I'm running on fumes and everything aches. I felt like I was racing the clock yesterday, which I was, so I spent over seven hours working in the yard & garden. Everything is in pretty good shape (only the garlic left to plant in a prepared bed) but now I'm in a tricky spot and today is going to be a test of will.

I didn't see any change on the scales this morning so I don't have the motivation that a new low would have given me and I'm tired; typically this is when I'm tempted to curl up with a good book and a dish of ice cream.

But since the fall color has pretty much peaked and this may be one of the last days to enjoy it, I'll go to the park and take a bit off my pace instead.

Then there will just be this evening's fund raiser with a buffet menu of fat and sodium to deal with. I'll eat cottage cheese before I go and limit myself to 'little plates'.

I know from the sore muscles that there's some lactic acid that causing water retention and that if I just don't blow it the next couple of days I'll see a loss. I know this. I do. I really do.