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Hi darl, I'm so sorry your going through this but like all the other girls my FI and I have been the same although my FI is mad on cars and put most of his focus into that. I think it helps if they have something to get away from all the wedding talk, does he have any hobbies ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Sandra E. Jodey, Congratulations on your weight loss. Is this the one that you did? THE SCARSDALE MEDICAL 14-DAY DIET Where no portion is indicated, you can eat as much as you like. Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. Between meals you can snack on carrots, celery, and low sodium vegetable broth BREAKFAST EVERY DAY: One half grapefruit -if not available,use fruits* in season One slice of protein bread**, toasted, no spread added Coffee /tea (no sugar, cream or milk, no honey) MONDAY Lunch: Assorted cold cuts*** Tomatoes - sliced, broiled, or stewed Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Fish or shellfish, any kind Combination salad, any greens and vegetables as you wish One slice protein bread toasted Grapefruit - if not available, use fruits in season Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water TUESDAY Lunch: Fruit salad, any combination of fruits [substitute lunch recommended - see bottom of page] Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Plenty of broiled, lean hamburger (see Meat & Poultry link for info) Tomatoes, lettuce, celery, olives (limit 4), cucumbers and/or Brussels Sprouts Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water WEDNESDAY Lunch: Tuna fish or salmon salad (oil drained off) with lemon and vinegar dressing Grapefruit, or melon, or fruit in season Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Sliced roast lamb***, all visible fat removed Salad of lettuce,tomatoes,cucumbers,celery Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water *** Can be subsituted with fish, seafood, chicken or turkey, or veg protein THURSDAY Lunch: Two eggs, any style (no fat used in cooking) Low-fat cottage cheese Zucchini, or string beans, or sliced/stewed tomatoes One slice of protein bread, toasted Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Roast, broiled or barbequed chicken (skin and visible fat removed before eating) Plenty of spinach, green peppers, string beans Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water FRIDAY Lunch: Assorted cheese slices (preferably lowfat) Spinach, all you want One slice of protein bread, toasted Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Fish or shellfish Combination salad (any fresh vegetables desired, raw or cooked) One slice of protein bread, toasted Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water SATURDAY Lunch: Fruit salad, any combination of fruits [substitute lunch recommended] Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Roast turkey or chicken Salad of tomatoes and lettuce Grapefruit or fruit in season Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water SUNDAY Lunch: Cold or hot turkey or chicken Tomatoes, carrots, cooked cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower Grapefruit, or fruit in season Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water Dinner: Plenty of broiled (grilled) steak, all visible fat removed before eating; any cut of steak you wish- sirloin, porterhouse, London broil, etc. Salad of lettuce, cucumbers, celery, tomatoes (sliced or cooked) Brussels Sprouts Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water *allowed fruit substitutes READ the FRUITS link on the left for more detailed info. **protein bread substitutes READ the PROTEIN BREAD link on the left for more info & list. ***cold cuts your choice - lean meats, chicken, turkey READ the MEAT & POULTRY link on the left for more info & list. NOTES: * Cooking with herbs, seasonings, spices, grated onion, minced parsley is recommended. * Salt, Non-stick vegetable spray, cocktail sauce, ketchup, chili sauce & mustard are all permitted, but should be used within MODERATION. * Vegetables not permitted are corn, peas, potatoes, lentils and any beans, except green or waxed. * Where no portion is indicated, you can eat as much as you like. Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. * * Between meals you can snack on carrots, celery, and low sodium vegetable broth Count your calories - they should be between 850 - 1000 a day. SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET- SUBSTITUTE LUNCH If you wish, you may substitute the following lunch for any lunch, any day, on the Scarsdale Medical Diet. One half cup low-fat pot cheese or cottage cheese, mixed with One tablespoon of low-fat sour cream Sliced fruit, all you want 6 halves of walnuts or pecans, whole or chopped, and mixed with the above or sprinkled over the fruit Coffee/tea/no-sugar diet soda of any flavor (Tip: puree the cottage cheese & sour cream to make a whipped topping, serve over mixed berries & top w/ chopped nuts for a "sundae") SECOND WEEK OF SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET Repeat all menus of the first week. It's as simple as that. If after fourteen days, you still need to lose weight, switch to Keep-Trim Eating for two weeks, [before going back on the SMD.] Read The Two On Two Off and Keep Trim Links Yep, thats the one ! Have you tryed it ?

