Wedding and family

Hey All,

I started using mfp about 18 months ago and had fabulous success. Then I was in a bad relationship and lost motivation. Followed by an awesome relationship and feeling comfortable. On top of that I sprained my ankle/tore my calf muscle this summer and was laid up for almost six weeks. During this time I managed begrudgingly so to gain almost all of the fifty pounds I had lost. I now am in a happy relationship and getting married. I want to start a family soon after getting married and always promised myself I'd be in top physical shape before undertaking this challenge- both to make it easier to concieve and to keep up with the kids. My goal is to lose at least 50 pounds but I would prefer up to 70 before I get married- tentative date is Oct 4, 2014. This goal is very achievacle even though sometimes I think of trying to take the short cut of cutting down to 1200 calories for a couple months. But I need to stick to calorie tracking- which might be realistically something that I need to do for the rest of my life. I think accepting that fact is half the battle. I also am going to start Jillian Michaels 30 day shred and see what happens. I have joined the gyms numerous times and love going but it seems like gets in the way and my gym buddy always backs out! Anyway I was just looking for some motivation/ advise. I had an awesome time doing a challenge when I first started mfp and would love to do one again if anyone has any heads up for that I would appreciate it.