Happy Happy Easter Everyone! The Easter Bunny has arrived and with chocolate too! Not too much though, alot of toys instead. I hope everyone has a great day today and remember our plans. A little is ok, a lot is too much! My scale is up a pound or so so I don't want to make it any worse....lol Take care and I will check in later Penny

Good morning Penny, Hope your day is awesome.
I was posting on the other, at the same time. no doing this today.
Happy Easter Everyone
Way to goal yesterday Sherri- staying away from the donuts. It can be so hard.
good morning coco-sounds like you dinner is going to be great.
Well I bought a skit and blouse for church today, and as you can see, didn't make it. I'll say my prayers here, and I will make it there soon. I'm one step closer than I was last week. I can't believe I bought a skirt. I wanted a pantsuit. Being so short, I would have to hem it, didn't want to do that. Did good on plan yesterday, and gazelled 1.5. Did it twice. I haven't been keeping great track on my mileage to St. Igance. I'm sure I've made 20 miles. So that is where I'm going to start. there will be a new thread for exercise. I'll call it "Travels", Please put your exercise in. It's "travels"because of imaginary site seeing. I guess. Anyway, I shopped yesterday, and got brandon shoes, I didn't find any I like. I did find some awesome sugar free candy. It has sugar alcohol in it, is that ok on sb or not? I also found some yogurt with 9 grams of sugar. I didn't look good enough the front of it says no sugar added. didn't think about it I guess. I looked at it this morning and it had 9. But it is far better that the other, I was eating. I did great on plan yesterday. My scale isn't budging.
Easter dinner is at my sisters. My mom and dad aren't going because mom doesn't want to imbarrass (spelling doesn't count) us. My sisters inlaws will be there, and dad just doesn't hit his mouth the way he use too. It kinda disappoints me though. Easter is about family. So what if he has food on his face, chin, shirt, ect. I personally don't care. Maybe mom I hope is thinking more for him, and not our imbarrassment. Maybe she is trying to save him from imbarrassment. Anyway, if we didn't have this all set up we could of had dinner there. He also made mom cancel his eye surgery on Wed. Part of me is starting to feel overwelmed with everything, and when that happens I don't get stuff done. Food for dinner today: Citydogs is what I call them, put that isn't right. You use either pork or veal, cut up pieces rolled in bread crumbs and put on sticks. We are having pork ones. Salad, and potatoes, and some sort of desert. I was in charge of the rolls, and tried making them muffin size. My honey whole wheat, didn't rise, and my white, gotta little too done for my liking. so we are hoping that the store is opened on the way. Well I hope all you ladies have a wonderful Easter. Stay on plan, my weigh is tomorrow, and so is our installation of new officers, that is me. Oh, i did get our leader to agree to pass a candle around for the person that doesn't lose weight. We are still waiting to see if the other stuff is ok to do.


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Good Afternoon Ladies.
Just wanted to tell everyone Happy Easter. I hope the Easter Bunny was good to everyone. The Easter Bunny didn't bring any chocolate here. Just a bag of life savers and a nascar t-shirt. But my sister gave me a little bunny with a couple of chocolate candies in it. But I put them in the cupboard were I wont see them or be tempted by them. We went for our walk. Walked 2 miles. Turkey is in the oven. Should be done in about 1 hr. But we had a big breakfast this morn. We went to Sunrise Service. Then afterwards the ladies of the church fixes breakfast. I did pass on the donuts. But the little smokies and biscuits. Now that is a different story. I ate too many. Then we got to bring some home. And of course I have been in them already. They also had bagels and scrambled eggs. So I wont be able to eat much lunch. The scales are up. So not sure if I will have a loss this week or not. But I am drinking my water. I have had one cup of tea so far today. Will have another later. Well I better get off here. Just wanted you ladies to know that I am thinking of you. Hoping that the Easter Bunny was good to all of you. You all take care. Will check in later. Have a great day.
A TOPS PAL

Coco,

Just think you did better then you thought you did. Just think a year ago you probably would have eaten everything and this year you held off and made choices by thinking before you ate. Yes you over did it on the smokies (whatever they are.LOL) But you passed on the other stuff. Overall you did eat less and you did great. By eating less the rest of the day you should be fine.
I hope you had a great easter. Sounds like you were very busy.
I am sure you daughter loved the polly pockets. That is great that the easter bunny brought no candy. What a tradition to start.
I think a lot of people are staying away from candy this year. Everyone I talked to this year bought toys or outfits or things like that and very little candy if any. Great choice and you are making your daughter healthy.
That was great you put the choc. in the cupboard. I agree with you out of site out of mind hopefully.
You are doing great keep up the great work. It is paying off. Remember those pants you almost fit into. Well it won't be long and you will be sporting them around on you.LOL

