Day 52: On The Mend

I woke up very early this morning in a soaked nightgown - apparently I had a fever and it broke ! The moment I woke I knew that I felt better. It was still dark out so I put on a clean nightgown and went back to sleep. All I’m dealing with now is coughing and that will probably linger for a few days. My sore throat is gone along with much of the sinus congestion so I expect to be back to 100% very soon !
Day 52 on Nutrisystem ! Although I sometimes think about the foods I used to eat on a regular basis, I can’t say that I am really “craving” anything. The foods I’m eating on Nutrisystem are good and that is half the battle. Breakfast today was a 3.6 ounce 150 calorie canadian style turkey bacon, egg and cheese muffin. I had french vanilla coffee with it. A little later I had 2 string cheese (100 calories) for my morning PowerFuel. I never had my morning snack so I skipped right to lunch, which was a repeat of yesterday - a 4 ounce 220 calorie chicken fajita melt with salsa. You’re supposed to have a Power Fuel with lunch but I had a Smart Carb instead - 3/4 cup of pineapple. My morning snack should have been a Power Fuel and a Smart Carb so I’m still well within the limits of the program. I didn’t have an afternoon snack either. Dinner was a 10 ounce 260 calorie chicken enchilada entree. I’m pretty low on my calories today - only at 731 and my allotment is 1400. I’m treating myself to 2 snacks to make up for the lack of calories - a 2.2 ounce 140 calorie lemon zest cake with a 3.4 ounce chocolate brownie sundae cup. That gets me up to 1061 calories for the day. I’ll get back on track tomorrow. They say you have to eat to lose so I’m not trying to deliberately starve myself.

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