So in my last week of blog entries, I had a few different little tricks that I shared, one being the 'lie to yourself' idea of recounting so that you make sure to get within your points even if you slip a little bit. It was a good idea, but like everything else in my life, I have to watch it carefully because it has the potential to slip. For instance, lets say I eat 1 more point than I say I do each day. That's 7 extra a week, and that does actually make a difference for some odd reason. The good thing is that I don't actually do that everyday. Here is a typical week: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I end up eating all my extras. In those days, I count perfectly -maybe even too generously (meaning I round everything way up).. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I try to stay within 23 points, but sometimes have to do that "lying to myself" thing, where I can't help myself, and go one or two points over, then go back and recount, trying to squeeze them all into 23 points using the magic of estimation. And my reason for doing this was that otherwise, I would have to write 36 extras or 40 extras or whatever at the end of the week, which would lead to letting myself eat 60 extras a week like I did before, but I realized that the trick I'm using now can also be a slippery slope. That's because lying to myself about 2 points can lead to myself lying about 5 or 6 a day (I doubt that I could re-estimate 6 points away, but still I have to be careful). And lets say I squeeze in 3 extra points from thursday till the end of the week. I'll end up with 47 points. I still think that if I do eat a little too many points at the end of the week, I should still try and make it look like 35, but this is something that should happen totally by accident every 6 weeks. And it should be 2 extra extras at the end of the week -not each day... I actually thought that I messed up yesterday because I for some reason thought my dinner was 10 points, but then I remembered it was actually 6 points, so I ended up eating exactly 23 points without "re-estimating." Seriously, I was really anal with my counting yesterday. So that's the only reason this was on my mind -I didn't cheat, I just thought I was cheating. Cuz like I thought I only had 3 points left to make a shake, and I used really big scoops so I knew deep down it was probably like 5 points... But then after I finished I was like, "oh duh!! I had 5 points to spare!!!" ... So I had bad intentions, but I didn't actually do anything wrong.
It's a tricky balance between being so uptight about it that I drive myself crazy and quit, and being so casual about it that I never make any progress. Since up-tight people are usually skinny, I guess maybe I should lean towards that side of the spectrum. And I'm not actually driving myself nuts. I'm so addicted to my computer, that I'm more than happy to blog about every stupid thing each day. This is another reason why this blog is really good for me. If it was a notebook, I wouldn't feel like it half the time. Turning an unhealthy addiction into a healthy one. I'm a genius.
POINTS EATEN TODDAY: 23
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