That is fantastic, seagirl! Your attitude/approach sounds really great - I want to be focused but less easily-thrown-off/rigid, too.
This time around I am telling myself, OK, so you're 162 and you're going to work on it but - it's OK. Really! I have always treated myself like putting on pounds was equal to robbing banks or something. It's not. It just - is. And I can do something about it, slowly but - mindfully