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Name: Brandi
Location: Orlando, FL
Wedding Date: March 8, 2008
Fiance's Name: Glen
Wedding Location: Orlando
Current Weight: 205
Goal Weight: 150
Job: I'm a full time student majoring in Early Childhood Education and I work as a secretary for an electrical company.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I look forward to meeting other brides who are going through the same thing I'm going through. It's nice to know that I'm not some crazy bride because I'm starting to plan a wedding that's in 2008. I look forward to the support as well as giving support.
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Name: Faith
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Fiance's Name: Marty
Wedding Location: Manitoba
Current Weight: 200
Goal Weight: 155
Job: I am an insurance adjuster and part time student.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I want to be able to have people understand the stress and empowerment of losing weight, and planning a wedding. I want support and understanding and someone that I have to be accountable to. 
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ROSE101493
10/9/06 10:26 P
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ROSE101493
10/9/06 4:46 P
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hello everyone
im new here and i have learn alot in the last couple of days i didnt realize how many calories a day i wa eating i cant belive what i was eating and how much of it im trying to lose 30 or so pounds
NAME: TILISHA MOORING
HOME:BALTIMORE,MD
wedding DATE:JUNE 7TH 2008
CURRENT WEIGHT 184LBS
GOAL:150
when i met my fiance about two years ago i was that weight. fell in love and just start to pack it on it took me more that=n a year and a hlaf to put in on but it wont take that long to tkae it off i miss being a size 8/9 being a size 13/14 is not good i do not liik like im about to turn thirty next year and neither will my body i miss my hourglass figuare
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WITHSPIRIT
10/6/06 9:22 P
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| Hi! Search with the name 2008 Bride Challenge. Sort by the name and you should find us partway down the first page :) See you there!
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CHUBBYBRIDETOBE
10/6/06 8:32 P
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| Hi there, i have just signed up. However it was mentioned to join officialy join on the the main thread. I am unable to find where to go I went to the "SPARKPOINTS" tab at the top of the page. Then selected the "Spark Teams" tab under that. In the search bar, i entered "2008 Bride but then where do i go from there to find the challenges. Could anyone help me out here?
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CHUBBYBRIDETOBE
10/6/06 8:16 P
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Hi everyone, i would love to join the 2008 Bride Challenge. This is what i need to pull up my socks....i have been back to the gym now for 1 month and have tried to eat healthier for about 1 month as well. I really could use alittle motivation and kick in the butt to get this extra weight off b4 my wedding. Also to change our horrible eating habbits and make a healthier lifestyle for both my fiance and i. Would it be ok if i can join your challenge.
Name: Christina
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Wedding Date: August 2008 (not a official date set yet)
Husband's Name: Mike
Wedding Location: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Current Weight: 141 lbs
Goal Weight: 115 lbs by wedding.
Job: Business Sales Reprensentative for TELUS Communications
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I would love to meet and interact with fellow brides to be and help each work towards our goals! The more motivation the better!
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WITHSPIRIT
10/5/06 8:17 A
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Name: Lisa
Location: Birmingham, AL
Wedding Date: May 27, 2008
Husband's Name: Rick
Wedding Location: Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
Current Weight: 172 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 by Feb 2007 and 145 Lbs by wedding.
Job: loan officer for a mortgage company
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I want to interact with people who want to lose weight and are also planning a wedding! What a wonderful thing to have in common!
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Name: Deidre
Location: San Diego, CA
Wedding Date: October 2007/2008 (still not sure)
Fiance's Name: Nick
Wedding Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Current Weight: 199 lbs
Goal Weight: 145 Lbs by wedding.
Job: loan underwriter for a mortgage company
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I need people to keep me motivated and help me keep myself accountable.
