Bride Challenge!

lawyerette
lawyerette Posts: 301 Member
in Motivation and Support
Calling all 2013 and 2014 Brides!

Taking a turn off the Biggest Loser (and the Biggest Loser challenge here on MFP), I'd like to see if there is enough interest to do a Biggest Loser Bride Challenge. I'm thinking about a similar 12 week challenge in teams based on when your wedding date is (e.g. May 2013 Brides, September 2013 Brides, etc.). I'm not sure if we'll have enough brides, but chime in here that you're interested and/or message me with the following:

1. Name
2. Wedding Date
3. Home State (may sort this way if the dates don't work out for numbers)
4. Current Weight
5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle
6. Overall Goal Weight

I'd like to start this Sunday (1/6), but we can always start next week (1/13) if it looks like we've got a lot of interest.

So, you interested??
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  • lawyerette
    lawyerette Posts: 301 Member
    Thought you all might my answers to get you started:

    1. Name: Elizabeth
    2. Wedding Date: May 9, 2013
    3. Home State (may sort this way if the dates don't work out for numbers): I live in Virginia
    4. Current Weight: 184.4
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 160
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 140
  • MrsBHobbs
    MrsBHobbs Posts: 40
    I would like to join but the date for my wedding has not been decided?

    1. Angie Glenn
    2. TBA
    3. AR
    4. 153lbs
    5. 130
    6. if possible 125ish
  • Erica262
    Erica262 Posts: 226 Member
    I'm interested! My wedding is in October in Norfolk, Virginia. My current weight is 170 and I'd like to be 130 for the wedding, though I'm aiming to get to 140 by June 1 then reassess my goals at that point.
  • tinad120
    tinad120 Posts: 267 Member
    I'm in!

    1. Name: Tina
    2. Wedding Date: 12/06/14
    3. Home State (may sort this way if the dates don't work out for numbers): Texas :)
    4. Current Weight: 180.0
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 168.00
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 120-125
  • OspreyVista
    OspreyVista Posts: 464 Member
    Why not? :)

    1. Name: Eme
    2. Wedding Date: 05/31/2014
    3. Home State: Oregon
    4. Current Weight: 141.8
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 130
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 130 (atm) Will have to re-evaluate once I get there, but it is my goal weight now. ^_^
  • Wimbledongal
    Wimbledongal Posts: 64 Member
    Hope I can join from the UK!

    1. Name: Kate
    2. Wedding Date: 22 June 2013
    3. Home State: London
    4. Current Weight: 201
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 180
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 165

    Oh and I'm 5'9 med/large build - just thought I'd add that in as I think my goal weight is quite high.
  • Methinksabout
    Methinksabout Posts: 153
    UK bride here! :-)

    1. Name: Meike
    2. Wedding Date: 10 August 2013
    3. Home State: London, United Kingdom
    4. Current Weight: 233
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 215
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 180 (atm)
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Bigging it up for Team UK

    1. Name: Leila
    2. Wedding Date: 13 April 2013
    3. Home State: Oxford, UK
    4. Current Weight: 142
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 134
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 134

    This challenge would take me up to 2 weeks before the big day, and the day of my Hen Doo.
  • xstarriexeyezx
    xstarriexeyezx Posts: 29 Member
    1. Name: Jess
    2. Wedding Date: 2014 (TBC)
    3. Home State: London, UK
    4. Current Weight: 224
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 200
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 180

    I got down to 190 but after damaging my spine have since put all my weight back on so this motivation would be great!
  • LynnModest
    LynnModest Posts: 11 Member
    Becca
    Undecided Wedding date ): Soon!
    Georgia
    155
    145
    and 140!!
  • emboch
    emboch Posts: 60
    1. Name: Emily
    2. Wedding Date: 7/11/14
    3. Home State: Maryland
    4. Current Weight: 168
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 150
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 140
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    I'm interested! What will the challenge consist of? I'm part of a couple others so just want to make sure I can manage them :smile:

    1. Name: Ashley
    2. Wedding Date: 9/27/2014
    3. Home State: California
    4. Current Weight: 189
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 165
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 125

    I'm hoping to hit 135 or less by Sept. 2013, and 150 or less by mid-July.
  • kathheen
    kathheen Posts: 108 Member
    Id like to join too!

    1. Name Kath
    2. Wedding Date 7/6/14
    3. Home State (Scotland UK
    4. Current Weight 156.5
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle 146
    6. Overall Goal Weight about 130
  • catherinejw122
    catherinejw122 Posts: 5 Member
    1
  • BrandyBarrett
    BrandyBarrett Posts: 11
    1. Name: Brandy
    2. Wedding Date : 8/3/13
    3. Home State: Oregon
    4. Current Weight: 268.8
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 250 would be grand!
    6. Overall Goal Weight 145-155

    I have been losing weight for a while (only about 20 lbs over the last 6-7 months) and now I am getting serious about it. I am in!
  • cookiemahnster
    cookiemahnster Posts: 60 Member
    I'll take a stab at it :) Thanks for setting this up! Hope it's ok that I still have no clue when my wedding will be...maybe by the end of the 12 weeks I'll know....

