My Friday Night Lesson...
 

As I make this journey, I am learning about myself, and learning about food. Tonight was a planned use of weekly points - first time I have used them. Pizza. I knew how many extra I wanted to use, so I looked up the nutritional info and figured out exactly how much I could eat and stay within what I wanted to "spend". I can't believe I did that! I don't think I've ever really paid attention to what I eat much less when I needed to stop. Major accomplishment.

Oh - and the pizza? The first slice was great! The 2nd - not so much. The cheese bread was ok, but I couldn't finish as much as I had planned to eat. How do I feel now? Stuffed - bloated - but not angry with myself because I DID plan this. What did I learn? It's ok to eat this stuff, however - my points are better spent eating other things.

Bravo to you for taking that away from this experience!

Congrats! Now you know that maybe just planning one slice of pizza is enough. You have experience with this now, so when you need to prepare for meals like this one you'll be better able to!

Isn't it amazing how something as simple as eating pizza can be so different?! I never used to think about eating pizza...quantity or what not. i just ate until I was stuffed. Now the second piece is so filling for me. I think one would do it, too. I was shocked to see how many points it has in it!!! No wonder I gained so much weight!!!! We used to have it once a week. Now I've had it only twice in the last 3 months! i'm glad you are making that choice to keep track of the intake! I know you'll see great results!!!!

What a great lesson! I find that when I plan, and eat "mindfully", that I'm satisfied with much less. I tend to eat one slice of pizza, and then the toppings from another piece. We have it fairly often, too.