Hoppy Easter Everyone!

I have much to do but wanted to get on and wish everyone a really nice holiday. I filled eggs last night and had several malted milk eggs which were way better than I remembered - I wish I had your experience Bo . Unfortunately, on my long run days I struggle with feelings of entitlement but hopefully the 2100 calories my Garmin said that I burned will compensate - fingers crossed. Today I am in control of the menu which is great and I will have a great core dinner. I can easily resist the rolls my DH had me buy and I am making a SF FF Chocolate Pudding Pie with FF cool - whip as one dessert option. If I can keep away from the white wine all should be well

Bo - I love the blue dress. You are very smart to have made that purchase - it looks crazy good on you! I see that dress on a cruise or at a nice restaurant with DH when he gets back!

Sizing is a funny thing. I have a sister who is an inch shorter than me but must way about 260 (roughly 100 lbs more than me!) and wears a size smaller pant than I do. True story. She carries all her weight in her chest and shoulders/belly and I carry mine in my butt. Would I trade bodies to wear that smaller size pants? Not in a million/kazillion years. That is what I try to keep in mind when people say I wear this size or that size.

Gotta go and get preparations done! Colleen

Bo-you look great in both dresses!

Shannon- I am 5"7 and 168 pounds and can wear a 12 in Ann Taylor Bo is so right the sizes are weird and if I wear control top hose I can sometimes make into 10 ...so I think its more about are you happy in YOUR skin than a size?? I am 18 pounds overweight. Back in the day I wore a size 4-6 and weighed 145 but with my tallness everything was too short!!

Happy Easter ladies, after the company leaves I have a short 20 mins planned (back on the C25k still)

Have a great day!

Happy Easter!
Guess it's confession time... I've been a bad, bad girl. I'm talking ice cream (lots of it), cake, chocolate, chips & cheesy salsa, peeps, more chocolate, alcohol and to top it all off, I have not run since Wednesday! yikes!! I'm blaming it on PMS but really it's just laziness so I am jumping back on the WW wagon first thing in the morning with a 5 mile run, tracking my food and will go to WI this week & face the scale. I have to WI this week since it's the last week of the month & I have put it off because I don't want to see what it says.

I finally got caught up on all the posts since Thursday & I responded to a lot, so sorry if I missed you but I started this earlier today, had to leave for church & Easter gathering & now it's 10pm at night & finally getting back to the thread. amazing how fast the day went by!

I have to say that I am proud of how the Easter bunny filled the children's baskets this year They got some peeps to share, 2 lollipops each and the rest was non-food items. So glad that bunny didn't overload them on junk food because they got tons of it from other family members & school parties. I think he'll be making a new tradition of non-food baskets each year:)

shannon - so cool that you got to meet lifentheparks! and I'm jealous that your "girls" shrunk... that's the one thing that I didn't lose with the weight loss, but I keep hoping! LOL glad you were able to finally fit into a size 10... it's amazing how a little number can affect how you feel about things. I had a friend offer to give me a running skirt that was too big on her, it was a size Medium & I said "oh, I need a small or extra-small" and the look on her face was like "no way are you smaller than me" then a few minutes later & we are farther apart & walking to our cars outside the preschool (and surrounded by lots of other moms) she yells "what size DO you wear?" and I was kind of embarrassed but also glad I could say "size 4" and I could tell she didn't believe me, heck I have a hard enough time believing it myself. anyway... I still keep thinking of that episode because I thought it was pretty tacky for her to ask me across a crowded parking lot what size pants I wear. I love mapmyrun too that is a seriously cool new toy!

Bodacious - I completely agree with you on the big cut size 4... there is no way I am really a size 4 but if I get anything bigger it falls off. We are just about the same size, I am 5'3" and on a good day 136 but lately closer to 139. what is your goal weight that you are working towards? I would like to be 128 & that's what I am shooting for... hope I can get there some day! I love Cadbury eggs too... just 4 pts for one. LOL I love the blue dress much more than the gray (sorry to your future DIL) The blue is WAY sexier & looks so good on you. The gray is kinda dowdy & the bow... good call on removing that thing! LOL have to ask - are those slippers under your TV in the pic?!

lifentheparks - yeah!! so glad your Mom is OK! congrats on the weight loss! I totally understand about the bra size too. I have gone from a 40D to 36D but would much rather be a C. I went & got measured too & yep, still a D. LOL

redfoxfan - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the before & after pictures!! You look GREAT!!! thank you also for posting them, they really help to inspire me. congrats on your weight loss... wow, 129.2 is awesome! You will definitely be in my prayers that the calcification is nothing & all will be ok. good for you to hop on the TM & get right back on plan & congrats on making it 6.5 miles.

thisyear - how are you doing? still struggling? do you go to meetings? I find sometimes just going to a WW meeting & listening that I get encouraged to jump back on the wagon. ok... can you tell that I write my posts as I am reading. just read your next post & you said that you are now tracking & going back to meetings. well, I am jumping on that wagon with you tomorrow!

happy - isn't it funny how when we are being "bad" that we also don't check in here... it's like we know it's good for us but we insist on continuing to do bad things for ourselves.

