Brides on a Mission: July

Brides on a Mission: JULY

1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: zip, well i'm yo-yoing a bit and i'm not sure why, i've been up 2 lbs for about a month and i can't seem to shake them, grrr!!! engagement photos in two weeks and i would feel more comfortable back at 143.

2. Highlight of the past week: (not weight, just something exciting that happened): Sunshine!!! The weather is finally nice here in Vancouver, BC Canada and I'm LOVING it, only trouble is I still have to go to work. We stopped by our beautiful new home this weekend and it looks oh-so-nice in the sun, and then we discovered a beautiful dog beach only about 10 minutes from our new home.

3. Lowlight of the past week (not weight, just something that you need support with): Work is very stressful and I am soooo tired all the time, not really sure what I can do to change it.

4. Any wedding news updates: As I said, engagement photos next week, my cousin and bridesmaid tried on a bridesmaid dress that looked really cute on her, so we're making a bit of progress there, my mom found the third potential dress to wear, LOL, booked an appointment for my first dress fitting. Still on the hunt for flat or small wedge blinged out sandals to wear on the beach.

5. Weekly wrap up: House stuff, work stuff, wedding stuff, yikes! Oh yeah, and working on losing that couple of pounds!

Hey ladies,
I've been following this post for a while (it has been wonderful motivation) and thought it was time I jump in!

1. Name: Kathleen
2. Age: 26
3. City: Washington, DC
4. Occupation: Online Marketing Manager
5. Wedding date: 9-10-11
6. Fiancés name: Aaron
7. How long you and your fiancé have been together: 2 years
8. Heaviest weight: 165 (though was 139 when started MFP in March)
9. Goal weight and date: 125 by 9-10-11
10. Favorite type of exercise: elliptical
11. Favorite healthy food: salads

Brides on a Mission: JULY
1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: 1.5 (though my scale doesn't seem the most reliable- any recommendations on how to tell for sure whether it is accurate?)
2. Highlight of the past week: (not weight, just something exciting that happened): Fun, low-key holiday weekend
3. Lowlight of the past week (not weight, just something that you need support with): Got a lonely when realized with my relatively new job I don't see my friends and acquaintances nearly as much. I was enjoying 'me' time, but realize that I need a balance. I realized that I need to make a more proactive effort to see my friends.
4. Any wedding news updates: got my shoes- though not the most comfortable, so will have to practice walking in them
5. Weekly wrap up: Good week. Also, fiance wants to get in better shape so asked if he could also do MFP. It has already been so much easier now that we are both tracking food!

Bump! I promise to get back in the game this week. I have just been so busy!

It's my first time seeing this group. I'm also an October bride on a mission to look and feel my best not only on my wedding day but EVERYDAY!

1. Name: Just call me "Bryte"
2. Age: 28
3. City: Orlando
4. Occupation: Systems Engineer
5. Wedding date: 10/22/2011
6. Fiancés name: "Mr. P"
7. How long you and your fiancé have been together: 6 years
8. Heaviest weight: 208 (7/2010)
9. Goal weight and date: Initial goal of 160 lbs by the wedding and ultimately 140 lbs as soon as I can get there
10. Favorite type of exercise: Volleyball but unfortunately had to stop playing due to tendonitis. Currently enjoy Turbo Jam and running.
11. Favorite healthy food: Pineapples

1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: Will weigh in/measure this Sunday and update
2. Highlight of the past week: (not weight, just something exciting that happened): I got all of the invitation envelopes addressed!
3. Lowlight of the past week (not weight, just something that you need support with): Just found out that the event manager at our venue that we have been working with for over a year just moved to Scotland and now we have to work with a totally new person. It just sucks because we really liked her and after working with her for so long, it makes us sad that she won't be there to see us get married and now we have to get a totally new person up to speed on our wedding just three months before the day.
4. Any wedding news updates: See # 2 & 3
5. Weekly wrap up: Ate more than I should at the July 4th cookout but didn't beat myself up about it. Got right back on track and pushing harder this week. Doing day 3 of week 2 of the C25K running program today hopefully and looking forward to it. Later will work on printing the RSVP cards for the wedding invitation.

1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: 1.5 (though my scale doesn't seem the most reliable- any recommendations on how to tell for sure whether it is accurate?)

I put my dumbells on it to check the accuracy. Like put two 10lb dumbells and see if it says 20lbs.

1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: 1.4lbs lost; since my last measurements on 6/18, lost an additional 13.75 inches :drinker:

2. Highlight of the past week: (not weight, just something exciting that happened): I did a full day of detox on Monday and didn't die after all LMAO. I only ate raw veggies and fruits but did sneak in a few nuts.