    1. Name: Catherine
    2. Wedding Date : TBD
    3. Home State: Illinois
    4. Current Weight: 183
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 175
    6. Overall Goal Weight 160 [or whatever would put me at about size 10. I'm 5'8, currently a size 14]

    I'd love some more bride-to-be friends, so please add me if you're still reading :):)
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    1. Name - Liz
    2. Wedding Date - April 20, 2013
    3. Home State - Arizona
    4. Current Weight - 234.5 :sad:
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle - I'd love to be 199, but I'll take anything under 208
    6. Overall Goal Weight - 140
  • clairecandoit11
    clairecandoit11 Posts: 62 Member
    I am in too! How are we going to do this??

    1.Name-Claire
  • PlumCrazyGirl
    PlumCrazyGirl Posts: 1,463 Member
    Name - Barb
    Wedding Date - September 14, 2013
    Home State - NJ
    Current weight - 195.6 on 12/28/12 (I weigh on Fridays)
    Goal Weight for 12 week cycle - 180
    Overall Goal Weight - 150
  • clairecandoit11
    clairecandoit11 Posts: 62 Member
    Name-Claire
    Wedding Date-October 18th, 2013
    Home State-Iowa
    Current Weight-160
    Goal Weight-130
  • DLSlim
    DLSlim Posts: 92 Member
    Okeydoke!

    1. Name: Danielle
    2. Wedding Date : TBD
    3. Home State: Pennsylvania
    4. Current Weight: 200
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 185 ?!
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 150
  • happyfitgirl
    happyfitgirl Posts: 13 Member
    I'm in!

    1. Name: Teresa
    2. Wedding Date : 11-12-13
    3. Home State: OK
    4. Current Weight: 234
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 222
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 175

    *Forgot to mention I am 5'10" athletic build
  • Sully16
    Sully16 Posts: 18 Member
    Count me in too!

    1. Name: Jessica
    2. Wedding Date: 6/7/14
    3. Home State: Wisconsin
    4. Current Weight: 193.2
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 175-180
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 140
  • lawyerette
    lawyerette Posts: 301 Member
    Wowza! Glad to see so many of you chiming in after just a few hours. Yah!

    To answer a few questions:

    1. ALL brides are welcome (cheers to our UK Brides!).

    2. The challenge is a 12 week team contest to see which team can lose the most weight over the total time allotted. I would love to start on Sunday/Monday (diet/exercise changes that start on these days are more likely to stick), but we'll see if I'm still getting a lot of responses tomorrow. If it looks like we're getting a lot of new brides, I will push the contest out to start in a week. I don't want to leave anyone out just because we did this on short notice.

    3. What do you have to do? I have your base weight. We'll simply be reporting our weight as of a certain time/date each week. I'll handle the administrative part of tracking. Other groups are doing recipe posts, weekly team challenges, diet suggestions, workouts, etc., so I figure we'll come up with our own version. I specifically want to know about everyone's dresses, so I'll figure out a fun topic in that lane and get it up soon. To those curious about juggling this with other challenges, I don't see why there would be a conflict since you could minimally just report your weight in each week by the deadline.

    Okay... so that's all so far. I'm going to start a group as soon as I can figure out how to do that and invite you all.

    Thanks for your interest. I'm super excited for all of us!

    ~Elizabeth
  • cedixon0
    cedixon0 Posts: 21
    1. Colleen
    2. November 2, 2013
    3. South Carolina
    4. 262
    5. 245
    6. 180 (but not by wedding, just in general)
  • rubixcyoob
    rubixcyoob Posts: 395
    ME ME ME!

    1. Name: Amy
    2. Wedding Date: 5th July 2014
    3. Home State: Glasgow, UK
    4. Current Weight: flucutates around the 140lbs mark.
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 130lbs
    6. Overall Goal Weight: between 126 - 119lbs (9 - 8.5 stone), as it depends on my body composition and I'm not sure where I will feel happiest.
  • rock_kowgurl
    rock_kowgurl Posts: 16
    1. Name: Kelly
    2. Wedding Date: 05/17/2013
    3. Home State: Ohio
    4. Current Weight: 271
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 259
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 200
  • nickyeatrunread
    nickyeatrunread Posts: 173 Member
    1. Name: NIcky
    2. Wedding Date: May 11, 2013
    3. Home State: Cincinnati, OH
    4. Current Weight: 171.3
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 158
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 145
  • jkcrawford
    jkcrawford Posts: 435 Member
    1. Name: Kate
    2. Wedding Date: May 22, 2013
    3. Home Country: Canada
    4. Current weight: 203.4
    5. Goal Weight for 12 week cycle: 183
    6. Overall Goal Weight: 145
  • Drkchyld
    Drkchyld Posts: 63 Member
    1. Antenette
    2. August 3, 2013
    3. California
    4. 298
    5. 280
    6. 250

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