I had a dream last night where someone looked me up and down and said "so, Tricia, I thought you said that you were going to lose weight before the marathon."

Not much interpretation necessary for that one. I've managed to slowly lose about 5 pounds over the summer, through no changes in eating habits, just based on the milage I've been running. I've managed to gain a couple of those pounds back the last couple of weeks, and now that I'm tapering my running (2 1/2 weeks to go!), I'm at serious risk of gaining more. So, I'm stressed out about this, but the more stressed I get and angry at myself about this, the harder it gets to take care of myself, eat well, and turn this tide.

Ah, the vicious cycle...