Thank God for Activity Points...

cause otherwise today would have been bad! I was part of a competition for work today that required tons of fast paced walking through the mall and boy oh boy am I glad for it. I estimate between my time at the mall plus hanging out with my family and taking a walk that I earned about 18 activity points... and yup I ate them all too. For lunch I had a small serving of ginger beef and chow main thinking it wouldn't be bad... numm well that little plate cost me 14 points. Then there was the ice cream cone which I knew was 7 points befor eating it but I wanted a little treat.Then it was wings and pizza for supper...thats where the bad came in! Who would thought that 3 little wings would add up to 9 freaking points or that my 2 slices of pizza would be 14. I knew they wouldn't be the lowest in points but OYYYY! So I ate my 35 points PLUS 18 more points making it a grand total of 53 points UGH

Today taught me that taking a little break is really not going to be the best choice. If I decide to have a "treat" meal then the rest of the day is going to take extra planning so I don't start heading down that slippery slope. It also taught me that junk is just that junk. I ate a crazy amount of points today and none of it was really all that healthy. Tasted good but then doesn't everything that is bad for us. I am sitting here wanting a snack soooo bad and I am fighting the urge. I don't need to eat by any means but I sure WANT to eat. I will be curious to see what the scale says on Tuesday. I have done really well all week and haven't eaten and of my activity points and used about 1/2 of my flex. Today starts a fresh week as far as the flex points go and my goal is not try not to use any this week.

I need to come up with a plan for Friday as I am going to a pot luck... hopefully there will be lots of good foods to choose from and possibly then I can use a few flex points if needed.

Tomorrow is a new day and one that is well planned out for every meal and snack which will certainly help get me right back on track!