Best intentions..

I had every intention of posting here daily, and even though I have lots of post ideas for all my blogs swirling around in my head, I am in a bit of a slump as far as actually *doing* the things I intend on doing. However, I am pleased to report that I haven't gone over on points all week long. *cheer* In fact, several days I was too far below. I tracked my meals and points for a few days before I started to get an idea of how many I was typically using, and every day was over by 7-15 points. That's what avoiding processed foods and dining out does-it makes your caloric intake SO much lower that you have to eat more to meet your target. In that way, Weight Watchers makes it easy to stay on plan because you have to actually work to use all your points.

But, let's face it. I wouldn't be this overweight if I always made the right choices. Even though I stayed under my points limit, I haven't always made the right choices with those points. More than once, at the end of the day I had more than 5 leftover points and I got an Icee to use them up. And on Emily's birthday, she wanted pizza. I get terrible heartburn from pizza sauce, so I stick with cheese bread, and that's what I had for dinner. Granted, I had half the portion I usually do, but still.

Even with my mistakes, though, I've lost four pounds this week. I know some is water weight, and I can't expect a 4lb/week loss to continue for long. But it is a nice motivator, nonetheless.