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CALITOMUTIGER
9/12/06 11:42 P
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Name: Shayna
Location: Oregon
Wedding Date: 9/2008
Fiance's Name: Adem
Wedding Location: cruise either hawaii or the caribbean
Current Weight: 190 Lbs
Goal Weight: 135 Lbs
Job: I am a full-time grad student (working on my masters in counseling psychology) as well as a full-time paraconsultant for an educational consulting firm.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I would like to find others who understand the challenges of losing weight and planning a wedding and continual support during all the craziness.
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Hello, how's everyone doing? I have been very bussy, no time to post. Hope everyone is still positive and motivated as in the beging.
Have a fabulous week ladies & I hope we all will have good news to post on the "chalenges & results" pg.
Lets keep it moving!!
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| Hi Patrycja! Thank you for welcoming me to this team!! By the way, my two boys have a great deal of Polish blood as their dad is 3/4 Polish and 1/4 Russian :) My kids are third generation Polish American on their dad's side!
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PEACHES0199
9/7/06 12:54 P
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Name: Rhiannon
Location: Minnesota
Wedding Date: September, 2008
Fiance's Name: William
Wedding Location: Minnesota
Current Weight: 243.5 Lbs
Goal Weight: 128 Lbs
Job: I am a full-time college student as well as a full-time cashier.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I plan on making friends who are like me, understand what I am going through, and are just as dedicated to helping me through the hard times as I am to helping them.
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Welcome,WithSpirit.
It's so good to hear about your wonderfull marriage and the renewal of vouwls is such a romantic idea!!
Sure you can join.
Good luck!!
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Hi there, brides-to-be! I have been married for eight years to a wonderful man! We eloped to Disneyworld in 1998. We are planning a fairytale vow renewal for our tenth anniversary :) I will be having all the wedding items this time like a beautiful dress, a gorgeous cake, and a beautiful bouquet. We will re-marry in EPCOT with a buffet reception in the Attic at the Boardwalk at WDW! My family and friends will be in attendance as well as my teenage sons.
So my question is, can I join you brides-to-be as a vow renewal bride in 2008? I would love the extra motivation of talking with other brides getting RID of the extra weight :)
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Thanks. It feels good to know that I am not the only one. Rading your post made me realise that I am insecure. For the past few days I tried to tell myseld that my fiance loves me and he is going to marry me, it worked!
Have a good day everyone
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I can get jealous, but it's more about my own insecurity than not trusting him. This is the one thing that we fight about more than anything---he's such a flirt, and even though he and I both know he would die before he ever cheated on me, I still *hate* it when he has any sort of relationship with somebody that I don't know about.
Once he says, "Oh, well she and I have been friends for awhile," then I trust his word and am fine. But just random strangers? I twitch.
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Hello to all new team members & good luck!!
Does anyone every feel insecure about their relationship? I'm really in-love with my hubby2be but there are always these nasty thoughts in my head. Every time someone phones him I have to restrain myself from grabing the phone to hear who is on the other side. I am soooooo afraid that he will cheat on me. It's very strange cos I never used to be like that in any previous relationship. I really want to trust him, this is driving me crazy!! Any advise girl-friends?
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TIGGER2516
8/29/06 11:49 A
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APRILBRIDE08
8/29/06 11:02 A
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Good Morning!!!!!!!!!
I made it  .
Yesterday I started my workout routine wow.
Good thing today I rest.
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KYLASEDAI
8/28/06 11:46 P
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| AprilBride, I just sent you an invite to the team--I hope it works!
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APRILBRIDE08
8/28/06 6:02 P
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Hi I am trying to join the team, but I am having a hard time. Could anyone help?
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Hi I'd like to join too! I'll try to find the team but I'm not sure how to do it! I'm not currently a member of any teams!
Name: Nicole
Location: New Hampshire
Date of wedding: September 20th 2008 (tentative)
Fiancee's name: Chris
Wedding Location: Wentworth Inn, Jackson, NH
Current Weight: 167
Goal weight: 130 by April 07, my birthday. And to stay there until I get married.
