Weddingbee Blog

Like most brides, I wanted to lose some weight before the wedding. In my case “some” meant 25 pounds or two full sizes from my engagement weight.

While I don’t want to disclose numbers (the horror! the horror!), I can say that I’ve yo-yo-ed my entire adult life and have gone on every diet out there at some point in the past 15 years. I remember the skinny years (ok, months!): freshman year in HS, second semester junior year in college, summer of ‘99, the summer of atkins (aka summer of 2002).

I also remember the fat period where my weight ballooned to never before seen heights while spending nearly a year living in a hotel, eating out 3 times a day, working non-stop and working out rarely (despite the SportsClub LA gym right in my hotel). When Mr. Firefly proposed, I was in a mid-high weight range. A good 15 pounds or one size smaller than my highest, but sadly, 2 sizes bigger than the summer of ‘99 (my body has changed too much from HS and college for me to even aspire to fit into the same clothes).

Try as I might, I couldn’t quite lose the 25 pounds for the wedding, but I did lose 15 pounds and a little more than a size. And you know what, I’m glad I didn’t lose all the weight. Most people commented that I looked “fantastic” at the wedding, a few people added that I looked “thin.” Had I gone down another size, the weight loss would have been the focus! Also, since it’s (obviously) hard for me to maintain a very low weight, I knew I would gain weight post wedding and then people would think that I “let myself go” after getting married.

I’ve been looking in the mirror these past few weeks and I think I’m comfortable with what I see. I’m not skinny — I’ll NEVER be skinny — but I think that I look pretty good. I want to continue working out regularly (which I’ve been doing since sophomore year in college) and eating mostly healthy. And if I have a couple more pounds I decide to shed, more power to me. But I’m happy to stay where I am!

Now the unthinkable …. bathing suit before and afters! The before is from our Caribbean cruise trip this past December. The after is from the honeymoon (more honeymoon pictures coming soon!). Not a dramatic change, but I’m happy with it.