Sundays are so hard.

Confession time.

I ate ice cream. not a lot of ice cream, but more than I should've considering earlier in the day I gave way to two sugar cookies - the frosted kind, shaped like hearts - gift from my mom for Valentine's Day. (These are my all-time favorite cookies.)

Not to add insult to injury, but the Girl Scout cookies came in.

sigh.

Now, when I ordered them, I knew I needed to go light on the Carmel Delites, so I only got one box (two of them are three points) and then I got Adam some peanut butter ones that I would never spend points on.

I haven't been eating healthy this week. Oh, I've been keep under my points, but that's part of the problem. Last night, I went to bed with eight points left. The night before it was seven. When my fridge isn't stocked, rather than eat something I'll regret, I just don't eat. Neither option is going to score me any points - or help me lose any weight. WW is clear - you have to eat your points.

I've also eaten out about four times - which is about four times more than I wanted to. Granted, I was able to stay with items I knew the points values for, but my body doesn't do well on this kind of food. In fact, it flat rejected it. I need to get to the grocery store, in spite of how busy I am - in spite of the winter storm. it's a must.

I didn't get to weigh in last week either. Thursday, Adam was set to help deliver flowers as a fundraiser for our youth department, so I figured I would try and go Friday or something. The only Friday meeting was at 8 a.m. and there was no way I would make it all the way out there by then, so it was a bust. bah.

It didn't really matter, though, according to my scale, I haven't dropped any more weight.

I am frustrated because I really did good last week.

sigh.

So, tomorrow is another day. Forgetting the ice cream. I can't beat myself up over the doggone cookie dough chunks. I'm just glad I didn't eat the whole pint. I probably ate one serving.

But still.

Tomorrow is another day.

I'm making corn and potato chowder.

Yum.

Comments

[Shaun]

Courtney, it is ok to treat yourself once and a while. If you think you were bad, you should see what I ate this weekend. My husband was out of town and when his is here he does not like the kids to eat Pop Tarts. So, when he leaves I allow them this one little treat on the weekends. The problem was they were on sale; 2 for $2. So I bought way too many and of course I had my fair share. My poor husband is stuck in Atlanta, they canceled all of the flights due to tornado warnings. He was supposed to leave first thing in the am with our middle son and all of the 5th graders for a 3 day retreat on one of the Barrier Islands. So, now he will arrive late tomorrow afternoon, come home and pack, then drive out to meet the kids. Too bad the pop tarts are all gone. Like you said, tomorrow is a new day. I am going to give my husbands Total Gym a try and eat better. You have inspired me!

[Tina]

Ms. Courtney - don't beat yourself up!! I agree - you need to treat yourself once in awhile - and like you said, at least it wasn't the pint!!

Your cookies got me thinking about something we do here at our house. Whenever we get something that isn't already pre-packaged (which is often because pre-packaged is more!), we always break it down into single servings. For example, with your GS cookies, you could put how ever many 3 pts is into a snack bag, instead of leaving them in the package. That way, you grab just 3 pts worth and aren't tempted to grab any more. You walk away from the cupboard, instead of leaving the package out or carrying it around. Does that make sense?? We do it with almost everything. It makes it easier to grab a snack to go also, and, for my girls, they are learning more appropriately what a serving size is.

This week is going to be a good week!!! And, you inspire me too!

[Sarah]

Courtney,
I'm echoing the others, but don't beat yourself up! I keep calling these learning experiences. Sundays are hard for me too b/c we always go out to eat w/the in-laws after church and sometimes we go to places that aren't really conducive to WW. So, I do the best I can. I figure it's a lot better than I was doing. You are too, so just keep going!

[Susan Beth Breuner]

Keep your chin up and remember, no matte where you are, it is always best to make the next right choice instead of beating yourself up over the last wrong choice.

[Cyndi Hoehn]

A single serving of ice cream is soooooo not the end of the world. . . you really deserve a break -REALLY! I ate at Arby's with the kids on Sat. and I felt horrible a half hour later, but man was that roastbeef sandwich good. I know I won't eat one again for awhile, so I don't feel guilty.

Have you been working out at all? I'm still trying to (when I can).