Great job on losing 8 pounds. I understand how you feel. BUT you can do it. It will take work and dedication, but you can attain anything you put your heart to. It is hard. I am struggling myself. Sometimes I feel like, if I could lose 15 pounds, then the rest would come so easy. It's just for me, the first 15 are super hard.
Good luck and I am sure you will make a beautiful bride no matter what!
Sonya

Thanks for the first bit of mental support...
I know it's going to be tough... and the first 8 pounds took me about 3 months to lose.

I know the wedding will be beautiful, I just don't want to look at myself and not see who I know I am.
Not just the appearance of weight gain, but medically as well. I have really bad asthma, and with every pound I gain - I feel like it's one more asthma attack I have.

Argh.
Sometimes, the stress makes me dive head first into a jar of peppermint patties.

All in time, but what if you don't have a lot of it?

SX

could you try not going out with sister because restaraunts are to tempting
glen

You have to be mentally ready to do it. You can go out w/your sisters, but eat in moderation. Look at the menus and find the good for you food. Not the junk that tastes good. I hear ya about going out, I love going out to eat. It is so much more convenient than cooking at home. But if I want to lose any weight, I have to be strict and say no. PM me if you need anything.

On Sunday nights, I sit down and schedule my workouts. I actually write down the times in my calendar ahead of time so it's like a "real" appointment. That way, I know ahead of time when I'll be working out, and exercise becomes a real priority. Example: If I'm making a dentist appointment and the receptionist says "How about 2pm on Thursday?" I might say "I'm at the gym then, do you have anything after 3pm?" For me, it's a "gym appointment," but if you work out at home, you can schedule that in anyway ("3pm walk," etc.) It really helps -- maybe you could try that.

In the 4 months before my wedding, I went from 200 to about 165. I did it terribly unhealithily, eating only a granola bar and coffee for breakfast, carrot sticks and diet Coke for lunch, and a Hot Pocket and salad for dinner. And I exercised for an hour or more every night except Saturdays. Of course, in the months following the wedding, I gained back all of the weight, and then some, so now I am doing it slow and steady.
It sounds like you need to schedule in the exercise and keep it as an appointment. Now, I have an appointment 3 days a week at the gym, every Mon., Wed. and Fri., and on weekends I have long walks with my dogs and misc. work around the house (gardening, cleaning, etc.). I also eat a lot more food than I did when I was crash dieting.
When you go out with your sisters, do not finish all of the food on your palte. Have a healthy snack (fruit, cheese, veggie sticks) an hour before you go, and save half of your meal for a "doggie bag." Fill up on a salad with light dressing. Do not eat from the bread basket (there is usually a carb with the dinner anyway).
You can definietly lose a good amount of weight in 7 months. Even a loss of a pound a week would get you down over 25 pounds.