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Just thought I would add my disgust at the gluttony of this country...seems like every time you turn around there is some holiday that HAS to be celebrated and WITH FOOD!! Heres an idea..maybe if we all got together with our families at the park and played football or volleyball INSTEAD of sitting to STUFF OUR FACES UNTIL WE CANT BREATHE, this country wouldnt be in the obesity epidemic that it is!! I dont know..just something I thought of but seems like it could be true. :huytsao

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I'm the mom, so Easter will be at my house and I will be cooking it. Everyone else goes to church on Easter Sunday, but DH and I go to vigil Mass on Saturday, so I win the cooking thing by default.

Baked ham

macaroni and cheese

Creamed corn

Mashed potatoes

Fruit salad

Deviled eggs

Homemade yeast rolls

Cupcakes (also homemade)

Homemade cheesecake

I can't eat most of that stuff, but I truly don't care. If I could, I would eat the bread. I can't, however. So I'll settle for a tiny bit of ham, a spoon of potatoes, and the "guts" out of a couple of deviled eggs. And maybe a small piece of cheesecake, minus the crust.

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Easter is at my house! Ham & Prime Rib! Thought I could get away easy this year...Banded 3/27 and still not quite myself....but OK....my daughter is bringing her roommate home from college and her whole family that is in from out of town. YIKES!!!!

So, cooking for 10 and I'm still on liquids till the 13th, My husband, great guy that he is...tells me that if I am really good, he'll "let" me try some mashed potatoes, but that he drew the line at putting Easter candy in the blender for me!!!!! I never thought a statement like that would feel so exciting!!!!

Just hoping to get through the day!

Can anyone tell me how to add the Ticker to my profile?

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It's snowing in Texas today, so the BBQ is off! I'm a little relieved. I'm not going to be tempted to overeat with a baked ham on the table...hehe. chocolate bunnies, however, are another story. Everyone, try to behave yourselves. And happy Easter!

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I am in the mushie stage so I will have my favorite -- Tomato Soup -- while everyone else has ham, potatoes, salad and bread. It won't bother me but I'm still at the point where I have little appetite. I may sneak in a glass of wine as well.

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Well, there are only a few special occasions a year. It was not holidays that made me fat. It was everyday horrible eating habits that got me where I am.

food is not an enemy. Everyone requires food to live, so of course when you get together there's going to be food.

I think the obesity epidemic has come from laziness, not food in excess. It's processed foods. Nobody has time to cook a decent meal anymore. Give them a Jimmy Dean biscuit for Breakfast, send them off to school with a Lunchable in their backpack and make them Hamburger Helper for dinner before they play video games all freaking night.

Only time I see kids playing outside anymore is when they're forced to at school.

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