Lots of exercise today!

Hi!
Wow have I had lots of exercise today! It started out with an hour at the gym. I burned 664 calories on the Cybex. I then went prom dress shopping with my oldest DD and spent 6 hours walking in (and driving between) 3 different malls. (Yes, we found a dress! It's lovely and we ended up getting it at Ross, of all places!) Then to top of the exercise of the day, my youngest DD and I walked 5 miles together tonight. Needless to say, I am tired. I think I will probably sleep pretty darn good tonight. :-)

I've eaten pretty well today too. I feel good. I am very confident that if I continue the rest of the week like I have started this one, the scale will move. :-) I'm glad, because I'm ready for that to happen. I want my stagnation period to be over. I've floundered for long enough. I've "maintained" my weight for too long. My butt needed to be kicked in gear and I was the one that had to do the kicking....and I did.

Not to say that I'm not happy that I maintained my weight, because I am. I just know that I'm not done with my weight loss and I needed to get a move on again. I was actually reading in my weekly weight/measurement journal tonight. It was fun to reflect on some of the stuff I wrote. I like that I've been so open and honest in there. I always take my measurements, write down my weight and then write about a paragraph or so on how I feel about the results I got. It's an eye opener and a motivator. I know exactly when I weighed what and when each measurement was. I highly recommend doing that, it really is a wonderful tool.

The only thing I wish I did differently was to take weekly pictures too. I just may start that. I don't have a camera though, I'd have to borrow one of my DD's (and they hate it when I do that). Perhaps I need to make a camera my "reward" when I hit the 75 or 80 pound lost mark. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....now that's a thought. :-)

OK---this tired gal is going to head towards bed. I'm wiped out....but happy!
:-)
Hugs from AZ,
Shannon