My workout is all finished: 5-mile walk DVD, 20 min calisthentics, 10 min pilates.

Other accomplishments: grocery shopping and other errands, cleaning the catboxes, laundry, and eating healthy.

Best accomplishment of the day: I did NOT sign up for 3 simultaneous DB4 games. I told myself a few months ago that I needed to stop joining the short-term games because at this point in my weight loss journey, 4% in 4 weeks is just not realistic. I've been averaging 1 to 1.5 pounds per week lately, and that's a great pace that I've very happy with.

I knew if I signed up for the 4-week games, the next month for me would be obsessively exercising, not taking in enough calories, thinking about weight all the time. I lost a bunch of weight about 8 years ago doing just that. The reality is it works short-term but isn't sustainable. And even if it's only for a month, that's not how I want to live.

The fact that I took the time to think about this decision and made what is truly the right choice for me is a huge deal. I've always been a "of course I can do that no matter how hard it is" kind of person. I have an addictive/obsessive personality, and to see myself doing reasonable analysis instead of just blindly following what seems like a good idea in the moment is a real milestone.

Maybe I'm finally growing up after 57 years on this planet. Whaddya know.