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Quote: Originally Posted by mauraw my best advice is that if you can afford to get a personal trainer (often you can do a "group rate" for two people and that way you and FI can work out together with the trainer) then do it. it's some of the best money i've ever spent. clearing out your junk food will only be a temporary fix. eventually you'll be dying for a taste of potato chips or something and will give in. trust me i know! if you have a trainer teaching you the proper way to exercise, its a lot easier to do it right. even if you only see the trainer every other week, it helps keep you motivated. and if you make a bad food choice, you know you just need to work extra hard, which will motivate you to make less bad choices (hopefully). also, if youre like me and tend to keep extra weight mostly in the hips and tummy, your best bet is doing lots of cardio. i run on the treadmill for about 2.5 miles 2-3 times per week on average on my own and it helps me. if you dont like running, the elliptical is great and so is an exercise bike (regular bike, but if you can do spinning, thats great too!). strength training in addition to the cardio will definitely get you fit. ooh also i notice that doing lunges across a room is great for my legs! it sucks while youre doing it, but the results will make you happy. there's a gym in my condo building, so if i'm not feeling like running, i will go watch desp. housewives or some other show my FI hates watching and just walk at 3.5 mph for the entire hour. sometimes i'll rev it up and run a bit during the commercials. as for diet, try to avoid cooking with salt and bad fat as much as possible (a little EVOO now and then is okay if you're not using it to fry stuff). lots of green veggies are good. my trainer gave me tons of nutritional info when i started with him, and i lost 25 pounds in 4 months following a healthy eating plan and exercising 4x a week. So I went to my free training session and i purchased a trainer for a year!! I am having a little buyers remorse and it doesn't help that FI thinks I was just stupid for spending the money...but maybe I got screwed..but $100 mo. was worth it to me to be able to finally learn how to exercise right and not just go do cardio because I didn't know how to do anything else right. I know that strength training plays a huge part and previously I would barely do it because I just wasn't sure what to do... So I am going this morning for my first appt to get measured...etc... I'm excited...

Those look great!!! Did you buy the envelopes first and then made sure you cut the cardstock to fit inside? I love them!!!

I hope you have a great day!

Ditto!!! I feel like I have to write less..but that might be a good thing!

I have not, sorry...but that's a cool idea and I like the shark reef...it was fun when I just went there to look at it.

Awesome letter!! Thanks for sharing...

The list I posted...I got from about.com it came up in a search I did...I have a half ass list I made...but I need to really list it out and start following it!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by sandyroo Yeah, I definitely have to figure out what sorts of prizes would be good. I want to try to get a bunch of different ones. I was thinking itunes gift cards would be good. They come in 4 packs at costco. Need to think of something for the older guests though. Kiki, the cost I was quoted was $800 for the setup and the people to work the tables. I guess they set up like 3 or 4 different games. Leia, have you chosen a location to do it? I'm debating whether to just have a welcome dinner too, so that way the waitstaff would be around to serve drinks. Not sure yet though. hmm...$800 that isn't bad..I could have sworn they told me $2000??

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride062108 Michelle you sound like me! I can't seem to make myself choose a dress! there are so many pretty ones out there and I'm really indecisive. I've given myself until next Friday and then I'm going to blindfold myself, throw all of the pictures in the air and pick one! lol! It is a beautiful dress! I know you will look great in it. That's how I felt!!! It gets frustrating after awhile...I wish i wasn't like this...but no need to worry now though! thanks everyone for you opinions...it only helps us crazy indecisive gals!

sounds like the one I went on in hawaii years ago..but it was a big boat...hmm...fiance wanted to do this...but the last thing my paranoid self wants to do it be trashed with other trashed people on a tiny little rocky boat in the sea of cortez! :0 We might have to revisit this discussion!

Ooh...I will be there...maybe I can come play! j/k...that sounds like a ton of fun...but I'm too cheap to do that...

Martha...you have seen mine now and it's darker and it's the San Patrick/pronovia line..Also, Casablanca has nice dresses and they have a good Ivory/beige color... Have you been out "shopping" or just online shopping? The colors will very from the website and look really different in person.

this is awesome and your guests will definately appreciate it! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Jen!! The things in life I should worry about I don't and then I pick the random little things! I don't know how I would function in life w/out others opinions and I definately wouldn't be able to plan this wedding w/out your gals!

It looked a little better last night then in this pic (this is the one from the first time) but still. It's funny because my crazy personality is already sitting her thinking bad thought. Not that I made the wrong decision...because I am happy with the dress for sure.. But part of me is saying yeah, so why was this one so much cheaper? Why couldn't they find it last time? The lady was so pushy...did I rush into to paying them and forget to ask all the right questions? What are the questions I should have asked? Those type of things because my biggest fear (especially because I'm cutting it close) is that the wrong dress will come in or it won't come in time, etc... I need to get over it! The one thing I might do though to put me more at ease is since I got a good price on it...I may just call them and ask them to rush order it even if it's not necessary...I just am freaking out thinking that w/out rush it will be here late april maybe early may!!! I will need some alterations and that is just so close! Sorry so long!

I don't know for sure but I would think michaels or joann's?? If you are going with the starfish theme at all, I think shelly posted this awhile back...

Great info maura..thanks! That is me to a T...second guessing everything i do. I only looked at maybe 3 or 4 photographers sites when choosing and i was price sensitive. At the time Bradley was one that I looked at and so I did choose Tomas because I liked what I saw on his website. I don't have high standards...so I liked what I saw. Then some of the girls who used Tomas weren't in love with their pics so I began looking at other sites and saw bradley's and really liked his. But at this point I am still waiting to see if he is available for my date but I'm thinking maybe I should just stick w/ my first choice...I want to cross things off my list not create a larger one...

Oh...that's sounds cool....I was thinking it's one big blog but it's our own individual ones... hmm..I am going to check it out! Thanks Tammy

great job jen!!! That's awesome! I don't drink soda but on weird occasions when I crave it for some reason...

So I am lame..but I don't really understand what a blog is??

Quote: Originally Posted by Just Martha I love it!!! It is beautiful and flattering! I love the color! What color is it? Thank you!! It is Ivory. I knew I didn't want white and there are some ivory that are kinda light...but others more like this that are darker... I know the designer is San Patrick which is also pronovia but I don't know the model or style name??

Quote: Originally Posted by Saraha YAY, way to start the new years off on a good note! It beautiful and you look amazing in it! Thank you!!!

Thanks Jill! I don't know if patience is the word...more like indecisive and procrastination..but I feel that a huge weight has been lifted...

Thanks everyone...any advice will help in my decisions..so I appreciate it!

Well I joined the Gym last week and had an appointment with the trainer (3 free sessions) last friday but haven't gone yet and had to cancel the appointment because I got sick. So I just called today to reschedule my appt for tomorrow night...I ate decent today and I will try hard to eat decent the rest of this week and then I want to see what the trainer says I should be eating and go grocery shopping this weekend and then monday it's hardcore eat right and exercise like a mad women! I want to lose 30 lbs by the wedding in less than 5 months..but I will settle for 20 but will not be happy with less than that!!!!