Job: I work for a car dealership. I'm a warranty administrator. Basically I beg Chrysler to pay us for the warranty work we do. :)
What do I expect: I hope to make friends and get the support I need to get to my goal weight and stay there!
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SCRAPPRINCESS
8/26/06 6:09 A
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Hey there!! My name is Patrycja I'm from South Africa
My man's name is - Bob (He's actually from Ireland)
Wedding - sometime in 2008 (in winter hopefully)
Location - Poland
Started weight - 64kg (140lbs), Current - 61kg, Goal - 50kg (110 lbs). I'm not quite sure about the lbs since we use kgs.
My goal is to loose the extra kilos and feel myself again... and ofcourse to be the most beautifull bride I can be so that one day I can show my kids how good their mom looked, lol.
Good luck everybody!!
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TOSSEDRICE
8/18/06 9:41 P
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TIGGER2516
8/18/06 3:57 P
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| Hello Lindsay! Welcome to the 2008 Bride Challenge! Don't forget to join the official team! See you there!
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TOSSEDRICE
8/17/06 3:33 P
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Name: Lindsay
Location: Northwest Ohio
Wedding Date: May 17, 2008
Fiance's Name: Aaron
Wedding Location: Grand Rapids, OH
Current Weight: 230 lbs
Goal Weight: 160 lbs
Job: I am a full-time college student with hopes of becoming a high school music teacher someday, and I just recently became a Flag Corps advisor at my old high school.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I hope to make friends who are like me, understand what I am going through - as a college student and bride to be - and are just as dedicated to helping me through the hard times as I am to helping them. motivation is the key.
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TIGGER2516
8/15/06 12:58 P
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Look under the "SPARKPOINTS" tab at the top of the page. Then select the "Spark Teams" tab under that. In the search bar, enter "2008 Bride Challenge."
Let me know if you can't find it!
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SCRAPPRINCESS
8/14/06 6:31 A
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What is the link to the team, or where do I go to look it up?
Sara
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TIGGER2516
8/13/06 12:21 P
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Welcome LauraLexis and Scrapprincess! Congrats on you engagements! Don't forget to check out our team "2008 Bride Challenge." I hope you enjoy it!
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SCRAPPRINCESS
8/13/06 10:39 A
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Count me in!
Name: Sara
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wedding Date: August 2008
Fiance's Name: Shane
Wedding Location: Wasaga Beach, Ontario
Current Weight: 136
Goal Weight: 120
Job: Customer service rep for a well known china company...
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": Making friends and getting in shape...
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LAURALEXIS
8/13/06 12:46 A
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I'm new to this website and I think that having a 2008 Bride Challenge is great! I'm due to be engaged soon or so I've been told and we were tentatively planning our wedding for the last weekend in June of 2008.
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Hi and welcome! I want to give you a big virtual hug on principle--I'm a Navy girlfriend.
;-)
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CUTIEMAMMA
8/11/06 5:30 P
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Name: Erica
Location: Washington, DC
Wedding Date: April, 2008
Fiance's Name: Chris
Wedding Location: Findlay, Ohio
Current Weight: 168 lbs
Goal Weight: 120 lbs
Job: I am active duty in the United States Navy. I've been in for 7 years now. I am also taking college classes in the hopes of getting a degree in social work. My plan is to open a youth center.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I love meeting new people and giving advice. I want and need the motivation that this group could provide fro me. Plus, I have a special wedding dress that I need to fit into (my mom's)Fallon, this was a great idea!!
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| Welcome Tiffany! I like what you said about motivation - that's the whole point behind our team. One a more personal note - my cousin who was married on Friday was a TOTAL bridzilla! It was such a pain! So, good luck on not staying normal!
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SAFEINMYFRAME
8/5/06 8:53 P
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Hope I can slide in! We've just begun setting our final date and really planning. :)
Name: Tiffany
Location: Toronto
Wedding Date: September 2008
Fiance's Name: Doug
Wedding Location: Toronto area
Current Weight: 190 Lbs
Goal Weight: 120 Lbs by wedding.
