Well, I figured I had better check in - I wouldn't want you all to think I had gone AWOL!

Don, congratulations on hitting your goal. Simply fantastic! You look incredible.

Sue, great job on your cholesterol results - I am so happy for you!!

As for me, I am glad to say that I did really well on ICE. I stayed away from the bread and the wine - even though I did indulge in a few amaretto sours and some ice cream - and tried to keep up with my workouts as best as I could. One of my goals was to only take the stairs, and I never did see the inside of the elevator on the Explorer II.

When I stepped on the scale after I got home I was up about 5 lbs, but I was back down to my pre-vacation weight in about 2 days, and I've lost another couple of lbs in the last week. I'm finally back to 107 lbs gone - I've been on a bit of a plateau since December, but I'm hoping to push through it.

I got right back into my workouts, and my running is going really well. The other day I ran for 30 minutes straight at 4.5 mph. Last night in my running class that also includes core workouts we had a "plank off" - whoever could hold a plank the longest would win a free session. Well, there happened to be 2 new people in the class who had never attended before, and one of the girls really brought the competition - but I wasn't going to let her win. About 3 minutes in I didn't think I was going to be able to hold it anymore, but out of the corner of my eye I saw her legs starting to shake and that gave me enough motivation to keep on going...she finally dropped and I won at 3:20!! A year ago...I didn't even know what the plank was!!