With less than 2 days left to go, I think I can safely say that I've had a fantastic on-plan week. I have 12.5 flex points left, and for me, that's absolutely amazing.
You know, it took me a while to warm up to the flexpoints system, but I'm really starting to love it. Seriously, I'd like to give the guy who thought this up a big hug and say "you know me--you really, really know me!"
Flex points plays to my psyche in a way that the old plan didn't. When I was given a 5-point range, my slacker self said that I can get away with the high end of that range. And then it quietly whispered that I can maybe go one or two over that range...and before I knew it, I was having 35-point days and not having the 22 point days to make up for them. But there was no guilt about it. It was kind of like running out of cash on hand and using the ATM card--It's still all MY money, right?
Following that analogy (flawed though it is), Flex points hits my brain like $24 cash per day and a credit card with a $35 limit that's paid in full each week. I feel guilty about using credit cards, since I know the interest charges will be piling up, and to use credit is to spend someone else's money. Not to mention that once you hit that credit limit, you're done. The card doesn't work anymore.
I guess I could have thought of the old plan the same way, but seeing that flexpoints bank dwindle affects me in a way that a negative bank didn't. It's working better, and I've got the results to prove it, finally. If I don't get crazy today or tomorrow, I should be able to see 188 or better Wednesday (I'm at 189 today, but I think it's bloat). That's at least 3 lbs this week! Do you know how long it's been since I had a 3 lb. loss in a week? Many, many moons (unofficial weigh-ins, since the end of July...official weigh-ins, since mid-May).
Posted by Joy at September 15, 2003 11:07 AM