky bi*** omg is that what suger and carbs do...its crazy i have done so good for two days thanks to you girls....i even went to my familys pizza place and only had steak tips and veggies..donnie had dunkin donuts today and i got a tea its so hard but i have faith..lol....i am just so cranky... I'm cranky too! I hate it, I hope it subsides in the next few days. DH has been trying to make me feel better, but he's bearing the brunt of this. Good Job on dinner Erica!

I can't wait to start reading it! I bought it off of ebay it should be here in the next couple of days and then I'll get down to reading!

I think this is my new favorite thread! Tara, I can't believe they are doing that to you and FI!!! you just got there! I'm so sorry. Good Job everyone, you're all doing great!! Today seemed easier for me, by dinner time I still had a lot of points left and wasn't even really hungry. I did eat a few things because I didn't want eating to little to make it harder to lose! I worked out this morning, I'm starting to feel pretty sore from yesterday and today. Yari, I can't believe that girl said that, don't parents teach their kids manners anymore, that was such a horrible thing to say! Keep up the good work everyone!

can you pull up the newspaper online and look in the archives?

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Jill what's a turbojam workout? And congrats on working out this morning! Keep it up! It's an aerobics video, lots of kicking, jumping, punching, etc... I'm bidding on some videos on ebay right now because I need more variety and can't afford a gym membership right now. The gym near me is 3x the amount of a membership at a regular gym, ridiculous!

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle08 I too am a fat cow....a depressed fat cow! I have complained about this in a couple threads already but I have been going to the gym 4 days a week with a trainer for 2 of them for 8 weeks now and in the beginning I lost 2 lbs per week and now it stopped and I keep fluctuating between 6lbs lost and 8lbs lost... I don't want to complain because I'm happy w/ 6-8lbs, it's better than nothing, and I can see muscle definition and my clothes fit a little looser but not enough for a whole size yet... So I'm freaking out because for the last like 3 weeks at least it's been fluctuating and I can't get it back down... any advice?? have you tried reducing your calories each day? I know with WW your points reduce as you lose weight, which is reducing calories, maybe that will help get you over the hump.

Quote: Originally Posted by Raeka UGH now I don't want to go to the gym. I just want to go home motivation please Mel, GO TO THE GYM! you'll feel so much better when you're done! I am so in for season two, I know its going to take me longer than 8 weeks to lose what I want to lose. I feel like a fat cow! I think winner takes all. The money isn't my sole motivation, but it is a good motivator. And I think if someone pulls way in the lead, it will just push us that much harder to catch up! I have my pics to send Ann, I will do that once DH goes to bed. I was home alone this morning, so I had to use the timer on my camera to take my pic, so as if the before pic in tight clothes wasn't bad enough, now its a times picture, rushing to get ready to leave, its completely horrible, good motivation! Yari, I absolutely love your toes! After these 8 weeks, I'm going for a pedicure and thats what I'm getting! I did my turbojam workout this morning for 45 minutes, it was rough, but glad its done!

BTW, congrats on picking a dress, I love it!

That's a tough one. I almost think it would be easier to alter the 12. Only because it seems like it would be easier to alter the waist and hips than the boob area, does that make sense? the boob area seems more difficult.

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari Glad you found a camera. Ugh, so not excited about taking my pic tomorrow. Neither am I, it's going to be VERY depressing!! Hopefully motivating as well. Not to mention I've probably gained 10 lbs. this week from pigging out, hopefully I'll have a big loss the first week!

Quote: Originally Posted by Saraha Ok one quick question. What do we weigh ourselves in? Same outfit everytime so its far. Or nothing at all so its fair and just show our feet? I was planning to just do no clothes and just show my feet Quote: Originally Posted by Betsy AARGHHH - My camera is broke - awhile ago I sat on it as some of you may remember (blurry wedding dress pics) So I have to hit it on the side and then turn it on - but it is not working - I will go get a new one ASAP but I don't know about tomorrow........Can I still do this?? I promise I will be honest! do you have a camera phone?

Thank you! That will be very helpful!

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyCheese Thx for the info...I think I'm going to stick with the bridal salon but here is the link if you still want to take a peek at it...I'm curious anyway about this whole "ebay business"... MAGGIE SOTTERO TAYLA New Wedding Gown 2-16 - eBay (item 280200186616 end time Mar-12-08 19:39:26 PDT) They do actually look like a good ebay seller. There are several websites that sell wedding gowns at lower prices than salons and I think they are similar to those. But they have really good feedback and it does say they are authentic gowns from the manufacturer. It's always good to read through everything when you're buying on ebay because sometimes there are things written in the fine print that you didn't know about. Good luck with the salon!

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I entered a contest on photo.com & got inducted into some sort of photography association. It was a snapshot of a lighthouse, nothing special. There was a button I clicked that said "enter contest." I thought it was like an instant win thing. They would send me emails with pictures of the lighthouse on a trophy, wooden box, coffee table book & a medalion. I could purchase all these items to show off my award winning photo. I could also attend an awards banquet in vegas. It was so obvious to me this was fake, but if someone else submitted a good picture it might be hard to tell. So maybe he entered a contest like I did. I did the same thing, lol!! Now I get all of these emails all the time! They wanted me to buy some stupid book with all of the award winning photos.