Too many mirrors!

It's official! As of yesterday, my total weight loss is 10 pounds! I stepped on the scale, closed my eyes, hesitated, but looked to see that I now weigh 222.
My job is full of mirrors. Not exactly the place to be if you want to be in denial of any aspect of your physical appearance. But, I caught a glimpse of myself and did a double take. My typically unflattering work shirt looked, well, better on me! This was the first time that my weight loss held more meaning than just a number flashing on a scale. My jeans are also a little more comfortable, but because of what I do for a living, I practically live in sweatpants, so it's hard to get a feel for my progress based on how my clothes feel. It won't even occur to me that I've lost any weight until a few months down the road, I go to put on a pair of my jeans and they fall off of me. *sigh* I'm so oblivious sometimes-that's what got me in this mess in the first place!
Oh yeah, so I survived my first pilates class. Again-mirrors, mirrors everywhere. I can't help but notice that at every group exercise class I've done, I'm the biggest person there. But this is the first one that I really thought about it for more than a moment of quick observation. Doing yoga and pilates poses isn't exactly easy when you've got all this extra baggage! But really, I'm now completely in love with pilates now. It's probably the most relaxing thing I've done in a long time, and it works muscles I didn't even know I had! So all the more reason to lose more weight-lose the belly fat and become a yoga, pilates, and tai chi junkie!