Wendy,

Have fun tomorrow night at installation. I get installed this week also. It will be a challange for me. I have a lot of people against me right now so it should be interesting this year. But I think we will do great overall. It will be better once we start working together I hope.
Too bad your parents couldn't make it to dinner. I agree with you. It is all about family and it shouldn't matter what state your dad is in. Your sister and your mom should be grateful he is still here to celebrate easter with them. Too bad you couldn't have had it at your house so they could have come. Did you get to see them today at all?
Yes the sugarfree choc. is legal on sb. Also the yogurt you got is legal. The reason it listed sugar is from the natural sugar in the fruit that is in it. As long as they don't add any extra sugar then it is legal. You are making great choices and it is showing on the decreasing scale every week. You are headed to goal girl. Keep up the great work
Did brandon have a great time today? Did he hunt for eggs today?

Penny,

You know that your scale is up from the sodium you had with the fish girl. You are doing great. Just get back on track tomorrow and you will be fine. You are doing what it takes. Keep up the great work.
Did the boys have a great time today? I am sure you had a lot of fun. I know we had a great time with megan this morning. It is so much fun with little ones around.
Did you and brad have a great time on the boat the other night? I am sure you did seeing you were all alone.LOL You deserve the time together.
Stick with it girl. You are doing what it takes to and you are losing every week.

Okay my turn,

I am so proud of myself. I did GREAT today. I went to breakfast at my brothers house. I brought my 1/4 cup of oatmeal with me and the 1 cup of skim milk and I had an egg there. I brought along the bacon bits for the egg also and 1 green tea bag. The only thing extra I had was 3 pc of bacon and that was legal on SB and I added it in my points today also.
I passed on everything else there. Boy was it tempting. The pancakes, french toast, cinnamon sticks, pastries, hash, keish, and mini muffins and deviled eggs. So I think that was awesome. Then I came home had my can of no sugar added peaches for my lunch. Then for dinner had 3 oz. of pork roast, cabbage, and a huge salad with no egg in it. Just the veggies. I was so full by the time I ate the salad I couldn't move. Plus I ate the meat plain with no ketchup which is a huge step for me. I haven't had ketchup in so long. I was eating it everyday but I had changed to the no salt added kind which was better. Now if I do have the regular kind it is so salty for me. Then I did break down and have 1 pc of a marshmellow treat. But other then that the only carb I had was the 1 serving of oatmeal. So I only had 2 servings of carbs today. I was going to have popcorn tonight but because I ate the marshmellow treat I won't. I also drank my 96 oz. of water. I have been pushing back the urge to eat the choc. that is here but I won't and I haven't. I did put it up in a candy dish that I have never used before. That way it is out of site and out of mind. I don't want to eat the candy. It is the forbidden food this week and I won't get to goal if I chow down on it either. I am determined to have a loss this week.
Oh by the way I found the right combo of this more fruit and veggies then carbs and protein and my scale was down 6 lbs this morning. I was so happy so that helped to keep me on track today. So I survived easter. I will have a loss this week.
We had a great time with megan this year. She hunted for eggs outside this morning and she had a ball. She loved the fact that the green eggs were for her dog and they were filled with dog food and mini bones. Then we went to my brothers house for breakfast and they had an easter egg hunt there. So she has been doing a lot of hunting lately.
That was my day.

Wendy how did it feel to buy an outfit? I bet it felt great. At least you have an outfit for church now. Maybe you can make it next week.

Have a great night everyone.


Sherri

A blessed Easter to all of you. I have enjoyed reading your notes and seeing how all of you have coped with the temptations of Easter. I didn't too badly today, bypassed all the bisquits and gravey, bacon, sausage etc at the church breakfast, and had a scrambled egg and fresh fruit, which one of t he women brought "special for you" she told me, which is strange, because I have never told her I was dieting. Skipped lunch, and had dinner at my sisters. Had ham, asparagus, and potatoe salad. Not too bad, but the 4 cookies I also ate was terrible. I am still below my points for today, so will stick to water the rest of the day, and try to do extra good tomorrow. I will respond to some of the Easter notes tomorrow, as I am quite tired tonight, up at 5:30 for sunrise service, and taking care of my 9 year old grandniece all weekend, and for the next several days. Tonight she has a friend over for a sleepover. I think 63 is a little too old for these shenanigans, but Becca's mom (my niece) is having the bariatic surgery tomorrow, so I am keeping Becca here with me. I enjoy her. Been awhile since I have had giggling girls in my living room. TAlk with you all tomorrow. Mary ann