Maura

Quote: Originally Posted by mummergirl ok one girl said buy a size bigger and one said definitely buy a size smaller ... guess i should just buy my size? i've never tried spanx but have worn similar a similar thing before and my problem was that the thighs cut into my legs or rolled up my thigh. i've always ended up having to take them off halfway thru the night. i will definitely wear them during ceremony & pictures, but then i'm letting it all hang out at the reception! haha i think you didnt read both our posts correctly --- the assets need to be bought at either the correct size according to the package or one size smaller (depending how uncomfortable you are willing to be), but the spanx i have bought one size up because the size according to the package for me is always too tight and feels like its cutting off my circulation. i am 5'2" and 138 pounds (so not a skinny minnie) but i have never ever had a problem with either assets or spanx rolling up on me at all.

hahaha trust me - you dont want to get the treatment effect. sorry if this is TMI but the grease that leaks out if you have a treatment effect is not pleasant smelling. you dont poop yourself, but you WILL leak grease if you go over the limit. can you go out for sushi? that's really low fat. when DH wants to go out, lately i have been suggesting sushi because he LOVES it and even though im allergic, they have great other low fat stuff, like teriyaki chicken breast skewers and edamame.

omg i NEED those!!!!!!! (yah right, just paste them on my ass) but they look freaking delicious and the first thing i am going to do after my wedding is over is go on a candy binge!!!!

abigail sunshine, i have been stalking the forum all night looking for more pics. gimme more!!!!!!

haha i figured as much tara - i dont let anything in my house that doesnt say low or no fat right now. cheese, milk and sour creams all have to be low or no fat year round though. my DH calls me the fridge nazi because i cant have anything in the house that will tempt me right now. he brought home a bag of gummy worms and i ate a handful on friday even though i had a tummy ache from lunch. i was like listen, if you had to wear a dress in front of 100 people in 3 weeks, you'd police the fridge too! we dont keep ice cream in the house at all anymore and we both are ice creamaholics. we are notorious for conning each other into late night DQ runs - my weakness is vanilla soft serve dipped in chocolate, and his is a snickers blizzard. last night we discovered this place called berry chill downtown and its effing amazing. its lactose-free (thank god, because DH and i are both lactose intolerant) and only 20 cals for 5 oz! 5 oz is way bigger than it sounds. and you can get 3 toppings, and they have all kinds of fruits! i am excited to go back again. it doesnt quite taste like regular old frozen yogurt, it tastes more like actual yogurt thats been frozen. so its a bit tangy, but it was delicious! i got mine with raspberries and strawberries and a little spoonful of crushed cookie. next time i want to try it with cinnamon toast crunch cereal and fruit.

jules, what do canadian smarties look like? we have something here called smarties, but im not sure its the same thing as what you have up there. now i am dying to try all these canadian goodies LOL

awesome, thanks for the recipe tara, im going to go buy the ingredients at the store tomorrow to try that out!

Quote: Originally Posted by ethrondson So FI grabbed a bottle of pop the other day for me - Diet Pepsi, and I have decided that I will sit here in the heat and drink it out of my frozen glass. As of tomorrow I am going to stop drinking pop. This will be the biggest challenge, since I am addicted to the stuff. I don't even think it is the caffeine as much as the carbonation. Sometimes I just crave something cold and bubbly, and pop does the trick. Crazy I know, but I am going to do it. quitting pop was like what i imagine quitting smoking crack must be like!!!!! i used to be addicted to pop too. i cant drink diet pop because i am allergic to phenalalanine. so what i do when i am craving pop (because i too like it for the carbonation) is i switched to drinking sparkling water cut with 1/2 a glass of 100% fruit juice to add flavor. then i weaned myself down to only a splash of juice for flavor. i still get the carbonated drink, but without all the sugar and calories

im so excited for you to go next week, i hope you find a dress!!! i have always wondered what the running of the brides was like, but the sale didnt fall during the time i was engaged, and i dont know that i wouldve gone anyway because huge crowds kinda freak me out. but more power to you if you are going - are you taking a team with you?