Colleen - congrats on your 15 mile run & your HUGE loss at WI!!! so close to lifetime goal!

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off to read in bed for a bit & get up early for my run. Melanie

Good Morning All,

Had a great time yesterday with my family and was so busy with getting this and that I feel like I did well with my eating. I asked people to bring appetizers that were good choices. One sister brought the largest most amazing vegetable platter. So many different colored veggies and one light dip and one ff dip - perfect. We also had shrimp and a couple other not so point friendlys that I stayed away from.

The best part about yesterday was that I got two sisters interested in doing a 5K in June with their daughters (9 & 18). I answered questions about C25K and am sending them the info today. I am going to do this one with my son and we will run as far as he wants and then walk. I told my sisters to do the same. Train and walk when you need to. Its a start and I am hoping if I can get them "hooked" by doing one - who knows. I will keep my expectations low but the marathon training has opened their eyes to how I decided I wanted to do something and a year later I am going to do it. They were even talking about maybe taking 4/21 off from work and going to see the marathon.

Diane - hugs to you dealing with those feelings of uncertainty. I can't imagine how you must be feeling but getting it out on the treadmill vs. chowing is def. the way to go. Nice job with the 6.5! Woo-hooo. Hopefully hubby will continue to want to walk with you and some of your good habits will rub off on him! Amazing pictures! You look incredible and sooo different! Can you remember that person? I'm thinking you would not want to be her ever again. Thanks for posting - the pics are inspirational! I am so jealous that your chin looks so nice and tight. I had a full chin (like your first pic) and now that it is gone I feel like I have a "gobble-gobble". We were talking about that yesterday (my Mom has the same) and she said there's nothing you can do about that and I said sure there is I just need $6000 - LOL. Not really, but a girl can dream!

This year - Nice job getting back on the C25K. What week are you starting at? Did you start at the beginning again or pick up where you left off? Good luck - I know you can do it - THIS YEAR!! Next year you will have to change your name to LAST YEAR - LOL.

Happy - those darn malted eggs are so good. I emptied the bowls I set up around the house of m&m's, jelly beans and those eggs so I don't walk by them all day long. Of course a quick detour to my sons room and there goes a point here and there. I will be glad when its gone. My secret is not a secret that's for sure. I do really well when I (are you ready for this) actually follow the program!! LOL - I have weeks where I am faithful to a T and then I have weeks where I "watch it". My watching it weeks it either comes off in microscopic amounts or if I am feeling a bit to entitled creeps back up. I was pretty surprised that during the height of my training I had gone up 4 or so when I weighed in the week before. Pulling in the reins and eating core - thank goodness - got that off and then some. The last thing I want to do is drag extra pounds around for 26.2 miles! After I have a good week or two sometimes I go a bit overboard so that will be my challenge to not let my head think it can do what it wants! Fingers crossed - old habits die hard. Having the fridge stocked with good stuff is how I stay on track better as well. I will be shopping today to stock up on the fresh veggies and fruit. Seeing you at mile 19 would be so cool and yes, I don't think I would want to eat a cookie but you know there will be some that will

Life - I certainly had enough food to host more people and would have loved you here! Not sure exactly what I will do with the second spiral cut ham I have. Never even cut into it and its cooked. I am thinking that eating ham all week would not be in my best interest - LOL. Good luck with your training - exciting isn't it? I love having a training schedule on my fridge. It would be funny if you end up meeting Michelle before I do - LOL. We have been at races together and keep missing each other and probably live 8 miles apart.

Melanie - It seems like we all have weeks like that every now and then. Thank goodness the WW wagon comes by just when we need it - slows down and lets us jump back on! I do so much better when I go and WI. I tend to go faithfully for a month and then skip for a month and wish I had just kept going steady.

Bo - love those almonds too! I keep a small jar in the fridge and then count out 8 close the lid and walk away. For me they are not a red-light food though. I love them but the fridge won't call me back for seconds or thirds (like a pan of brownies will - LOL). Have you tried the G2 gatorade? It is very light tasting and light in points. I like that and propel black cherry. Not sure my tummy would handle those hydration tabs either.

Today I will be working on a newsletter and just chillin (well, bank and food shopping too) but for me thats a relaxing day. Hope you all have a good one. Coll