Hello!
My name is Melanie and I will be (co) MOH for my dear friend on June 30, 2012. It has been fun planning and we already have our dresses, so I am hoping that I am going to need some serious altering before the wedding!
I am a wife, mother of 2 (10 and 17) and I work full-time as a designer for a Design-Build General contractor. I am currently on week 11 of the Jaime Eason LiveFit trainer (which you can get for free on Bodybuilding.com) and when that is complete, will be starting the Body by Design trainer by Kris Gethin with my husband. Hoping to really add some muscle with this one!
Great idea for a group!

Thanks for setting this up!

My name is Maya, I work in Boston, MA but live in Southern NH, so my commute is over 3 hours a day (ughhh). I am actually going to BE the bride (I read the group wrong when I first joined lol) but am happy to have a group to motivate me.
I think the two hardest things for me are #1) The fact that I work at a desk for over 8 hours a day, plus the hour and 40 minute commute in the morning and at night! Not a lot of time for the gym, which kills me! #2) I still defffinitely over-indulge on the weekends, I always have and it's a tough habit to break.

I want to lose this 20 pounds to look great in my dress! Can't wait to share tips, etc!

Hi my name is yolonda and I am not a brides maid I am actually the bride lol I am from Baltimore Md. I want to lose a total of 50 pounds. I have never weighed this much in my life and it's very frustrating. I work at a hospital in the neurology department and I really dont have time to exercise. I am a big junk food eater but I am ready to throw the snacks away and start eating right. I have until August 26, 2012 and I want to remember that special day feeling better than I have ever felt.

Hello!

My name is Jasmyne. I'm a mother of 2 and I work part time in a restaurant. Believe me, that makes it so hard to lose weight I'm going to be a groomsman (one of her best friends is male, but will be standing with the bridesmaids) at my little brothers wedding on 6/16/2012. I'm so excited for him and can't wait to celebrate. I've been trying to lose weight for a while and can't seem to stick to it, but I'm hoping to change that. I don't have much time left to be able to rock that smokin dress

Ultimately I would like to lose about 60 lbs (pre-marriage weight), but I'm really focusing on losing about 40 (pre-pregnancy weight) before the wedding.

Good luck everyone!!!!

Hi! my name is Amy and I will be a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding next August. I'm about 100lbs overweight and just trying to lose as much as I can. I have a desk job which doesn't help but I workout 4-6 days a week doing group training with a trainer. I've been at this for 4 months, weight going up and down but definitely losing inches. Just waiting to see it on the scale!

Hi my name is Britta. My brother is getting "remarried" (i.e. renewing his vows - the boy only got married back in 2010 - but there was zero money so he "thinks" his wedding wasn't as good as it could have been and they have decided to renew their vows and have a bigger party!)

I'm 31 years old. I weigh 330.5 lbs. right now. For my brother's wedding, I weighed 389.8 lbs. I looked AWFUL! This time I would like to look better for the pictures (see my profile and look for the picture of me in a rose pink bridemaid's dress - I'm the one all the way to the left!)

I want to be 250lbs by August 21, 2010 (which is 40 weeks away). That's roughly 2 lbs a week and since I know I can lose up to 5lbs a week (yeah I know. It seems unhealthy but my doctor has reviewed my daily nutrition log and exercise and as long as I am not getting sick over it - since she prescribed both - I should be fine).

I don't want to wear that pink monstrosity again! I want to have to buy a new dress!!

Hi my names Amanda. My oldest Brother is getting married in Key West May 5, 2012. I am working on losing about 30 pounds I gained since I quite smoking a little over a year ago. I was just in my other brothers wedding and was not happy with the photo's and want to look great in the next wedding. I so happy to have found this group! I need all the support I can get!!

Hi my name is katie and I am a bridesmaid in my friends wedding June 9, 2012. I have a four month old baby and have lost 20 lbs so far but want to lose another 60 before the wedding! I am the biggest girl in the wedding party and when we went to try on dresses I couldn't fit into anything. It was so depressing but it was a good boost. I am excited to find this group for support!

Hello everyone!

My name is Michele and I'm going to be a bridesmaid for a June 30, 2012 wedding. I'm currently stuck at 161 and my goal is to be in the 130's by the wedding. I've been overweight my entire life and made the decision that I'm going to do this and not make any more excuses. I had my daughter February 1, 2011 and about 3 months after I knew I couldn't blame the weight on baby :-) I've been super dedicated ever since. Good luck everyone!

Hello! My name is Jamie and I'm a bridesmaid in my "lil sis'" (sorority sister) wedding in late July 2012. I'd been putting on more weight lately (after working hard all summer to take off what I already had on), and my latest epiphany came last Saturday— when we all got together to try on bridesmaid dresses. We picked a dress that's pretty flattering already, but I don't like that I'm the biggest bridesmaid. I know I won't hit my ultimate weight goal in less than eight months, but I do hope to lose a great deal of weight and especially tone my arms and upper back, since that's what shows most in the dress. I was so excited to discover that there's a group of wedding-motivated women on MFP I can't wait to support and be supported!

Hey Ladies!

My name is Jess and I am in my FAMOH (f-ing awesome maid of honor) in my bestie's wedding on April 21st, 2012. I am extremely motivated to not be the fat braidesmaid. My best friend and all her other bridesmaids are about a size 4. While I'm not delusional to imagine that I can be a size 4, especially by April if at all, I am determined to look my best and not stand out as the "Fat One". I had to order a size 16 bridesmaid dress. They assured me the sizes run very small, however they could have been just saying that as I'm sure they had a sixth sense for the freak out looming just around the corner as soon as I could inhale again. I normally wear a size 10 dress (its the DD cups). Anyway I am determined to have to have that 16 taken in FAR!!!

I am 25 years old and this is my 5th wedding as a bridesmaid, 2nd as the FAMOH. Just call me Katherine Heigel. I am currently in Nursing school because my first BS failed at finding me a job, and I'm not risking THAT again! I'm excited to get healthy again. My sister and I used to run all the time, at the gym, outside, 5k's 10k's, and it really made me feel crappy that we registered for and had been working toward (she, as I totally fell of the wagon) the monster dash half marathon. She ran it, I cheered her on. I felt like crap for not being able to do it. Next time we'll be doing it together, like every other race we've ever ran! And to look awesome in my bridemaid's dress as a side bennie

:happy: Hell ya to not being the fat bridesmaid!

LOL :-0

Just found all the other bridesmaids are size 6 or less. Looks like I'm screwed, haha

Hey, I just got married in august and will now be a bridesmaid in my frien's wedding this coming august. I had lost 40 pounds for my wedding, which btw made my dress alterations very difficult! Anyway, I just purchased my bridesmaid dress size 4. It is very tight on me. I guess if I had to, I could wear it, but it would look a lot better if I was 10 pounds lighter.

hi ladies!

i just found your wonderful group! my name is amy & i'm a bridesmaid in one of my best friend's weddings on september 29, 2012. i'm from chicago and i've been on MFP losing weight slowly since august, 2010. i've lost about 50lbs so far and i want to lose at least about 40 more lbs by then. i'm kinda freaking out about it but i'm excited! feel free to add me as a friend! i'm looking forward to talking with you all!

Im an NCAA athlete turned into a full-time worker and MBA student. Now, I am ready to get back into shape for my best friend's wedding on June 1st.