The Scale Went in the Wrong Direction This Week

It was bound to happen. I know that the weight loss journey is LITERALLY filled with ups and downs, but I'd much rather have "downs", meaning that I'm losing weight. Tonight at my weigh in I discovered I'd gained .4 pounds, so not even a 1/2 pound. Should I beat myself up over that? No. But am I? You bet. Why? Because I KNOW better. I know exactly where I went wrong. I did not track EVERYTHING. When you're on the Weight Watchers Points Plus plan, unless you're using the "Simply Filling" technique (I can explain another time) you must track every single thing you put in your mouth. I mentioned in a previous blog entry that I had a bad day and consumed a lot of food. That was the day I didn't track, and the scale reflected that tonight. 

I learned that not only do I need to track my meals and snacks, but every time I taste something I need to track that, too. For example, tonight when I made dinner, I tasted a couple of bites of steak that I put in my salad. I tracked those tastes, and gave each one a point. 

I'm going to stop beating myself up, brush myself off, and get back on the right track. I know what I need to do, and it's time to get back to it. This is not going to be a blog just about my journey, it will be about my success. I can do this! No, I WILL do this! 

Check out the following pics. The first is an example of playing with my food, lol. The second was dinner tonight. I made steak salad. It was pretty darn good. There was only 2 ounces of meat on it, but it went a long way. It goes to show that in the past my portion sizes were way out of control!