On Tracking

This week’s WW meeting was about the importance, and power, of tracking. I know tracking works so I decided in that meeting that I was going to track all week. Then I resisted for the next 3 days. Huh? I know it works. I resolved to do it. And yet I held off. What’s that about?

Not sure but I think part of it is that I didn’t have a great day on Saturday from a program standpoint. My “dinner” Saturday night was three glasses of wine and half a flatbread appetizer (think small thin crust mushroom, onion, and feta pizza). Oy. I also didn’t plan very well so I was sure it wouldn’t look good.

But tonight I decided to do what I would tell any member who asked  me to do - track it anyway. If I want the pants I was wearing today to fit right again, I need to do it. So I bit the bullet.

I’ll be honest that I don’t recall 100% of what I ate since Saturday but I’ve got 95% of it. Things weren’t great but thanks to my 15 AP spin class on Sunday and a switch to using my APs on a weekly basis instead of daily I had the final damage report. I’ve used all the APs I’ve earned so far this week and used 11 of my WPAs. Not great, but not terrible. And at least now I know. I’m hoping that knowledge will give me the motivaiton to plan and track better for the rest of the week.

It’s also inspiring me to work out and earn some more APs. I had planned/hoped to do it tonight but couldn’t quite motivate myself. So I’m going to get up tomorrow morning and use my awesome new playlist before an early meeting.

All in all a good day because I treated today like a fresh start for good behavior instead of writing off the whole week. Here’s hoping it pays off the next time I go to put those pants on!