Flunking Weight Watchers

I've been attempting to follow Weight Watchers for exactly 3 days. It hasn't been going so well.

Day 1, Friday...All started out well. I walked. Then came home to a breakfast of one scrambled egg & one slice of toast. The toast was really good--Ancient Grains something or other. Four points and it stayed around awhile.

Then my husband asks if I want to go ride bikes. Sure thing! After our ride, it was time for a late lunch/early dinner. We chose a local seafood place that is really good. Their special that day was a fried fish sandwich with chips & a pickle and a cup of veggie/crab soup.

I could have been good and ordered a salad and bowl of the super yummy veggie/crab soup. And, I really tried to will myself into choosing wisely. The waitress comes to take our orders and "I'll have the special." springs from my mouth. It was delicious!

FAIL!

Saturday, I started out my day very well. Another scrambled egg with that oh so yummy toast. 4 points down. 21 left.

Well, we went out of town. I did choose somewhat wisely for lunch. A salad, just veggies, with Balsamic vinegarette dressing and half of a Smokehouse Turkey Panini from Panera. I love that place!

You see, the problem is none of these places are local. So when I'm there, I want what I want. After all, I never know when we will return. It can be months.

Dinner time comes and off to Olive Garden we go. I love their salad, just for the dressing. And, my favorite entree, the one I get every time, is Shrimp Caprese. I ordered the lunch portion. Unfortunately, our waitor didn't hear, forgot or misunderstood and it was the larger, dinner portion. I enjoyed every last bite of that dish. I should be ashamed. But, it was too good for that.

Then before we left for home, my dear husband--the runner of marathons, the biker of 50+ mile routine rides, the tri-athelete wannabe--suggests stopping at Cold Stone Creamery. Thud! Of course, the boy is totally on board with that. And, since we have never been there before, I really want to try it. And, I order the small size. Sure it has fudge & caramel & chocolate chips & cookie dough all smooshed around in it. The ice cream guy hands me my order and it's the medium size. He dipped too much ice cream. *sigh* And, I ate it. All of it.

In the end, I figured that I used fifty-three points. 5-3 More than twice what I was supposed to use.

Epic Fail

Seriously, this weekend I blew clear through 35 extra points & the 7 activity points. This is why I am fat! And, flunking Weight Watchers.

Today, I'm happy to report that at 10:30 pm, I have 3 points remaining. We even ate out today. But, the thing of it is, I didn't get out of bed until 11 am and have only had 2 meals and a snack.

If I can just get through Thursday, I can start over.