Job: Currently languishing in security for the financial institution industry, with aspirations of working in clinical psychology.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I'm a big believer in the more motivation, the better. Also... people to keep me in check so I don't become Bridezilla! ;)
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Welcome Kat! I'm excited that you have joined us. Don't forget to checkout the team I've started - that's where we'll be posting all of our challenges, goals, and results!
PS - My fiance and I are getting married in Maui! We're going to have the ceremony in the Maui Ocean Center. (We're all about the marine life!)
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BELLANEKOCHAN
8/4/06 2:26 P
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Name: kat
Location: Oahu
Date of wedding: 07/10/2008 (still not sure on this one either)
Fiancee's name: Shawn
Wedding Location: Maui or Oahu
Current Weight: 155.8
Goal weight: 100
Job: Law clerk for the prosecutor's office ( for now)
Law student during the year
What do I expect: To be able to shop the sample sales for wedding dresses ( aren't most of them very small?) and prove to his grandma that i'm not always going to be "husky" or obese.
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CHRISTENLYNN
8/4/06 8:37 A
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| Wow! You've just made me really excited!! This sounds awesome! =)
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Well....I don't live there quite yet (I move in 3 weeks), but I've lived in IL all my life and tried to go to Chicago once a year or so.
I really like it...there's something for everyone. I'm a history buff, so the Field Museum is a big hit for me. I also love the Museum of Science and Industry...I haven't been to the Shedd Aquarium since I was a little girl, but I was just at Adler Planetarium a few weeks ago, and it was very cool. So if you're into museums, you're in luck.
I'm also a big theatre nerd, and the theatre district is excellent! A lot of upcoming Broadway shows will preview in Chicago, and a lot of shows will start their non-NY-runs in Chicago.
Not to mention Woodfield mall....it's HUGE!
Definitely talk to your hotel's concierge about stuff you're interested in, whether it's music, dining, shows, shopping, whatever. There's awesome stuff to do up there.
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CHRISTENLYNN
8/4/06 8:22 A
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| Jillian, do you like Chicago?? I've never been there before, but am going for my first time in November for an Urban Library Council conference. I'm super excited!
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I'm going to be gone the entire weekend for a meeting in another state. But I still intend to work out, drink like a camel, and avoid fries like the plague.
I'll let y'all know how it goes.
:-D
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Welcome Jillian, Christen, Maggie, and Michele! I'm glad to see you all have joined the "2008 Bride Challenge Team." I think it's great that we've all decided to get into shape for our big day and that we have others who are willing to help us get there.
Don't forget to check out the weekly challenge and post your goals on the team's webpage. Then, on Sunday evening we can post the results. For the first couple of weeks, I think we're going to be starting out small and work out way up the bigger challenges that will last anywhere from one week or longer. I hope you guys are going to have fun with this team!
PS - I just wanted to give you guys a heads up and let you know that I might not be able to get on the boards tomorrow. My cousin is getting married and I am one of her bridesmaids. So - I will be posting first thing on Sat. morning. In the meantime, good luck on your goals!
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MICHELEHEILERS
8/3/06 2:12 P
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I'll give it a shot too!
Name: Michele
Location: Owensboro/Bowling Green, KY
Wedding Date: January 12, 2008
Fiance's Name: Bobby
Wedding Location: Owensboro, KY
Current Weight: 260
Goal Weight: 150
Job: I am a full-time student. I am a family studies major/sexuality studies minor w/ a 4.0 still! I graduate in May 2007. I hope to begin my graduate work in Marriage and family Therapy next fall. I currently work part time at a movie theater for a (very) little extra cash. Maybe someday I'll have a real job!
What do I expect: That these challenges will help me develop better habits, that I'll make lots of new friends to chat weddings and weight-loss with, and that maybe this along with all my other efforts will help keep me from falling of the wagon this time!
