Good Day, Good Food

Why is it so easy to forget that good food tastes good?! I've been having a really great WW day today. I've stayed between my points, I've thought about my choices, I didn't eat 90% of my points by lunch time. All good! So I get home from work around 5 and am really, really tired. I sat down and started reading my WW materials (which I realized I never, ever read in the 10 weeks they were handing them out). I thought that it would be good to look at the plan as a beginner, not a "know it all" who doesn't need to read the stuff. So obviously it was such riveting reading - LOL! - that I started napping in the middle of it. I woke up 20 minutes later to a kitty looking for dinner, and I was bored and I was tired and I was really hungry, and all I could think of was how I wanted pizza. Sure, I could make pizza work. Tuesday is my weigh-in day, so my Points re-set. I could go into my 35 extra weekly points for it. But I don't want to make that choice today. I start thinking about dinner, but I'm getting frantic because I want it NOW. I never should've let my blood sugar drop like that, but I did, and now I was going to find a reasonable way to deal with it. I rummaged through the freezer and found a bag of frozen broccoli. I tossed it in the microwave steamer, waited my 7 minutes or so for it, put about 1-1/2 cups on a plate with about 1-1/2 tbsp. of shredded parmesan on it, and sat down to eat it. I decided this would take the edge off my hunger so I could make an informed, decent decision about how to proceed with my Points choices. I forgot how much I love shredded parmesan, and how little it took to make the broccoli nice. After eating that, and feeling less starving, I decided to boil some potatoes. I hate that I keep buying potatoes and throwing them in the yard waste after they become science experiments. I love potatoes. I love cooking potatoes. But I'm lazy, and I hate that I'm wasting the food, and I hate that I've disrespected the farmers who grew those potatoes when I waste them, and I hate that people are going hungry while I throw out food I could've eaten if not for the fact that I made a different choice on a different day. But I digress. I boiled some potatoes and then took out a package of veggie burgers (tomato basil flavor) and microwaved that while I waited for the potatoes to cook. I often do what I call "eating in shifts": eating one part of my meal (veggies), then eating my protein, then eating my carb, one after the other as I cook them. It's weird, but it works sometimes. I ate my veggie burger, and then waited for the potatoes to finish. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. I boiled them until they were very soft and decided to pseudo-mash them. Nothing fancy. Salt, pepper, a little bit of olive oil/butter spread (we make it from scratch) and a dash of oat milk. It was lumpy, but it was warm and satisfying. I am happy, I am full. And, believe it or not, I've still got 4.5 points left for the day! I'll wait until later in the evening and find something fun to eat , like maybe some popcorn with real butter instead of the packing-peanut-style popcorn I usually eat. Tuesday is Biggest Loser night, and for some reason when I watch that show (about a bunch of morbidly obese people struggling to lose weight), I feel as if I want to eat the junkiest crap on the planet. I know a few people who say the same thing, interestingly enough. So Tuesday is a good day to have extra points for an indulgence. It feels really good to have had a good day food-wise and to care enough about myself that I took the time to make myself some good food. And to make leftovers so I can have more another day! I'm especially glad that I didn't let my WW meeting today discourage me. I showed up for the first time in 2 weeks. I knew it wouldn't be pretty. And it wasn't - I gained 2.8 pounds. But it's okay. It's cause and effect: eat like crap, don't exercise, gain weight. :) But I know what I have to do and I feel really optimistic about it now. That's a good day!