3. Lowlight of the past week (not weight, just something that you need support with): Guest list continues to grow. People suddenly get engaged. Family members think it's okay to just bring other people. :explode:

4. Any wedding news updates: Pretty much finished assembling all the invitations. Just need to print directions and should be ready to send them out the first week of August!

5. Weekly wrap up: So far this week is going well. I successfully detoxed and have pumped up my workout this week. Really hoping the scale is kind to me this Sunday when I weigh in.

I scheduled my first dress fitting for August 2 (LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AWAY!!!:noway: ) so I really need to buckle down, once the fittings start I won't really want to lose much, just try to maintain.

I know exactly what you mean. I am trying to push my fitting out as close as possible to the wedding date because once I fit and it goes for alterations I know I won't be able to lose more weight/inches. I want to be a hot bride too!

Hi, I am new to MFP and getting married in December. I know it is the middle of July, but I was wondering if I could still join this support group. I will even fill out all the information

1. Name: Megan
2. Age: 24
3. City: Port Huron, MI
4. Occupation: Teacher
5. Wedding date: December 17, 2011
6. Fiancés name: Joel
7. How long you and your fiancé have been together: 6 years
8. Heaviest weight: 202
9. Goal weight and date: 140 by wedding, would really like to get down to 130 though
10. Favorite type of exercise: Running
11. Favorite healthy food: Hummus


1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: 1.2 pounds this week, 1 inch in bust and 1 inch in hips.

2. Highlight of the past week: (not weight, just something exciting that happened): Work at a summer camp with kids with special needs and we all got to go to the wave pool and one of the kids said I looked nice in my bathing suit lol.

3. Lowlight of the past week (not weight, just something that you need support with): Just really emotional with everything coming up. It is "that time of the month" and just stressed out with work and wedding planning (but who isn't!)

4. Any wedding news updates: Just picked out my favors. I am making candles out of champagne glasses. Hopefully they will look nice.

5. Weekly wrap up: Work out more and eat my exercise calories!

Finally got to see our engagement pics! Still trying to get back into the swing of things here!!

Brides on a Mission: JULY
1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: 0 have been on vacation, not a good thing for my logging or my weightloss

2. Highlight of the past week: More wedding RSVPs coming in! Getting excited. Also Engagement Photos came back and I am so excited! They look great!

3. Lowlight of the past week: FH's uncle asked if he could bring his mother-in-law to the wedding :grumble:

Background: Uncle's Mother-in-Law (U's MIL) is suffering from the onset of dementia, so she stays with him and his wife alot because she cannot be left alone. U's MIL refuses to go into a home (and I don't think her daughter wants to force her). Currently, U's MIL is at her home and her granddaughter is staying with her. The granddaughter is invited to the wedding. The Granddaughter is not FH's by blood or marraige, but rather his uncle's wife's nieces (Uncle's wife's brother's child).

While I understand it would be convenient for them to bring her I was really upset by this request and the nerve he had asking. He offered to pay for the cost of the extra person, but that is not the point!

We are having a smallish wedding of around 100 people and our family already is about 50 of those people. Both sides had to make difficult choices about who to invite and who to leave off the list, so there are other people who if there was room/money who would have been invited! For the U's MIL to come to our wedding over close friends and/or extended family who we couldn't invite would be wrong. My FH own grandparents cannot make the trip to the wedding due to their health, so it seems even more wrong to have someone elses grandmother there.

There are other issues, such as: where will she stay? The Inn where family is staying is booked solid. what will she eat? I have only ever seen her eat hamburgers, so the prime rib or crab ravioli aren't going to work. What will she do? she is scared by loud noise, crowds, and strangers which is basically what our wedding would seem like to her a big noisy crown of strangers.

It is has been really stressful, especially since he waited to ask us less than 2 months before the wedding! FH and I have had to have long conversations via Skype with my future in-laws on how we want to handle it. We decided that we will be honest and say we cannot in good son conscience have U's MILat the wedding when so many other important people could not be invited due to numbers. My in-laws are being gracious enough to say U's MIL can come to the rehearsal dinner since it is a smaller more casual event (and there will be hamburgers). But we have also asked questions such as, where will U's MIL be staying? What will they do with her for the wedding? etc.

We shall see what happens, but this was not what FH and I needed this past week. I know this is just the beginning of the craziness, but I feel like this was a huge thing to start the crazy with! :explode:

4. Any wedding news updates: see above.

5. Weekly wrap up: Overall stressful. At least going to the gym helps.

Is there an august group?