Jana & Mer: Their true desire

Here are Jana and Meredith in their

skinny glory. I'm pretty sure this is how

they want to look again!

Don here.

Just thinking about the book Cherise gave me for Christmas, "The Secret." According to the book, the secret to realizing a dream is to vividly visualize accomplishing the thing you want to accomplish. It says that, if you want to be thinner, you have to think of yourself as thin rather than concentrating on losing weight. I really don't care that much about losing weight, (except that I'd like to keep your money) but I would like to be healthier, lower my blood sugar and cholesterol level and be in generally better shape. So I'm visualizing. I'm visulaizing Turkey Trot 2008, Thanksgiving Day. I pull out ahead the last quarter mile. I have a comfortable lead over both Jeff and Jasper (the double J threat), when suddenly I hear footsteps. Impossible! With only 100 yards left Jeff has closed the gap and he's gaining fast. My heart starts to drop. This is going to be a repeat of Turkey Trot 2006. Rats! But suddenly, I remember that I now weigh 155.5 and I've been averaging 20 miles a week at 8:45 a mile. Meantime, Jeff has cooked and consumed one too many pans of Butterscotch Delight. Just as Jeff is about to overtake me, I kick in the afterburners and win by a good 10 yards. The crowd bursts into spontaneous applause. The Blue Angels do a salute overflight just 200 feet over the deck.

Turkey Trot 2008: Bring it.

We Can Only Hope

Mer here.....

I thought it would be fun to see what everyone hopes and wishes they could look like again.

For me:
Junior-In-High-School-Cheerleader-Meredith would be so awesome. But definitely not going to happen. Although I still have the uniform in case I do make it down that small. I would be on cloud nine if I could fit into that thing again.



Wedding-Day-Meredith is probably more do-able, and I'd be happy with that. One of my goals, actually, is to fit back into this dress so Eric and I can do "Trash The Dress" together.



So....what about you guys?

Jana Here!

This is what I think a lot of us want to look like:

Net here: Heck yeah, I want to look like me in this pic.

And here's my wedding-day-Jana, which is what I'd like as well. I think I may have actually lost weight after getting married and before getting pregnant, but I'll go for wedding day rather than pre-pregnancy--it's a little more doable.

I also want to report that I finally went to the doctor, because my cough got worse again when we got home, and he says I have a mild case of pneumonia. So I won't be exercising this week, unfortunately.

And while I'm posting, I wanted to share my frustration about my realization that I don't know what I should and shouldn't eat. I'm afraid of carbs, fat, and sugar, so what in the world am I supposed to eat? Everybody says different things, so all I know is that veggies are healthy, though certain kinds are better than others. It's all so confusing!

And, Mer, that trashing the dress website is pretty cool!

Christine now!

Here's me in college. I'd actually like to look a bit better than these pics, but I don't know how possible that is!

Hey Jana, your picture over on the side is awesome, but isn't it way old?? You're way thinner now!

Annette Here:
I want to fit this well into these jeans again:

And looking this good in my wedding dress would be nice.
And Mer, that picture of Eric is Awesome.

Mer again...

Eric's not home right now, but I found this picture and thought maybe he'd want to look like this. Or not. I just thought it would be funny to post! I could definitely stare at this picture all day long.....