So I have been reading - I constantly research weight loss/exercise articles - and one was detailing the benefits of a whole week of down time.
We have recovery weeks in marathon training, but that is just scaling back the amount of running you do. This article talks about taking a whole week of no weight training or cardio! In the words of the Despicaable mee Minion...
I had a long talk with myself and detailed all the benefits of what giving myself a week off would be. Me, myself and I agreed on it...Monday I did workout so Tuesday was my actual first day of going home...and not going back out to the gym. (You know it's bad when your two year old gets out of the car and says "Mommy, we go to the gym?" No honey, no gym this week 
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You know what it's helped me to see already? I STILL have an eating problem! In the past weeks, months, YEARS if I overate, I just went to the gym and burned it off. Well, I've been putting in a lot of work and eating better, but just these last two days have helped me to see that I can do EVEN BETTER. Snacking is the culprit for me so I went out yesterday and got the yogurt and cottage cheese and fruit to replace the Brookside dark chocolate acai (hey, it was dark chocolate, and acai is good for you right? Apparently I'm wrong though.)
I stayed within my calorie count yesterday, did NO exercise and (after checking the scale 3 times) I've lost another pound!
I'll keep you guys updated, but I think I'm onto something here :).
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