Quote: Originally Posted by amesharpe yay!!! you did it with room to spare I'm so happy for you that I went out and bought some for myself. I'm sure you'll be absolutely georgous for your big day darling aw thanks you're so sweet! my DH went out for a boys night, so i guess its good im home alone LMAO i disgust myself when i get the treatment effects, even though they are not that bad, it makes me wretch to see oil in the toilet!!! after my wedding is over i'll be organizing a big chicago get together, i hope you'll come!!! i was just out not too far from you earlier today actually anyway, if you need any support with alli, you know you can ask me anything and i will tell you the real deal

i had a personal trainer from feb 07-may 08 - it got to be way too expensive and i just couldnt afford it anymore with the money i needed to be putting toward the wedding. but yes, having a trainer for say, about 5-6 sessions, will do you a lot of good to get you on a program, so you know what will work and more importantly WHY it works. let me tell you also i am not stick thin, i am 5'2" and have struggled with my weight throughout my 20s. i weigh 138 pounds which is considered overweight for my height! the best thing you can do for yourself is eat clean and exercise. i recently started taking alli to help with a little extra weight loss for the wedding. after the wedding is over in a few weeks, i think i will go back to working out regularly, but right now im just too drained and it feels like such a chore.

Honestly, do not waste your money on a dietician. Go buy a book called Eating Clean by Tosca Reno. It's a mere fraction of the cost you'd spend on a dietician and gives you the same info. I have paid dieticians and personal trainers and everything I learned from them about how to eat right was in the eating clean book, I wish it had been recommended to me long ago so I didn't throw away so much money with a dietician and a trainer!

congrats martha, we july brides send all our love and wishes for a happy perfect wedding day!

Quote: Originally Posted by amesharpe Maura- how did the fitting go today? did the "alli" work? Hopefully you get to get the dress taken in again fitting went great this morning! i stepped on the scale after my shower this morning before going over there and i am at the same weight as when i was skinny last spring. i could still afford to lose a few pounds but if i dont, i am happy with how i am right now. she was able to take it in in several places. i took an alli with breakfast this morning and then during lunchtime i made the mistake of eating a couple handfuls of trail mix. let's just say i'm not venturing too far from my bathroom tonight. note to self: do not eat trail mix anymore if you don't want greasy butt. LOL

love the pics abbie!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait to hear all the deets!!!!!

oh i wanted to revisit this thread to say for anyone who is on the fence about whether or not to get legally married in the states first - i'm telling you firsthand, do it! i am SO glad we did. it got rid of all my nerves and anxiety about the big wedding. now i am so chill (well, chill for a type A, anal retentive person haha) compared to a few weeks ago. i have let a lot of stuff go and recognized there are a lot of things that 1) my guests wont care about or 2) the guests wont notice if something is not there, etc etc. i am so much less stressed about the DW than i was before we were legally married, because those things seem so trivial to me now.

Quote: Originally Posted by nicoleandscott i'm worried about the logistics of getting people to and from the airport....if y'all don't mind posting what you did/plan to do that would be so helpful. i'm getting a price quote from enrique mora @ los cabos travel...is this the best option? i think we are also renting a car? every one of our guests is on their own to find transportation from the airport to the hotel. not everyone is staying at the same hotel either. a few people are renting cars. the only person we are actually picking up from the airport is the priest we are flying in (who is also an extended family member). i just dont see transportation as a necessary expense - why should i pay for them to get to/from the airport? plus, with all the problems going on with the taxi union down there right now (keep in mind this will probably change before your wedding, but mine is in 3 weeks) it would be impossible to hire private transport roundtrip for my guests anyway also, how did you handle going out to eat in Cabo? we are not at an AI so we will dine out most of the time...any suggestions so we don't end up with one large bill to pay? this is part of the reason we are renting a car. we are staying closer to the san jose del cabo side, and we plan to drive into town quite a bit to explore and eat. our hotel is the westin, and it is not an AI. as far as activities go...are y'all compiling a list of things to do...like suggestions? or arranging activities? we have one arranged cruise scheduled but that's it so far. any suggestions? we are compiling a list of activities and posting it on our website and then also doing a welcome book with activities printed in it. i have not really gotten much done on it yet though, so i have to kind of hurry. check out caboticket.com and bookcabo.com for more ideas of activities. we are not arranging any activities (or paying for activities) for our guests - many of them have been to cabo before, so they are not going to want to do anything scheduled

