04/07/09: Food

1 bag Kellogg's mini breaks (original) - 1.5pts
1 veggie fajitas (without any cheese, guacamole, sour cream or salsa) - 11.5pts
1 bowl of fries - 5.5pts
1 can Pret a Manger grape & elderflower drink - 2pt
WW baked beans - 2pts
1 ham & cheese chicken kiev - 4.5pts

Total: 27/23pts (used banked 4pts from yesterday)

Fluids: 1L of Diet Coke and 1L of water

Mexican food at Chiquito's was my splurge of today. I felt full and well fed by the end of it so I'm chuffed. I've also promised myself that this week, I'm going to stick to my points. I realised that yesterday's underspend of points is NOT good. Yeah, I managed to save the maximum 4 points for today's meal but it's not right. I can't justify doing this to myself and always crossing my fingers for a weight loss every WI! When I get into the 13's, I'm going to be consuming one point less so I better make the most of my 23pts and that's not so I can eat a bar of chocolate or eat lots of bread, but spend it wisely and healthily.

I think I'm failing at my challenge of drinking 1.5 litres of water a day. Does 1L of Diet Coke even count as water anyway? Maybe it does but it's not exactly the healthiest way to take in fluid, I guess. I raised the subject "Is fruit squash bad for you?" on the WW forum and got an echo of "no, as long as it's got no added sugar in it", which sounds absolutely fine. But what worries me is the ingredients - seriously, what is phenylalanine (it's in Diet Coke as well as a No Added Sugar Robinson's Fruit & Barley squash)? A great suggestion was to add mint leaves or lemon slices instead, which actually sounds very refreshing and I will buy mint leaves and lemon tomorrow on our trip to Sainsbury's.