Successfully maintaining my first 9 pounds off ... but a different part of the journey, the exercise, paid off this morning. I put the laps to work at a local Masters swim meet - I finished two events without getting disqualified, and now have a couple of times that I can compete against.

Promised myself that the 10# reward was going to be a new practice suit - the old one has enough room in it to provide a lot of drag in the water, but the look ... well, you won't be seeing pictures of that one! LOL!