Well, it's true! I am a total numbers nerd! I love to count, I love math, and I love to make spreadsheets with lots of calculations on them. I am also a little OCD which can really make my love of numbers quite funny.
For example - there are 3 restrooms in my office building that I choose to use. I can tell you how many steps it takes to get to each one from my office. There used to be two parking lots to choose from when parking at work. I used to be able to tell you how many steps it takes to get to each one. I used to wear a pedometer - if you have ever used a decent one you know you have to enter your average step length - I measured my step according to the instructions. Then I would go walk a mile while counting my steps then check to see if I calculated my step length correctly. I love to set timers to see if I can get things done within a certain amount of time. I love to balance checkbooks! Oh my, I could go on and on!
Anyway - all that to talk about a thought that has been bouncing around in my head. I am a weight watcher. Love love love Weight Watchers because it works (when I work the program), it is something I can totally live with the rest of my life, it helps me to realistically feed my family better, and because all food has a points plus value and I have a recommended number of points plus that I use each day - numbers! The thought/idea - "Eat well 90% of the time" and you can lose weight, get healthy - yadi yada... But I began to think - exactly how much is 90%?? As I was kicking this around the thought became just eating well "most" of the time.
Are you ready?
If you eat 3 meals per day - that would mean 1/3 of a single meal could be "unhealthy or less healthy that what you have committed to" - not much in my opinion.
So lets look at it this way - It you eat 3 meals per day for a week, that's 21 meals. That means 2.1 meals could be "unhealthy or less healthy that what you have committed to. That sounds more doable but really when you look at your current eating pattern I bet you would have to cut A LOT of unhealthy out of your week.
But wait - what if you eat snacks each day too!?!
3 meals per day and 3 snacks per day - 2/3 of a meal can be unhealthy - again not much.
Per week - 42 total eats - a little over 4 could be "unhealthy" - again , I am sure we would all need to do come cutting back!
Now if you are a weight watcher this gets kinda fun and a little more applicable!
My recommended daily points plus allowance is 36 per day which is which means per week I could spend 25 points plus on the less healthier options. And I would also have to add that I would want to make sure I had met my good health guidelines before I chose a less healthy option.
I know - kind of an odd post. But I wanted to do it because I wanted to see it "on paper". Plus the 90% thinking could be applied to many areas of life...don't even get me started! LOL!
Well I hope it was a fun little post for you today!
Lots of love!
D. J.