Quote: Originally Posted by KLC77 Love them! My favs are the one of you in the hammock and the one where you are looking over your shoulder with your hair wet and sand in it. Stunning. agreed! LOVE the hammock pics - how hard was it to get the sand out of your hair though? yikes, dont think i could get sand in my hair!

pony with the flower is way cuter!

glenda what a great idea about the tiffanys keychain with the new initials and wedding date, now i know what my first purchase will be when we get back from mexico LOL

agreed - good call alyssa about the ring holder. a good friend of mine recently got engaged and she and i are going to have the same last initial when we are both married, so i got us matching "Mrs. H" totes from land's end - it was like $25 plus shipping. she LOVED it.

Quote: Originally Posted by amy706 I just got an email back from Mezzanine. They said: Hola Amy, We confirm that Mezzanine has not been seized. Our guests are still enjoying their cocktails poolside and our restaurant and bars remain open to the public. Like several other hotels along the same beach we do have a giant tape in front of the hotel but we are expecting to have the tape removed within the next few days. We thank you for your patience:) Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Amy so does that mean they are not closed? Hmmm that seems kind of weird that the media would report that they closed down already and were evacuating people. Well either way I'm glad to hear that they are not closed. Hopefully the situation will change for the better soon with all the resorts. Amy, what they're telling you is true - the hotel has not been "seized" yet - they've just been told they cannot accept any guests other than the ones they've already got presently staying inside the hotel. Glenda, from what I'm reading in the Spanish media, they didn't really evacuate any guests as of yet. I do have some minor updates, but theyre all in Spanish and I don't have time to translate each one word for word. So, here are the basics: The attorney for the Mexican EPA (called Profepa) said that also in addition to Tulum and Cancun, areas in Acapulco, Baja California Sur (where Cabo is located) and Nayarit will be subject to similar sanctions as these hotels for harming the environment and for not having the proper required documentation to operate in accordance with environmental laws near government-owned and protected land. They're threatening to demolish hotels who don't comply with any sanctions given to them to fix the problems. But at this point, it's only a threat. They're saying that the hotels would eventually be demolished to rehabilitate nature on the land where the buildings are currently located. i.e. return the land to its natural state. Basically there is a lot of talk about the reason why all this happened in the first place is because business people (the hoteliers) and the federal goverment employees have had a long-standing corrupt relationship. Certain gov. officials likely gave out illegal permits and such in exchange for bribes. The Profepa has drawn up a map of the areas all in question (all around the country, using satellite images) to determine what properties are where, and if they are violating any environmental law or encroaching on government owned sanctuary-type land. In addition to the hotels already closed in Tulum, they are adding two names to the list that are under investigation: Rancho Jaguar and Caleta Tankah. It seems also from one thing I read that they have also closed places called Mayan Grill and Ibera Playa Paraiso. The attorney for Profepa did also say that they are giving all the hotels some time and are not immediately closing them permanently. If you can read in Spanish, here is the source I have been getting my info from today: http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticia.asp?cx=90300000067316&f=20080718 http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticia.asp?cx=90000000066968&f=20080718 http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticia.asp?cx=90000000066966&f=20080718

LOL selective deafness ---- yeah i wouldnt believe it either until you see her travel reservations with the word PAID next to them!

she needs to make up the difference at the very least, and you should inform her she is not to make a single change to your contract without calling you first from now on

Quote: Originally Posted by *lauren* lol, we got one in the mail the other day...i send dh a text: "got std from brett. florida 1/09" his reply: you got WHAT? hahhahahahahhahahaha lauren - i just snorted out loud laughing from that, that is hilarious!