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Having just gotten married myself (and forked over some cash) - here is my advice.... All the people on here saying they never heard any complaints are probably telling the truth... who would have the balls to go up to a bride on her wedding day and say "I can't believe you are asking me to pay for my drinks!" If you have…

I am not religious while my fiance is a bit. For me a church wedding was not in the cards, I am getting married in Scotland so the rules are a bit different you can have a church wedding with that church's priest, you can have a "spiritual" wedding performed by a humanist (any location) or you can have a non-religious…

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Thank you so much - I adding these to my arsenal - to keep myself from getting bored...

I used to only workout in the evening after work, but more ofen than not I was missing workouts or running out of time and was eating dinner at midnight. I agreed (with myself) to try working out in the morning for 2 weeks, this meant setting my alarm for 5:30am when I was used to struggle to get up at 7am.... I can tell…

I second all those people who say the chest strap is important and those who love their Polars - I am in the same boat. MFP was WAY overestimating my calorie burn most of the time so it was giving me a very false calorie goal every day. I use mine every day now for all kinds of activities - I know mine you can even wear…

Thank you... my sister suggested that one too - she is bringing it for me to try before I buy...

Loosen the laces - this happens to me a lot but it is because I have a wide foot and my shoes are rarely wide enough for me...

I know you posted this forever, but my now fiance and I met while he was in New Jersey and I in Seattle... we spent A LOT of time apart... we had a few fun rituals... first because he got up first he would email me a song of the day... it would usually be to a youtube clip that I could play on my phone so I would wake up…

I have a oversized chihuahua (like 13lbs but not fat - just tall and long) and she thinks that mum working out is time to slalom through the legs and lick whatever bosy part she can get near... I lock her out of the room now because I wasn't able to get anything done. She used to lay outside the door and cry like crazy,…

I totally see your point and I have certainly calmed down A LOT since I wrote that post, I did really want other peoples opinions. I will say it wasn't the mistake itself that upset me, it was the way I was treated and lack of apology until I basically asked them to apologize to me (which I felt really weird about). I am…

My friend came in to LMFAO and everyone really had a good time... I am being weird and not doing anything the traditional way - I will have a bagpiper pipe us into dinner...we just have my sister the MOH and his sister as the Best Groomswoman so there isn't a huge party to introduce and we don't have any microphones in the…

Oh my gosh I hear you on this one. My wedding is 6,000 miles away and then we are having to cocktail receptions after the wedding, one local and one 3,000 miles away... I have to say I am very good and making plans via email!! Good luck - make a checklist and just keep working on it - no harm in getting done early - but my…

I don't think that is petty at all... it isn't like you are saying that none of his side can come, but what you are saying is that maybe some of the guests your parents want are more important than his mother's 2nd cousin (unless they are close of course). I will be honest and say my parents are helping me out, and I…

I would tell them the budget for the wedding is $20,000 which means you can have 150 guests - the bride and groom have picked 100 guests which means the Brides parents get 25 additional and they can have 25 additional. If they would like to invite more people than you will happily make physical room, but you will need them…

The dress shopping was probably the worst part - I bought one dress and then had nightmares about it night after night so I ended up scrapping the first dress and I am now having one made. I am also stressing over the invitations. 98% of my guests are travelling between 3 to 6 thousand miles to be at my wedding so I have…

Looking for twins (I will happily accept more than one!).... I am Anna... in Seattle I am 33 SW187 CW173 GW 145ish 5'1.5" I am also getting married in mid May... send me a friend request with a note and we can help each other... I fell off the wagon here recently and it was really one of my mfp friends who made me want to…

To be honest - I can't say I love the push up/sit up challenge... I love the besting ourselves idea, but a lot of my workout DVDs already include push ups and sit ups in them...don't really want to do my 20 minute ab video followed by doing more sit ups and push ups. Obviously I am only one opinion, but may I suggest that…

I ended up having a dream that a friend of a friend who I was friendly with was my photographer so I emailed him on Facebook and told him the dream... he thought it was great and he is now coming to scotland with us :) I am 164 again this week :( was a very hard week at work so I am actually happy I didn't gain. They gave…

I am a round face person too and it is certainly where I saw some major differences... if I knew how to put pictures up in here I would show you the difference already. There are exercises you can do - I will try to describe them the best I can... sit up straight and tilt your chin upwards until you feel a slight tension…

I agree with a lot of things that have been said, and I also have to say... just take it one day at a time. I do agree you should get your thyroid checked. I also think that you need to look for a balance, give yourself a few things you enjoy, maybe you can have butter a couple of days a week in moderation etc. It sounds…

I can't give you great advice, but when I was vegetarian and my family wasn't, it was a lot of vegetarian base foods (like a pasta, casserole, etc etc) and then there were two toppings... mine would be grilled portobello mushrooms and theirs would be grilled chicken. The other thing I did was make and freeze a lot of meals…

Thank you!!! I will look into it more... I would really just like to understand it because in my mind it is logical - the harder I work, the more calories I should burn and thus lose more weight... I feel weird not giving it 100% just to keep my heartrate in that little zone 2 box.

Well I am feeling super cool now! I picked the weightloss program and it sets all kinds of goals for me. Believe me the little Dee-Dee-DEE sound effect it makes on Monday morning it HUGE motivation, hence why I was SO let down today... I got nothing :(

Alright - I know yesterday was weigh in day... so here we go... Oct 30th - 166lbs My Goal - Jan 1st - 156lbs Even though I am doing a lower goal - this will be a challenge for me - obviously I have the holidays like everyone else, but I also have a trip to Scotland (currently working on my work out plan for the trip). I…

As someone with a heap of knee problems going on something like 6 dislocations (once I even did both at one time) - ice it - don't do heat unless your doctor/PT tells you too. Take an anti-inflammatory like Advil and rest it... make sure you are wearing good supportive shoes ( I had to give up my high heels! Things like…

First and foremost - congrats on the no smoking. I will be celebrating one year on Nov 9th - it is a LONG road but as someone ahead of you on the path - let me tell you it gets WAY easier - just stick with it - I have never felt better. As for Zyban - it made me a lunatic! I mean I would cry if someone asked me how my day…

I'm in for the bride challenge although my goals are smaller than that... I never want to see this weight again slow I am doing the slow and steady pace. I am a May 2012 bride... I can't wait!

Congrats to everyone on here... I am getting married May 17th 2012. This has been a journey for sure. I was a 20 year smoker and my now fiance said he would never get on me about smoking, but he would never marry a smoker - he left it up to me and never pushed. Well Nov 9th 2011 will be one year of not even taking a puff…

I was getting some stuff like this too... I think the key is that you can't wait too long before showering after a workout. Also, if you can afford it look into picking up a clarsonic - it changed my life.. it isn't cheap but the upkeep is pretty low and I love love love mine.