Baby Steps to my Food Tracker

I'll admit it.  I'm overwhelmingly a tad inconsistent sometimes.  In fact, it can probably be said that the only thing I've ever been truly consistent about is being inconsistent.  I realize that's not something to be proud of, it's just the way things are.

I'm trying to fight it though.  I'm really trying to be much more consistent in my good eating habits, tracking my food, eating "whole" and healthy food, and even *gasp!* getting some exercise. 

Though I'm trying to do all of these things everyday, I'm focusing on tracking my food every day this week.  I'll exercise a bit, I'll do my best to eat healthfully, but mostly, I'm just trying to be honest about writing down what I eat everyday, even if I go over my Weight Watcher Points.

Some days it's easy to be accountable, like today.  I made awesome choices for breakfast and lunch and had enough points left over to treat myself to an amazing taste treat: a Shatto Ice Cream Sammich.  Yes, a Sammich.  And not any kind of Sammich.  An oatmeal cookie with salted caramel ice cream SAMMICH.  It was pure awesomeness in my mouth.  I kid you not.  And it was worth every bit of the 16 Weight Watchers PointsPlus that it cost me to eat it.  The amazing thing is that I knew that I had at least that amount of points left so I could enjoy my treat guilt free.

Some days are not so easy to commit to tracking my food, like this past Sunday when my family went out to Golden Corral for lunch.  Now, even though I tried not to go too crazy, I didn't make the most health-conscious decisions for filling my plate.  I'll admit it, I gorged enjoyed myself a little.  But when I got home, I knew that I had to at least track something, even though I couldn't possibly remember everything that I ate.  So, I went ahead and decided that I had most likely used all of my daily PointsPlus, as well as the rest of my weekly Points. 

So, I'm trying to be more consistent.  My Weight Watchers leader has a great quote that reminds us of often:  You only have to track your food on the weeks that you want to lose weight.  Well, I really want to lose some weight this week, so even though it goes against my nature, I'm working hard to be consistent in tracking every BLT (bite, lick, and taste)  I take.