Day 228: Stay Positive

My dad loved trains .. this photo is for you Dad.

"Don't expect every day to be the best day in your life, but do expect the best from life, every day. Never ever give up, and always stay positive."



Staying positive sounds easy but it can be a challenge. I had intended a different topic today but seeing as how this would have been my dad's 80th birthday I wanted to keep things .. positive ! In my eyes my dad was a great man. He worked hard his entire life to provide for his family and cancer stole him away from us in 2012. My life was in chaos when dad passed away so I did not see him much in the weeks leading up to his death. I'll always regret that. Alex was ill at the time and working 40 hours and visiting 2 hospitals was nearly impossible for me. I still had dogs back then and they needed to be let out, so I didn't have much time after work. Needless to say it was a very difficult time for me. My dad was suffering so I was glad to see his pain gone, but I miss him every day. I've said before that I wonder if he had something to do with the blessings that have come into my life in the last couple of years. I think he did and I hope he knows how grateful I am. I like to think of him in Heaven with his mom and dad and his brothers and sisters. That's probably one rowdy group ! I try to stay positive in my life now because we only have this one life to live and why live it being hateful and negative ? Where does that get you ? I feel like I'm finally starting to live my life again and I'm not going to waste time being unhappy. I've let all baggage from the past go because I can't change it and I'm tired of carrying it. Starting the Nutrisystem program has been another blessing in my life. I don't think I could have lost 88.6 pounds in less than 8 months on my own. I very much needed the structure of Nutrisystem because I've never been one to cook and I was never creative when it came to meals. Nutrisystem has shown me how out of proportion my meal sizes were. I was eating 3-4 times more than I should have and of course I was eating all the wrong things. So although this is a bit of a sad day I'm happy to have this second chance at living my life. I think my dad would be proud of me. He never gave up and I'm not going to either.

Breakfast was a 2.1 ounce cherry cheese roll with caramel vanilla cream coffee. Second cup was triple chocolate. Morning snack was a 155 calorie vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 4.3 ounce 240 calorie southwest fiesta melt with raw carrots. Afternoon snack was a 5.3 ounce Light & Fit strawberry cheesecake yogurt and 1/2 cup of pineapple. The pineapple is 70 calories per the label on the jar, which is a bit short of the 80-120 a Smart Carb should be. Since fruit has a lot of sugar I'm not worried about the calorie deficit. Dinner was a 7.5 ounce 220 calorie chicken fettuccine alfredo with riced cauliflower. Evening snack was a 1.8 ounce 150 calorie chocolate cupcake. Total calories for the day are 1075 and I got 64 ounces of water in.

Weather was your typical late summer day today. Clouds came and went but it got muggy this afternoon. I walked to my car during lunch to throw some of my personal items in the trunk and it was warm and breezy, about 80 degrees. I decided to start taking stuff to my car during lunch since I have to carry my lunch bag and my purse when I leave work. I don't have much left to remove from my office but I don't want to leave things until the last day. By the time I left work it had gotten much warmer and there was no breeze. The sun was out so it was a good day to have the sunroof open for the ride home !

Started the week off right, with a workout, even though I'd have liked to stay right here on the couch. As always I feel great when the workout is over so I'm glad I got through it. Now it's time for a nice shower and then I'm sinking into my bed.



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