so far, so good

It's only been a day and a half, but the new plan's going pretty well so far. I only ate 5.5 non-core points yesterday, and 4.5 so far today. (It would be more than that if I wasn't including nuts and flavored non-fat yogurt in my core list, but I am.) I have 4.5 non-core points today so far, and will probably end up with about 8-10 at the end of the day. The APs from the sculpting class will counteract about half of them, though, and I'm still completely on track.

What's always surprising to me when I start a plan like this is how easy it is at first. I started with eggs this morning, had a yogurt and some pistachios around 9:30, coffee, and decided not to go out for lunch because I wasn't really hungry. I had my apples and peanut butter (my non-core points) snack instead. I may eat my rosemary chicken lean cuisine after the workout, if I'm hungry then. I might even count it as core, since it does have the brown rice. Sure, you could call that cheating, but I like to call it "adapting". Potayto, potahto. :)

Of course, part of my contentment with this plan is that it's working. Those 4 lbs I gained? Gone. Yes, I knew they were just water weight, and it probably wasn't eating on-plan yesterday that did it, but it's nice to see them disappear nonetheless. Now I can start breaking new ground this week. Or new since last week, anyway...it'll be a long time before I'm breaking into the truly virgin territories.