Just to give you girlies an update, I've been on " The Scarsdale Medical Diet" for the past week and I can't believe it but I've lost 7 pounds in a week !!! I love this diet, not sure if any one knows of it ? It is form the USA came out in the 70's depending on how much you need to loose you can loose up o 20 pounds in 2 weeks !! I deffinatly recomend it, its been the ony diret I've been able to stick to ever, its easy, no weighing or calorie couting, its baisically a low carb diet plenty of meat / fish / veggies and fruit but.... and there is a BIG BUT.....ARE YOU READY ??...... No alcohol for 2 weeks - yes you heard me right TWO WEEKS but its sooooo worth it, if your interested GOOGLE it you can get the book off the net, I paid £1 for a second hand one, its ow my bible !!! Just another 7 pound to go before 25th July

Hi girlies, I'm really new to the whole BD gift, this is something we don't do over here in the UK but I really like the idea !! how do you go about doing it ? do you book in to have some proffesional photos done with a photographer and then you make the albums yourselves or do you get the whole thing proffesionally done, I'd love to do this for my DH he would sooooo love it !! Thanks for your help and advice : - )

Hi there, I'm not offended @ all ! These things happen unfortunatly and this is something I also have thought about as DH and I are also marrying leagaly in Mexico but like you say it is very routine in Mexico. The way I see it is make sure you see the doctor take out a brand new needle from a sealed packet, that way you know its a brand new needle and I think thats the only thing you can do, personally I hav't heard any horror stories but I'm with you on your thoughts.

I've heard that body brushing ( exfoliating ) before showing helps - it helps to get your circulation flowing which inturn helps shift toxins / celulite, your supposed to brush gently over your whole body towards your heart for the circulation, plus it helps get rid of dead skin cells too !

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek I've actually been thinking about this subject a lot lately. Like when we are going to start trying to have kids. We've talked about having kids after we get married but never really discussed when we should start trying. Sadly, i kind of have to plan around my job. i have a three month busy season that i cannot take any time off from. I guess fi and i really have to sit down and discuss when we want to start trying. I'm definately not going to tell anyone that we are trying, that's too much pressure. I totally understand how you feel regarding work, fortunatly this is not the case for me but the "going back to work " thing is something I've also been thinking about, without sounding selfish my DH and I work hard and like nice things, the questons I keep asking myself are - How long would I want to take from work, months or yrs ?? Luckily DH is the bread winner but I do also earn a fair wage, maybe I would go back part time if I'm able to, I really don't know....

Just wanted to say how greatful I am to hear your veiws & cmmdee - your not the only peron that is scared, I had my neice round last night who is 5 yrs and she is truly a pain in the **** !!! but I think thats because shes let get away with a lot and totally rules the roost, anyway it dosn't put me off, I too have had mixed feelings but as I think about it more I' sure I will be ready when we're married, me and my DH will have had 10 wonderful, playful, years together without children, my DH is still getting the expensive car thing out the way now so another year or so should be fine.... we'll see.....

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen I agree people will ask anyway once you're married but I also made the mistake of telling everybody that we would be trying right away so I found it extra annoying when it didn't happen right away. I thinkit's a good idea not to put too much pressure on yourselves right away. i made myself nuts with TTC. Luckily it all worked out but I think i definitely put unnecessary pressure on myself and DH. Wow ! Only six weeks pregmant, congratulations ! Can I ask a personal question... You don't have to answer if you don't want - Were you on the pill a long time before you came off to get pregnant and how long was it before to got pregnant since you started trying ? I will have been on the pill 10 yrs when I come off after the wedding and I'm a little worried that its a long time .....

Hi ladies, This is something I havn't come across on a thread yet so forgive me if there is one.... I was just wondering your thoughts on children, We havn't got children yet but we have decide for me to come off the contraceptive pill after the wedding and if it happens it happens, we don't want to put too much preasure on us announcing that we're "trying for a baby" I have a friend that has been trying for nearly a year and I know she wishes she had never said anything because people are forever asking her if theres any good news yet.... What are your plans ? Does your H2B avoid the subject or is it him thats getting broody and not you ?

Hi girlies, I've just ordered the scarsdale medical diet book off the internet but there are different veiws on this diet, some people have had really fantastic results but there are also stories of it being unhealthy, what are your veiws ?

Way to go Jenn !!! I agree with all the others, I must admit I'm obsessed about what I way ! I go through periods of crash dieting and gym mad for a few days then slurge out on a take away and wine, it all or nothing with me ! But you keep up the good work !

Quote: Originally Posted by melglnh2o My FI and I did not live together before we got married but the biggest thing for me is sharing a bed. We have a Cal King so it is plenty big, but I always enjoyed going home at night and having my bed to myself. I think it is because I am such a light sleeper and now I get no sleep. I guess I will get used to it. I know many of you live or lived with your FI before you got married, but since being married what has been the biggest adjustment or something that you didn't expect? Wow... that is a huge adjustment, I have alot of respect for you marrying before you lived together, did you never wonder you may not get on ? I lived my my FI and his parents for 7 yrs !! we have now been in our own house for the past yr and love it, our biggest adjustment was the general looking after ourselves !! all the cooking, washing and ironing ect... but we soon got used to it...

