Day Eight

Here's where seeing the forest through the trees begins. I was back up to 196.3 this morning. Am I going to freak out about a tenth of a pound? No, because I choose not to. Through my first week of dieting, I lost about 1.5 lbs. I'll take it for the forest, and ignore the trees for a bit.
Still waiting on my day off. I'm going to make myself meet my exercise goals before I allow a day off. I know from past experience that I can really go overboard on a day off, so I need to be sure I can make up for it and keep going before I take that chance. My exercise goal is to go to Curves every weekday, and do the Strapless Dress workout I was using before the wedding on the weekends. If I can do that over the next week, I'll consider taking a day off from the diet, but not the exercise. I hate exercise, so that has to be the thing I focus on most. I can stay busy and ignore food altogether for a few hours, but exercise is a thing too easy to avoid, and I can't afford to avoid it.