Goal #11: Get Married

April 26, 2010 @ 11:16 am

The Beau and I have been together for more than five years, and it's been a wonderful, amazing five years with our eyes set on fifty more (or more). We're unshakable, and we're very much in love, such that when we made our engagement official and public many were surprised not that we'd be getting married but that we weren't already.

There's no date yet. It'll be a spring wedding mainly since we won't change our actual anniversary date, we'll try to get married close to when it is (April 1). So at least a year - and there's a lot to consider and deal with in the mean time like whether we intend to move and of course, weddings ain't cheap, so there's some savings to be done.

But there's another thing I want to do - obviously. Getting married is like the culmination of a bunch of my weight loss goals all at once. I want to be able to wear the clothes that look good and feel good. I want to wear an absolutely fantastic suit. I want to get our pictures taken and enjoy it, and enjoy looking at the pictures afterward. I want to enjoy all sorts of great activities on our honeymoon. In short, I want to lose this weight so I feel absolutely perfect come the big day.

Since it'll be about a year before we tie the knot, I have time. I just need to stay focused and parlay the successes I have into bigger better ones. I can lose the 100+ pounds I need to use in a year safely and sanely, and by the time we're standing at the altar, I'll be the healthiest, and happiest, I've ever been in my life.