A for Effort?

So, I finally came up with what I thought would be a good reward program for me.  My very own point system, tailored to me.  Every day that I go running, I would get a point.  Every day I eat fast food (or 2 giant plates of nachos), I would subtract a point.  However many points I have at the end of the month is how much money I can blow guilt-free as a reward for my efforts.  I figured this would allow wiggle room for when I HAD to have nachos, and wouldn't cost me a crazy amount of money (unless I started running every single day, and never, ever ate fast food.  Okay, I'm done laughing).


I'm currently at -5 points.

I even ran three days in a row!  But I got a salad at Wendy's yesterday because the leftovers I so diligently packed in my lunch apparently went bad.  I got Subway today because I was STARVING and knew the oatmeal I packed in my lunch wouldn't hold me until 5:00 p.m.  I got Dairy Queen the other night because Husband wanted some, and I went along for the ride, and after the long, arduous trip down the street, I really wanted something to show for it.  And just like that, all my running points from this weekend disappeared.  (Should the Wendy's salad count?  It is fast food, but it's a salad.)

Knowing that I have to run five more times just to break even isn't doing a whole lot to motivate me.  I feel like I failed before I even started.  Maybe I should only count the positive points the first month, just to encourage me to keep going.  It feels like cheating, but I don't know that I'll stay motivated otherwise.

Bleh.