Holy crap Diana!

I mentioned yesterday I haven't been journaling and have just been "eyeballing" my food, keeping a tally of my Points in my head. Just so you know, that doesn't work.

Yesterday I made a half-assed attempt to log my Points online, but stopped after lunch. Tonight I just finished entering all my food for today into the online Weight Watcher Points Tracker, and all I can say is 1) Holy Crap! and 2) I should enter my food before I eat it.

Check it out:

Breakfast

1 egg - 2 Points

1 Thomas Light multi-grain muffin - 1 Point

1 sl. regular cheddar cheese (not my usual 2%, I only had the reg. stuff) - 3 Points

1 sl. turkey bacon - 1 Point

Total breakfast - 7 Points

pre-workout snack

1 lg. banana - 2 Points

1 Activia yogurt - 1 Point

Total snack - 3 Points

Lunch

1 cup turkey/veggie chili - 4 Points

steamed broccol - 0 Points

1 cup grapes - 1 Point

1 persimmon - 2 Points

Total Lunch - 7 Points

Afternoon snack

3 oz. turkey breast - 3 Points

Dinner

Salmon - 10 Points!!!!!!

Brussels Sprouts - 0 Points

1 T. Smart Balance - 2 Points

1 1/2 c. 1% milk - 3 Points

Dinner 13 Points

Snack 

Large apple - 2 Points

Total for the day - 37 Points

Are you kidding me?! Can you see why this post is titled "Holy Crap Diana!"? I seriously thought I was doing good, eating healthy, being OP. I shouldn't have had more than 29 Points, my 20, plus the 4 APs and maybe 5 Flex. That adds up to 29, not 37! That's about 400 extra calories that I didn't need (1 Point = approximately 50 calories).

When I look at what I ate today, I'm astounded I ate so much food, and at my poor choices. What was I thinking, a slice of cheese for 3 Points?! Smart Balance, 2 Points, I never use this stuff. Salmon, 10 Points! And what's with all the high Point snacks, when did I start that? What came over me? It was like I was a woman possessed by a food demon.

Funny, it didn't feel like that much food when I was eating it. I was starving hungry all day, I actually wanted to eat a lot more food than what I actually ate. 

So I have a new plan, journal the food BEFORE I put it in my mouth. Obviously I have a problem with the whole "eyeball, tally in my head thing". I have to be stricter with myself, plan out my food for the day, plan out the Points I'm going to eat before I eat them.

Someday I'm going to get this thing figured out. For the immediate future, I'm just aiming for no more 'holy crap!' days.