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride we just have a joint account and we don't each have our own "spending money" budget. Sometimes my FH thinks we should, because I get on his case about eating out a lot and buying expensive computer games. In reality, I spent more than him but it's on house stuff and things like that that aren't only for me. I rarely spend money on fun stuff just for myself (except for clothes, and even then, I spend about as much on my clothes as I spend buying his - he hates to shop so I buy all his). I personally don't like the idea of having each our own "do whatever you want" budget. I'd rather work on a case by case basis. When we do small purchases we don't check with eachother, but when we do large ones (like over 100$) then we might run it by the other person first to see if they think it's a good idea. Although my husband says he wants his own spending budget so that I'm not "checking up" on his spending, I remind him that it would have taken him a while to save up for his 1500$ computer or the 600$ he spent on the Wii and accesorries. I personally think this works better because we don't save up for special purchases, as long as we both agree it's worthwhile we just get it right away. Then again, we have more money than we need for our current lifestyle (just dumping it all on the mortgage). If you are on a really tight budget then I can see how each person having an individual personally spending fund would be good. I'm with you on that, you guys seem to have a similar way as us.... I prefer it that way, although I like to have a surtain amount of indipendance I do feel that working this way also makes out relationship more stable and secure.

I think what ever works best for individuals.... personally my H2B and I aren't that well organised, we keep it simple.... we don't have separate bank accounts just one joint account that everything goes in and out of. H2B is lucky enugh to earns quite a bit more than me, I earn enough so that I pay half of all the house hold bills but his money pays for going out, holidays, clothes ect... and he has never seen it like I don't pay my way, We put aside a surtain amount for savings ( joint again ) and take out spending money each week as and when. I don't know if its because we have been going out a long time but we don't feel the need to wright everything down - whos paying for what, everything gets paid and we both check the bank statments at the end of the month, for us it comes down to trust and as we are a couple what we earn is ours, like I say everyone is different and its interesting to learn what works for others, maybe I should take a leaf out of your girlies books lol....

Quote: Originally Posted by Tamster808 I think I can win the longest time- We have been together almost 7 years and will be together 8 years before we get married. No sorry... I win by a hair, we were together for 7 years also ( I was 15 when we first started dating ) we will have been together 10 yrs when we marry

Quote: Originally Posted by Shay2679 I knew of someone who went to Mexico with her fiance to be married about...two years ago. The blood test came back showing she had syphillis (sp?) and they were not able to legally marry. From what I recall, I believe they were able to have a symbolic ceremony (someone in their wedding party was able to perform their ceremony) and they were legally married when they returned home. I believe the only reasons the blood test would impact the outcome of the wedding, is if the bride and groom are blood related, one or both parties has some forms of STD, or if one or both parties is HIV/AIDS positive. I'm sure someone with more knowledge on the subject will be along...but...if none of those things above are of a concern to you or your fiance, it should be just fine. Hi there, Thats what I wondered, if there ever was a problem could you still go ahead with some form of ceremony, thanks for your input

In know they say the blood test thing is very routine in Mexico for the legal ceromony and ( touch wood ) theres no reason I should worry, I just wondered if anything had ever happend where a couple was unable to marry and what happened ?

Hi Girlies, I get marred 12th November 2009 ( just comming out the hurracain season ) We've had it all booked and confirmed since Jan !! HE HE ..... Any one else getting married Nov 09 ?

Well at the min I'm 10 stone = 64kg. I will weigh myself on saturday and see if I've lost any....

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenn3878 HAHA too funny! Good luck Jodey! Where are you going on Holiday! Hi Jenn, Hope you are well and your planning is going well too. My H2B and I are going to Turkey for 1 week, we're joining my family who are going for 2 weeks, it should be good fun as there will be 15 of us in total although Simon my H2B is a little concered because my family can be quite loud and when my dad gets started on the vodka and red bull theres no stopping him LOL, I think 1 week will be enough....

Ha ha.... I'm forgetting most of you girlies are american / Canadian, Thanks for all your advice, I will take it on board and try my hardest, I must admit evenings are the hardest for me because I get in from work @ 5.30pm ( unless I go to the gym straight from work ) and my H2B gets in aroind 7pm and I always wait to eat our meals together so I'm really hungry when I get in, I know I should grab an apple or something but I don't, I reach for crisps ! Anyway going to the gym tonight, I've worked out that realistically I could do the gym 34 times before holiday... wish me luck xxx

Sorry.... LOL I'm forgetting, a stone is 14 pounds

Quote: Originally Posted by blinkgrl119 we have set the date for may 2010! so i beat you all so far!lol we are travelling from uk to mexico, so we really needed to give all our family plenty of notice...we are going to book up around about this time next year, and told everyone at the beginning of this year - so gave everyone over a year's notice! we are also paying for it all ourselves, so gives us no excuse either! Nice to see someone from the UK here !! You are doing exactly what we are. We told everyone last summer time and we have got about half of everyone booked so far, I do think its a good idea to give people plenty of time to save ect and like you we are also paying for our wedding ourselves, Good luck in your planning !!

Sorry if this has been done before but I could really do with some help! I'm actually wanting to loose a stone in 6 weeks for my holiday. I've got plenty of time to loose before I get married ( Nov 2009 ) so I guess this is a practice run brfore the real thing LOL! Has any of you girlies managed a stone in 6 weeks ? Any tips or advice would be more than gratfully received, Thanks !