Sweating for the Wedding, anyone?

May 31st 2015!!! Gonna be a skinny Minnie

Eep! So many October weddings! Mine too- October 25, 2014. I'm coming up on 7 years with my DF, two of them spent engaged, four of them spent living together. He definitely loves me at all sizes, but I'm not thinking the dress or the photographer will be so forgiving. NOT TO MENTION my incredibly skinny, model-beautiful, homecoming queen cousin (who also happens to be a sort of mean person) also used my photographer for her wedding two years ago and the photographer used the shots from her engagement shoot to make a sample glossy book she hands out to all of her clients. So. Talk about motivation.
Anyway, I want a very laid-back wedding and my reception will basically just be an outdoor concert for my father-in-law's band. Our ceremony will be at sunset in my grandmother's herb garden. I know I will love it whether I'm this size (242 lbs) or 142 lbs but I feel like losing weight is important to starting the new chapter of my life. IF we ever want kids, I won't do it unless I'm a healthy size and can then impart healthy eating habits on my children. So losing weight is necessary, but I don't want to focus on a number and end up regaining as soon as I get the white dress off. I am so excited to see all of these brides to be (CONGRATS ALL!!). We should keep this thread alive or start a group! I think someone posted a group that already exists, I'm going to go check that out.
Sweating for the wedding!!

I am not engaged but am the Mother of the Bride and I don't want to be the chubby parent out there (ok, fat is really what it is but chubby sounds better!) The wedding is August 23. I should loose 50 lbs but I would be happy with 25 to 30. I have 2 dresses that do fit now but can be altered to whatever weight I get to. Wish me luck. I need to do this not only for the wedding but for my health!

I'm another October wedding... 10/4/14! My weight loss is a goal for my life, rather than just for my wedding, but the impending wedding date certainly gives me good motivation!! I ordered my dress a couple weeks ago (for my current size), and am hoping that I'll need to take it in as the date gets closer! So far, I've lost 33 pounds since mid October 2013, and am still chugging along (slowly but surely). I'm currently less than ten pounds away from being in One-derland, which I'm very excited about since 199 was my moderate goal for the wedding. I would be absolutely thrilled if I could get down to 190 by the wedding, simply because I would know that I would no longer be "obese" according to my BMI, and I haven't weighed 190 since my senior year of high school. Since 190 is really only about 19 pounds away (!!!), I would be ecstatic if I could reach even further than that by the wedding, but I'm definitely going to be still working towards my ultimate goal of about 160 (or further?) after the wedding. :-) If anyone wants to add me, it's always fun having friends on here with similar type goals.

Hi Ladies! I'm getting married March 7 2015 and just bought my dress... two sizes too small (purposely) to motivate myself to lose. Anyone else make a similar move? The poor girl helping us was hardcore doubting I could do it so now I am really motivated to prove her wrong!

SW: 150 (mid February 2014)
CW: 144
GW: 125

Yay! Getting married on June 14, 2014. A little under three months to go! I joined MFP in January and did really well for the first month, pretty well for February, and then just got back from a trip to Baja where I didn't do well, so I'm trying to get back on track. First dress fitting is April 12 - woo hoo!

I am getting married on October 4, 2014 and I am in the same boat! I want to lose 10-20 more pounds and tighten up! No soft underarms anymore, dammit!

So great!! Glad you are here!

What kind of excersizes are you doing?? I need ideas

Way to go, Kim! I'm sweating for the wedding too. I am getting married on December 28th this year so no getting fat during the holidays like I did last year! A combination of a med I was taking for migraines and laziness during Thanksgiving and Christmas meant I was bigger than I ever have been by January this year. I'm down 12 lbs since then but I want to get gorrrgeous and slender and toned for the wedding, of course I will have my dress fitted in June, so my goal is to get down another 18-20 lbs and then stay there!

Something that has really worked for me is working out during lunch. I push breakfast back a little further (I amped up my protein intake with these really great yoplait blended yogurts in the morning - only 100 calories and 14g of protein) and then go to the gym during lunch and trying to burn a decent number of calories. Then I eat lunch afterwards. It's nice because it boosts my metabolism in the middle of the day and gives me a good break to look forward to in the office.

Hi Congrats on your forthcoming wedding, I am re-tying the knot (or re- doing our wedding vows for 25yrs of marriage) in june 2014 when we are on holiday in Jamaica. I am size 12 uk, that would be 10 I think in usa. So I am trying to lose my pouch and love handles. would love have encouragement and help any one else who needs it.

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I am getting married May 30, 2015 so I figured I would get a head start on losing some lb's. I recently went to try on dresses and got so upset when I saw how they fit. I decided I needed to lose some weight before I go back in a few months to get my dress. I currently weigh 190 and I am 5'7. My goal is to be somewhere about 155. Does anybody have any tips/tricks or any advice? I am also considering a weight loss pill. Anything that could help me out.

Congratulations, everyone! June 28, 2014 here- coming up fast! Feel free to add me.

Oct 31st here!! Same reasons for getting my butt in shape! That dress is gonna look EPIC. =D

Damn Right it will are you doing a different colored dress for Halloween? or are you going with white? I always thought about getting married on H-day, and doing a HUGE dark/purplish/black dress... would be sweet!

Where are you getting married?

Nope traditional white for the wedding, then something fun for the reception!! It'll be a masquerade ball in this campsite hall next to a lake. I also already bought the dress which has sizing zippers all the way down to a 4?!! So no matter where I land size wise? It'll fit!

Well I am not engaged yet, but I most likely will be getting engaged sometime this year. One of my main goals is to lose weight so that I can be at my ideal size by the time I get married. Not to mention, I want to have the luxury of picking out dresses and just looking good in all of them!

Getting married June 14!

SW: 139
CW: 124
GW: 119

sweat it out girls!!

I'm not getting married, I got married last year Sept 7th but my mom is getting married Sept 6th, and I'm in her wedding so I want to lose more weight by her wedding. I am shooting for 70 lbs in all , I am up to 28.6 off so I know I can do it.

June 14th is our day and I am definitely sweating for the wedding! Good Luck Brides