Oh Holidays. The parties, the fun, the frivolity all create an atmosphere of inattention to making good eating choices. Compound that with a little booze and the hand to mouth filter gets quite weak. Yesterday was 2/3rds fantastic, one third nuclear holocaust. By the time I left for my party I still had about 30 daily points left. By the time I was done I had used all of that and all of my weekly points. It is amazing how fast that can happen.
Yesterday was a fantastic reminder of what liquid calories can do to you. Alcohol and sugary drinks are pretty high in calories and points while offering absolutely nothing in terms of filling you up. It is the dietary perfect storm. Now, things like the 4th of July are why you have those weekly discretionary points, but my margin of error for the week is now quite a bit smaller.
On a positive note I have already done one walk and one elliptical session so far and have earned 20 activity points. Since I start every week with 49 discretionary points that sounds like a good activity goal for me. Considering an hour walk or a 20-25 elliptical session equals 10 points I just need to get 5 of those in this week. And that is very doable seeing as I am 40% of the way there already.
The salad kick started today and I am roasting some chicken for homemade salads as I type. 3 days of that should clear away some of the Independence Day excesses.
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