A word about bathroom scales:

BOO!

Really I don't think I need to say any more.

Okay, I don't hate the scales as much as all that.  Where bathroom scales are concerned, I tend to fall somewhere between suspicious and indifferent.  But I did a mid-week "hop on" this morning and found I was down 3 1/2 pounds.  Interestingly, from the time I did my "official" first weigh-in at the first of the week (during my early morning dash to the restroom) till the time I actually got up (at 11) I gained a half pound.  But since it seems appropriate to weigh in first thing in the morning, I'm sticking with the initial measurement.  

From experience, I know that weight fluctuates from day to day--even hour to hour.  In the first week or two of a new diet, body weight can adjust dramatically--mostly because of water.  So I'm not gonna let this two-day miracle go to my head any more than I'll let a less-than-stellar weigh in get me down.  The important thing to remember is that it's not the pounds, it's the lifestyle adjustment that matters.  And the iPad.