Day 473: Make It Better
"Always end the day with a positive
thought. No matter how hard things
were, tomorrow's a fresh opportunity to
make it better."
It's Day 473 of Nutrisystem and Day 36 of quarantine. I wish my butt was lounging in that beach chair right now ! That's going to be my positive thought for the day .. lol ! I've found that it takes a lot less energy to be positive, especially now. Holding on to negative thoughts and bitterness can be exhausting and it does more harm than good. In the past couple of years my life has changed for the better in so many ways and those are the things I think about. I just have to keep letting go of the things I can't change. That is what is getting me through this.
Breakfast was a 2.1 ounce 180 calorie cinnamon roll. Power fuel was a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit creme brulee yogurt. Morning snack was a 155 calorie vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 3.8 ounce 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt with a chef salad. Dressing added 30 calories. Afternoon snack was a 1.42 ounce 190 calorie Nature Valley granola bar. Dinner was a 4 ounce 180 calorie artichoke & spinach stuffed chicken breast with roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 2.2 ounce 140 calorie lemon zest cake. Total calories for the day are 1175 and I got 64 ounces of water in.
My lunchtime workout was a 23 minute walk in Hawaii with iFit trainer Kirsty Godso. This workout had a couple of longer intervals at 3 mph and 3.3 mph and there was no incline. In spite of my back pain I powered through it and felt better once I got going. After work I completed #3 in the Grand Canyon series with John Peel. It was a 31 minute walk at 2.6 mph with no incline. After sitting all afternoon to work it was not easy to get myself fully upright but I did it. Again, once I got going my back felt better. I took a couple of aspirin and that helped too. I logged 54 minutes, 2.4 miles and 235 calories. I did skip the Total Gym, mostly because I was too tired, but I'm hoping to get back to it tomorrow. It's hard to explain but it seems like I had to work a lot harder on the treadmill just to stay upright today and that was tiring. You don't really realize how much you use your back muscles until they are bothering you !
Today turned out to be a beautiful day although we're still stuck in the 40's and 50's. I was grateful for the blue skies and sunshine ! I didn't get up early today, mostly because I was finally able to get a good nights sleep ! I actually spent some time lying on the heating pad when I went to bed last night and that helped a lot. A couple more days and my back should be fine. I wasn't very productive at work due to computer issues all morning so I'm hoping tomorrow is a better day for that ! Beyond that today was an unremarkable day.
Next up is some time with the heating pad in bed !
Breakfast was a 2.1 ounce 180 calorie cinnamon roll. Power fuel was a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit creme brulee yogurt. Morning snack was a 155 calorie vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 3.8 ounce 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt with a chef salad. Dressing added 30 calories. Afternoon snack was a 1.42 ounce 190 calorie Nature Valley granola bar. Dinner was a 4 ounce 180 calorie artichoke & spinach stuffed chicken breast with roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 2.2 ounce 140 calorie lemon zest cake. Total calories for the day are 1175 and I got 64 ounces of water in.
My lunchtime workout was a 23 minute walk in Hawaii with iFit trainer Kirsty Godso. This workout had a couple of longer intervals at 3 mph and 3.3 mph and there was no incline. In spite of my back pain I powered through it and felt better once I got going. After work I completed #3 in the Grand Canyon series with John Peel. It was a 31 minute walk at 2.6 mph with no incline. After sitting all afternoon to work it was not easy to get myself fully upright but I did it. Again, once I got going my back felt better. I took a couple of aspirin and that helped too. I logged 54 minutes, 2.4 miles and 235 calories. I did skip the Total Gym, mostly because I was too tired, but I'm hoping to get back to it tomorrow. It's hard to explain but it seems like I had to work a lot harder on the treadmill just to stay upright today and that was tiring. You don't really realize how much you use your back muscles until they are bothering you !
Today turned out to be a beautiful day although we're still stuck in the 40's and 50's. I was grateful for the blue skies and sunshine ! I didn't get up early today, mostly because I was finally able to get a good nights sleep ! I actually spent some time lying on the heating pad when I went to bed last night and that helped a lot. A couple more days and my back should be fine. I wasn't very productive at work due to computer issues all morning so I'm hoping tomorrow is a better day for that ! Beyond that today was an unremarkable day.
Next up is some time with the heating pad in bed !
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