The plan made it this time.

I mentioned that Wednesday was the second night this week that we went out with friends in the evening. I also had lunch plans with a friend during the day. So, both lunch and "dinner" weren't what I've been used to in terms of points and choices. But I did okay. A little over, but not dramatically.

Breakfast: cottage cheese and pineapple, cocoa dusted almonds 100 cal pack
Lunch: Scoop of cranberry walnut chicken salad on greens. (this is about a cup of chicken, and more mayonnaise than I normally would use if I were making my own)
Dinner: Restaurant appetizer (shared) of pita and hummus, and some brie on baguettes. I only had 2 bites of the brie, and more of the hummus. Also had 2 glass of red wine
Snacks/Dessert: nothing additional

Total Points: 24 (4 come from weekly points, leaving me with 27.5 remaining)

Again, over a bit, but today was fine, and I've got several days left this week to do just fine.

Speaking of doing fine, I'm happy to report I did go to the gym tonight. In fact, I upped my cardio time from 30 minutes to 45, and I worked at a pretty high intensity. Very happy with myself, and I'm going to put that in the "plus" column for this week. (not only that, but I get 2 extra points to add to my weekly, if I need them. Which I won't.)

My gym actually has a rewards program -- we get points for different things (mainly recruiting new members, not my thang) and can cash in our points for treasure like water bottles and shirts and gym bags and the like. I'm not really focused on getting enough points to do anything like that, but I DO like the idea that they have one point-earning trigger which might be a good goal for me. I can earn 100 points for each month in which I visit the gym 8 times. That seems like a pretty good goal to focus on -- and obviously, both measurable and has a reward tied to it. (1250 points is the first "cash in" threshold, so it's REALLY not something that will turn into a real reward any time soon).

So, with September being a new month, I may put that in as a mini-goal for the month: Attend 8 times this month.

1 down, 7 to go.

Thanks for reading!