Goooood afternoon everyone.

Well, it’s 4pm and I’ve met all of my daily fruit and veg requirements, eaten two of my healthy fats, and ingested both my dairy servings (going by calcium intake, not dairy specifically). Water intake is sitting at about 32oz, though, which can (and should) be improved on.

I’ve only eaten 15 points so far today, too, which means I have a ton left over for dinner.

Of course, this on a day when I have a really low-points dinner planned due to its high vegetable content. We’re having broiled (”indoor grilled” — shhh) portobello caps topped with roasted red peppers and melted provolone cheese, with a side of oven-baked spiced sweet potato french fries.

I’m just having one of those days where I don’t have a whole lot of high-cal foods planned, and I don’t really want any high-cal foods. Aren’t days like this part of the normal course of human eating? Should I really push myself to get up to 27? When other people ask this question, my answer is always, “yes! of course! slow metabolism lurks behind low food intake!” But when it’s me trying to convince myself to bulk up my meals, I just kind of groan.

With dinner, I’ll reach 20 pts consumed. I guess I could eat a bucket of almonds to make up the difference. I really don’t want to do it unhealthily — that is, I don’t want to fall victim to the chocolate spread throughout the office as I have been doing this week. I was aiming for today to be sugar-free because I really need to break the cravings I’ve been getting since Valentine’s Day-related splurging. Maybe I can make a bean salad type thing to go with dinner.

Oh, I don’t know. I guess I’ll report back tomorrow about what happened tonight, I’m just not up for thinking about it right now. What happens happens. What does everyone else do in these situations? Do you just deal with it and promise not to make it a habit, or do you force the points/cals in?