Days 6 & 7: The Weekend

The idea is to loosen up on the weekend, which I did. We went to a party and I allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted at the times that I wanted it. It was a variety of food, some healthy, some not, with a couple of meals out. I haven't gotten back to exercising much due to a little cold, but I did manage a 30 minute strength workout Saturday and lots of cleaning, and on Sunday a 15 minute cold-water swim, which I did for my mood, it's amazing. I have been feeling a bit weird on the bigger dose of wellbutrin, with no appetite effects so far, so we'll see how that goes.

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