Yay! It's Friday, Flexers!!!!
I hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend
I know I am. My friends are cooking dinner tomorrow night, and that's a special occassion I've been planning for, so I'll be keeping to 10 points for breakfast/lunch, and then enjoying dinner without counting points.
Okay... so I was very proud of myself this week (exercise each day, getting to zero points left each day, adding in MANY more fruits and veg instead of most processed stuff) and I had a loss of .2 last night. Not really great, but it's down, and I was going to give what I've been doing another week or two before tweaking the formula if it doesn't work so well. Ya know... all the usual advice people get on 3FC. I actually do take it to heart & apply it to my own life! Besides, next week I'll probably drop down a lot... I have cycles like this.
Well, the past couple weeks I just wanted my leader to check my tracker to make sure I'd been writing EVERYTHING down. (One problem I had was I was getting a little lazy in the tracking dept.) She mentioned that I may be eating too many sweet things, and pointed out that I've been eating a WW bar, or Smart Ones dessert once every day this week. It was constructive criticism, and I'm trying to look at it as feedback, but I was just so proud of myself for all those other things I've been doing. I'm far too sensitive about this, I know I know! It's just that, I've been enjoying having a WW bar, or a Smart Ones dessert each night after dinner. It's not much, between 2-4 points. And it's helped me to STOP after dinner and just enjoy what I've had all day. I didn't think there was anything wrong with having a little sweet thing once a day. But, her comments gave me pause. Am I incorrect? It hadn't been stalling me so far... I know of other people who have lost plenty of weight while still having a little treat once a day. BUT, I don't want to just dismiss her comments completely without thoroughly evaluating, I want to make sure I'm heading in the right direction.
I'm just not feeling confident, due to that at the moment. It's like, okay, do I follow what I know about my body? Or do I listen to the sound advice that sweets should always be limited? What do you guys think? (Other than the fact that I'm completely overreacting
) I just need a different opinion. (like a doctor! ^^)
In case you need it here's a pretty typical sample day:
B:Coffee w/Splenda (0), 100% Whole Wheat Thomas' Mini-Bagel (2), 1/4c. 2% cottage cheese to spread on top of bagel (2... and yum!), banana (2). = 6
L: Sandwich w/2 slices fiber one bread and 2 oz deli meat and mustard (5), WW yogurt (1), 1 pc. Mini Babybel Light (1), 1 string cheese (1), orange/apple/or pear (1). = 9
S: Protein bar following work-out (3). = 3
D: Sweet Potato (3), Butter (2), Shredded Chicken (6) w/ketchup (0), heaps of delicious broccoli (0) (probably 1.5 c. or 2) = 11
Dessert: WW bar/Smart Ones Dessert = 3
Total Daily: 32 (exactly my points)
I dunno... maybe I've been going about this all wrong.
Anyway
I hope you all have lovely days!