Woah boy

Sooooooo... I'm going to weigh in at 5:20pm. I think I gained like 2 pounds. I'm okay with whatever the scale says though. I had lots of good food that I couldn't figure out how to track this week. Weigh in was on Tuesday... My birthday party on Wednesday, Grandma's birthday party on Thursday, family reunion bbq on Saturday, D&D on Sunday, and the State Fair yesterday. ha, I'd actually be surprised if I didn't gain 10 pounds! And happy. I enjoyed the heck out of my week and don't regret any of it.

Things I *did* do right: I have walked every single day, for at least 3 activity points. I've managed to get in all of my healthy guidelines! Well, maybe a day or two out of the five where I missed one of my fruit/veggie slots. But I'm talking oils, water, activity, everything! Go me! That gives me confidence that this coming up week will be a major winner, regardless of this past week's gain. I'll update you with "tales from the scale" when I come home from weigh-in.

Here's a thought I had yesterday. I feel so good. I have so much energy, nothing is hurting anymore... I don't feel "fat". BUT I was walking from Hallmark to JoAnn fabric last night to meet John and Chloe and the whole front of that building is windows.... I had to stare at my reflection for a good deal of that walk and I hardly recognize myself. I'm huge! It's not right that a person can feel so good and look so bad. However, on the good side, I've been really reading those successful people's freeweb sites and looking at their progress? I'm very hopeful that I'll be joining them soon and am starting to imagine what I'll look like when I reach a healthy weight.

Love!