Day 33: Dare To Dream

“So many of our dreams at first seem Impossible. then they seem Improbable and then when we summon the will, they soon become Inevitable.”

Deep thoughts from Christopher Reeve. He achieved many of his dreams but I suspect some were stolen from him after his riding accident. He never gave up but I’m sure he had dark days and wanted to. Instead he worked tirelessly to help others.

I have one dream and that is to lose the weight. I have no dreams beyond that because I find that it’s best for me to focus on one thing at a time. When I achieve this dream (and I will !) then I might allow myself to dream about something else .. perhaps finding love. I don’t really need “things” in my life because I have everything I need, but it would be nice to have someone to enjoy it with. One thing I’ve learned is dreaming is not enough - you have to work for what you want to achieve. So I’ll keep working hard on the weight.

It’s Day 33 and today I feel good. Yesterday I came home with quite a stomach ache, probably a result of too many raw carrots. I had the same number of carrots today but I didn’t eat them all in one sitting and I chewed them thoroughly. My body is probably in shock - the veggies I’ve had in the past month are probably equal to what I ate for the past year ! Breakfast today was a 2 ounce 170 calorie double chocolate muffin. It was delicious with my hazelnut coffee ! My morning snack was a vanilla shake and veggie cake. Lunch today was a 4 ounce 230 calorie 4 cheese melt with raw carrots and cottage cheese. I could eat the melts everyday for lunch ! My afternoon snack was another peanut butter sandwich (2 slices of 45 calorie whole wheat bread with a tablespoon of peanut butter) which counts as a PF and a SC. Dinner tonight was a frozen entree - chicken fettuccine alfredo. It was very good ! I added a bit of romano cheese but it really didn’t need the extra flavor. I had a big bowl of roasted carrots & brussel sprouts with it. I’m at 1175 calories for the day and I’m working on getting to my water goal. I will likely have a snack at bedtime. Last night I had a piece of Nutrisystem chocolate cake. It was surprisingly good !

I have lots of goodies coming with my next shipment ! My 10 and 20 pound bears, a Nutrisystem water bottle, a pretzels & popcorn 10 pack, a breakfast 7 pack, a chocolate lovers 7 pack and an italian herb flatbread pizza. These items are all FREE !! Nutrisystem offers lots of special rewards for logging your meals and progress in their app. It’s pretty fun when your shipment arrives and this one is going to be extra special !

Today’s weather is quite different from yesterday ! We went from the 60’s to the 30’s and the low for tonight is 15 ! Walking to my car tonight I saw a woman wearing a summer dress, sweater and FLIP FLOPS ! Needless to say she was freezing since the temps had already dropped. I have no idea how far she had to walk to get to the garage but I’m sure she was glad to get in her car and blast the heat ! I sure hope that groundhog was right about an early spring !