One of the consequences of my "system" is that round numbers end up feeling like more of a big deal then normal. Scoring 1000 points for a day is the "goal" and so any day that doesn't happen always leaves me feeling a bit like a failure. In the end it shouldn't...the difference between 850 points and 1000 points for one day is negligible over the length of the diet, but it feels like an important difference regardless.
One other aspect of that is the difference a few minor choices can make for meeting or failing to meet that artificial goal. What if I'd decided to work out as originally planned...well then I'd have another 500 points and wouldn't be having this conversation. What if I'd decided to skip the mid-afternoon snack? Or skipped the fries with dinner? These minor choices are the difference between what my mind classifies as a failure vs what it would classify as a success. Tomorrow I'll likely work harder to reduce calories solely because of today's weakness. In the end it will all balance out but the day to day accomplishments are still a big motivational factor. It's also why nothing is quite so fast to destroy a diet as one really bad cheat day.
Food today: egg and cheese with multivitamin and soda for breakfast (257 calories), chicken patties on whole wheat rolls for lunch (640 calories), dinner was a hamburger and cheeseburger with some leftover french fries (950 calories), the snack that put me over today was an english muffin with peanut butter (300 calories).
Exercise today: 10,000 steps, but otherwise a rest day.
Totals
Food eaten: 2147
Calories Burned: 0
Daily Points: 853
Weekly Points: 10764
Total earned: 38051
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