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Christen: I go to Dominican University, in Chicago.
And welcome, Maggie! I was in Dublin just a couple months ago! :-D
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DUBLINROSE
8/3/06 12:46 P
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This is a great idea! I've been looking for other 2008 brides for ages.
Name: Maggie
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date of wedding: 29th May 08
Fiancee's name: James
Wedding Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Current Weight: 173
Goal weight: 133
Job: I work in the travel business. I'm a travel agent working in the adventure holiday market
What do I expect: No idea! I'm just really going to give this my best shot and see what happens. No way am I walking down the aisle a fat bride. It just great to be able to share my progress with so many of you.
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CHRISTENLYNN
8/3/06 8:59 A
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I love finding other librarians! We are a sexy cult!!! hahahahaha =)
Where do you go? I go to Rutgers (in New Brunswick, NJ). I also went there for my BA. I was going to try something different (ie Drexel), but I couldn't beat the program and price that Rutgers offers!
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2 librarians?!
How delightfully random!
*Hi-fives Christen*
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CHRISTENLYNN
8/3/06 6:45 A
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This sounds excellent!
Name: Christen (you can find me on the Knot as ChristenLynn... I live on the South Jersey Board)
Location: Camden County, NJ
Wedding Date: May, 2008
Fiance's Name: Steve
Wedding Location: Arcadia University (Glenside, PA)
Current Weight: 160 Lbs
Goal Weight: 140 Lbs
Job: I am also working on my MLIS (from Rutgers!). I am currently the assistant editor for a library reference directory and I have an internship with the Camden County Library System.
What to expect: I'm hoping for motivation and fun! I've lost quite a bit of weight since graduating college (5/04), and now I want to lose my last little bit and really tone my body up!
This is so excellent and I can't wait to get started!
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I'm in.
:-D
Name: Jillian
Location: Illinois (Chicago area)
Wedding Date: January, 2008
Fiance's Name: Tom, though he hasn't popped the question yet.
Wedding Location: Eureka, IL
Current Weight: 162 lbs
Goal Weight: 140 lbs
Job: I am a graduate student at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. I'm working towards my Master's in Library and Information Science, and hope to have it within a year of starting--so August 2006--August 2007.
What do I expect?: Pretty much the same. I'm excited to find people who don't think I'm a spaz for starting to plan this early, and I'm hoping people won't be judgemental because I don't have a ring just yet. He's stationed in Italy until early next year, and he knows I'll turn him down if he asks over the phone. :-p
But yeah...I need that daily kick in the butt to keep me from deciding this whole diet/exercise thing is just too much trouble. And who better than my fellow brides-to-be?
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TIGGER2516
8/2/06 11:59 P
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| Check out the spark team I started too!
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TIGGER2516
8/2/06 10:49 P
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Name: Fallon
Location: Northern California
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Fiance's Name: Tyler
Wedding Location: Maui, Hawaii
Current Weight: 230 Lbs
Goal Weight: 155 Lbs
Job: I am a full-time college student (working on becoming a high school English teacher) as well as a full-time caregiver for a developmentally disabled woman.
What do you expect out of being a member of "2008 Bride Challenge": I plan on making friends who are like me, understand what I am going through, and are just as dedicated to helping me through the hard times as I am to helping them.
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TIGGER2516
8/2/06 10:43 P
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Hey everyone!
I have decided to start this board because I would like to create a support/friend group for those of us who are 2008 brides. Here we can ask each other questions about our wedding plans, vent about current problems we are faced with, and above all, support one another in our weight loss goals. I know I don't want to be a plus size bride! (Or at least this large of a plus size!) Do you?
I would like to set a series of challenges for us to accomplish each week. They can be as small as drinking our eight glasses of water or as big as commiting to extra workout sessions. I would also like to do a weekly weight check-in to help keep us on track.
So what do you guys think? Are you ready to start working on the new and improved you?
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