Yesterday, Ennis said: "I'm not sure whether I'm going to do it. I need to recover and see how I feel tomorrow."
This morning, just hours after receiving a standing ovation from the enraptured home crowd as she stood on the podium, she said she would not be entering the individual 100m hurdle event.
Saying she was more than happy with her gold medal, she conceded her body probably needed a rest following her record-breaking exertions.
"I did think about it, especially when I ran my personal best," she said. "But for me, it's just about the heptathlon. I'm more than happy coming away with this medal. I think my body needs a rest right now. I want to have a bit of a break now, switch off a bit and enjoy life, but I want to achieve a bit more."
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, she added: "I'm definitely going to relax, eat lots of rubbish food, have a few glasses of wine and enjoy this moment for as long as possible."
"I slept for about two hours. I just kept looking at my medal and thinking about what I've achieved. I don't think it's sunk in yet.
"I looked at it as soon as I woke up, and I'll look at it every day."
Hailed as the greatest all-round female athlete Britain has ever produced, on Friday Ennis ran the quickest hurdles time ever recorded by a woman in a heptathlon, earning her roars from the 80,000 crowd.
It was just one of the extraordinary performances in seven events that secured her a place in the record books.
She has now vowed to continue with major competitions, with still a "few years" left in her at the age of just 26.
"It will be hard to top that," she admitted, speaking of yesterday's victory. "It's probably going to be my greatest moment. I'm still so excited. I'm tired because I've only had a couple of hours of sleep. I still can't believe it has happened. I wanted to give it everything.
"The crowd was like nothing I've ever experienced before. I do enjoy competing in front of big crowds and having the support behind me. It was unbelievable in there.
"The crowd was so loud it have me goosebumps and made me want to raise my game that little bit more."
She added that she had felt "a lot of pressure" after being adopted as the 'face of the Games', and avoided absorbing herself in media coverage and Twitter in case it made her doubt herself.
"It's a massive relief to have actually done it," she said. "It's was really unique. It's a great position to be in. I feel really lucky to be coming into the home Games in such a great position.
"It was so much pressure. Everyone thought I was going to win. I knew how hard it was going to be so I'm so relieved I've got the medal now.
"I'm going to just enjoy the moment, spend some time with family and then have a bit of a break," she said. "It's been such a long build up - up and down, stressful. So I'm looking forward to it."
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