wedding bell blues

[misplaced southerner]

good morning friends! well......i spent the weekend in san diego with my best gal pal and my son who is a college student there. she and i worked on wedding plans and she FORCED me to go and start looking at dresses. it is going to be a very small beach wedding, just family and closest friends so i am just looking for something pretty and "beachy"....but that will look great with my honey;s tux (he looks soooo good all dressed up!) well i had a miserable time dress shopping. i wear a med/large shirt and a size 10/12 pants....and the 14 dresses were too tight!

ok i know, take a deep breath. we all know that formals are sized differently but...well obviously i was not in the mood for that! i was feeling pretty good about my 10 pound loss to date but by saturday night i was ready for some chocolate peanut butter ice cream!!! no i did not get any...i just WANTED some!

on the upside of things...i stuck to the plan. i had a GREAT shrimp ceasar salad at my favorite restaurant. when i got home my guy had our new elliptical machine all set up and ready to go. today is the first day of the new exercise routine...i am HOPING that will amp up my progress.

hope everyone had a good weekend. today is a new day. i am off and running (or should i say peddaling!) thanks jane for the advice about joining a challenge, i do not know much about those but i might look into it. happy monday all!!!!

[Lyssie]

Congratulations on sticking to plan even when life's bumming you out. I totally agree with Jane - join a challenge!! The March mileage challenge started, you just go and put how many miles you'll do in the month. Or I think the Bikini Challenge is still accepting people (3 hours/week of cardio, 400 crunches and 102oz/day water).

[Miss Phode]

OK, here's the other thing. Don't pay attention to the size on the label. Who cares? As long as you look good. Right? And you know you're gonna look good.