A tiny loss...

First, let me say.... I cheated.

Yup.  Just a little.  Let me explain...

I wear the same pants to weigh in each week but I can't remember what shirt I wear.  So, knowing that Thursday night I was having a chocolate binge and ate 5, YES 5! 100 calorie chocolate cakes (I know, I know) I knew that weigh in on Friday might now be the best one.  I was good and I did record my 5 chocolate cakes into my points tracker, but overall throughout the week I did end up eating about 20 of those "extra" weekly points they give you. - I have a theory about this too, I'll explain in a bit. 

Anyhow, knowing that my shirts weigh different, I decided I would weigh them.

On my food scale.

One of my shirts weighed about 8.4 oz.  Another shirt weighed about 4 oz.  I decided I could use the lightest shirt I could get my hands on and decided on the 4 oz. shirt.  Which, by the way - is more of a Summer shirt and I was quite chilly, I really could have used the comfort of the 8.4oz. shirt!

So when I got to my meeting, I jumped on the scale and lost only .2 pounds. 

Yup .2.  So had I wore the shirt I should have worn (for a chilly October morning), I would have actually gained  weight!  Yikes!  And now what am I to do for next week?  I'm going to have to wear slightly heavier clothes.  As a matter of fact, I'm not sure how much longer I can wear the pants - they are capris!! 

And that's that.  That's my small cheat.  Weighing my shirt before weigh in to make sure I am wearing the lightest clothes possible.

OK, now let me say something about those extra 35 weekly points you are given.  I think they are a fabulous thing.  Something that I've used a couple times. But I think they are best used all at once.  It's better if you use them for a nice night out or a BBQ or something like that.  When you use 1 or 2 or even 4 of those points a day, it's not as effective.  Granted I'm thinking that if you go over by 1/2 a point one or two days out of the week I think you'll be fine but using them regularly isn't advised.  Or at least, not for me.

So this week, I'm down a smidgen.  A teeny tiny bit.  But a loss is a loss and I'll take them all - even if I do have to weigh my clothes!  Hehe!