Only if I Track it First

Something that helped me today was saying "only if I track it first" in regards to food. I'd planned out my entire day (Thursday is lunch day with the hubby) but someone brought Krispy Kreme donut holes. I wanted some real real bad. Before I let myself go in there, I told myself I could only have them if I counted them. So, instead of feeling immensely guilty I looked it up and found out that 4 donut holes are 6 points. I took 3 for 4 points. I had to dip into my weekly allowance, which I'm trying not to do as much, but it was worth it. Now I'm not sitting in my office obsessing about the donut holes I wanted. I find that if I do that to myself, I end up doing something worse later because I'm mad. (and possibly hangry!)
"I didn't get a donut this morning. I'm getting dessert now" *angry face*

So, next time you're really wanting some food, tell yourself you HAVE to track it first. Then, it may be worth it and it may not be. And track those negative points! I tracked everything I ate for a week even though I wasn't really watching what I ate and was in the negative. Seeing that gave me the bump I needed the next week.

Weigh In Wednesday - Week 9

I really hope I lose. My cousin was here over the weekend and I took off Monday so I wasn't perfect (helloooo 3 cupcakes.) but, I think I did okay. I mostly counted and I don't think I even used all my extra points (okay, maybe the cupcakes). I ate a turkey sandwich at a burger place (I did have fries though) and got a salad the next day for lunch (the BEST salad, but I stuffed myself with said salad even though I knew I shouldn't).

So, I may not be losing 6lbs by the end of Spring Challenge. Oh well. This Challenge has NOT had the desired effect on my motivation. I feel too pressured and start to give up.


Okay. Just got back from weigh in. To refresh your memory:

Week 1: Starting weigh in

Week 2: -.6

Week 3: -3.4

Week 4: -1.0

Week 5: +1.2

Week 6: -1.2

Week 7: 0

Week 8: +1.4

Week 9: -2.6

Total lost = 7.4

I should really stop writing half of these posts BEFORE I weigh in. I LOST 2.6 POUNDS. Now, I need to be careful not to "reward" myself for doing well. Note to self: cupcakes are not a reward for weightloss.

I guess the moral today is - stick to it and don't give up even when you screw it up a little...or a lot.

Weigh In Wednesday - Week 7

I'm a day late, but I don't weigh in until noon at my weekly meeting, so I forgot.
Anyways, I'm holding steady.

Week 1: Starting weigh in

Week 2: -.6

Week 3: -3.4

Week 4: -1.0

Week 5: +1.2

Week 6: -1.2

Week 7: 0

All in all, I'm happy with that. I splurged more than I should have. Not exactly what I wanted going into Easter weekend, but I'm determined to be good and only splurge with my 49 points. 

Speaking of, it's a holiday tomorrow. We're going all the way to Arkansas. I actually really hate busy weekends. They make the week back feel so much worse. But, it'll be good to see the hubs parents. 

Food and Work

I think I'm going to dip into my weekly Points+ allowance and have Cane's Chicken for lunch. I can be really careful and not touch them, but I think I want to enjoy it a little more than I would being extra careful. I've only had 2 points+ today (I usually have 5 but my recent stomach flu and antibiotics has made me fairly intolerant to milk products, so I can't have my cream cheese english muffin) so if I eat 20 points+ for lunch I could still have 11 for dinner. That's a serving of cheeseburger casserole and a weight watchers ice cream. Not bad. That's for a three finger box at Cane's, water, no extra sauce. (there is some discussion if that's the right points, some go as high as 28 but this seems to have all the right components). But, I really want a pop, and some ketchup, and an extra thing of Cane's. Soooo, that would bring it up to about 28, leaving only 3 for dinner. But I can dip into my weekly and still have about 20 points+ left in my weekly for the weekend. So, I think I'll do that. 

About work.

I work at an oil and gas company. I'm a new accountant (graduated with my masters in December) and all new accountants go through a rotational program where we rotate through the different accounting departments. We are like glorified interns for about a year, year and a half. Currently I'm in tax. I don't like tax. I don't want to be negative about it, all the people are SUUUUUPER nice, but, I love the other side of the equation. The doing journal entries, income statements, etc. I've always felt like tax is just over my head. One of those things I can learn, but it never just clicks. Even when I was in school I had to relate it back to the original journal entries to figure out what was going on. Here..... it's worse. The original journal entries don't make sense, or they don't do it quite "by the book" or there's some consolidation reason that it's in these weird accounts. I sort of hate it. I spent all afternoon yesterday and a couple hours this morning trying to figure out the corrections my boss sent me. I finally understood them (after having him come in and explain, then leave and email me a different explanation) and went to do the NEXT one, and it should match. Different numbers but same concept. Nope. It didn't balance. And every time I checked my work thinking I'd put something on the wrong line for adjustments I came up with the same answer. I HATE when I know I'm wrong but I can't even find my own mistake. I shouldn't be so hard on myself, but handing my boss a packet and knowing it's wrong is just not a good feeling. (for the record, I did tell him it was wrong and I couldn't find it.  Like I said, I'm like an intern. Not to be trusted, so he checks everything and sends back corrections)

My depression is also hard to keep at bay in this rotation. There are a couple different parts of tax and I keep getting shuffled to a new one after about a month. My one and only ally quit and now I keep working with actual managers, not accountant 2's. It's intimidating and I always feel like I'm wasting their time. Then about the time I start to feel like I've got this particular part, I get moved to another one. This is really hard for me. I don't do well with new people, I'm shy and awkward. I act fine at work, but it really stresses me out figuring out how to work with new people. Does this boss want me to struggle for hours before asking a question (I actually had a boss like that once), does this one like complete work sent to them even if it's wrong, or would they rather help you every 5 seconds? I obsess about these things, probably longer than I should, and it makes getting used to new people really hard. 

Okay, enough complaining. I'm hungry and I have to wait another hour before I can eat.