My 20.5 point lunch

Yes...20.5 points for lunch. That will mean something for those who have been on weight watchers before. For those who haven't...well...for someone who is a decent weight that might be close to all of their daily points!

What did I have? A crispy chicken wrap and a small hot fudge shake from Dairy Queen. The crispy chicken wrap was sooooo tiny too. It's smaller than the similar one that Taco Bell has.

Anyhoo, that left me with not very many points for dinner. But, the nice thing with weight watchers, is that I was very aware of the need to cut back for dinner. This doesn't mean that I starved myself. I still ate dinner and finished out the night pretty satisfied. I probably could've been a little more satisfied if I hadn't splurged on lunch. But I definitely didn't go to bed hungry or anything like that. The key to that??? LOTS of veggies at dinner time! I still had 1/2 cup of mac 'n' cheese too! I did cut into my weekly points a bit so that I could have a beer.

The ability to use weekly points at my discretion is one of the things that I LOVE about weight watchers. Granted, I could choose to not use them and lose weight quicker. But I would end up feeling deprived and binging. Using my weekly points ensures that I get a little something almost every day. Usually it's beer. I often don't have enough extra points for both beer(or wine) and ice cream. And wouldn't you know it that most days I'd actually prefer the alcohol? That's a good thing. Alcohol in moderation (such as once a day or once every other day) is not bad for you and in fact has some health benefits. I don't know that ice cream has any known health benefits, except maybe mentally! :) Anyways, I was really getting into a bad habit of eating ice cream almost every night while I was preggo. In fact, Boo had started to ask for "ice keem" in the evenings. This is not something I want to pass onto my son...the need to gorge on ice cream in the evenings. So I will definitely continue to include ice cream in my life as it's a huge love of mine, but it will be less frequently enjoyed!

So, while a 20.5 point lunch is not the wisest thing that I've done lately, I still made it work!