Shedding for the wedding....me, not the show, but we'll be o

Title supposed to say: "Shedding for the wedding....me, not the show, but we'll be on tv, ahhhhh!!!" LOL


I'm getting married to the love of my life on Sept 10. Heheh, our wedding date is going to be 9/10/11, but the cuteness of the date isn't why we picked it. We are both cyclists, yes, even fat people can be long distance cyclists, and be GOOD at it Well, every year we do a charity ride called the MS150, where you ride 100 miles a day for 2 days. Our team has held the title of #1 Fundraiser for our division for the last 6 years. The cool part about having that title is that whomever holds it gets to go first when the ride starts. So, at an event with thousands of cyclists, we get the honor of a head start, right after they fire a real cannon, and we lead the cyclists out for the ride.

We decided that since we met through cycling and it plays such a huge role in our lives, that it would be awesome to get married at the starting line this year. We got in touch with all the right people and got approval to do this so there you have it. As if that's not cool enough, get this:

We live in a little town called Wendell. Wendell is home to Lizard Lick Towing and Recovery. If you're a TruTV fan, you probably already know where this is going, but I'll continue for those of you in the dark. Lizard Lick Towing managed to get a spot on a show called All Worked Up, and they had such a big fan following, they were even luckier enough to spawn their own show. It's on every week and covers the hijinks that Ronnie and Bobby get into while repossessing vehicles from crazy people. Ronnie happens to be an ordained minister. We emailed him and asked if he could do our wedding and he said yes, not only could he do it, but did we want his film crew there, did we want to be on tv, and is there anything he can do to help kind of get some publicity to our event?

WHAT?? So ya, our wedding will take place at the starting line of a huge charity bike ride, ceremony performed by a local celebrity, aired on TV.......and I've got about a billion pounds to lose. LMAO! In all seriousness, I do have a lofty goal. I'd like to be at 175# by the wedding. I'm a tall girl, and I know that at that weight I'll be rocking out at about a size 8 comfortably. I'll want to continue down to 165# I think, but for the wedding, honestly, I'd be happy to hit 175-180, which is totally attainable. It's less than 2# a week.

Oh ya, and the clothing? LOL I'm wearing a cycling jersey that looks like a wedding gown, he's wearing one that looks like a tux. I'll have a veil and stuff for the ceremony, but we're totally rockin' the cycling wedding clothes and riding off on our white Cannondale tandem (which is kind of a shame, we have matching pink Pinarellos which are all la-tee-dah, but the idea of romanticaly riding away on the tandem is too much to pass up )

Wish me luck