Day 507: Forever Grateful

Photo credit: ME ! This is where I spent my day!

 "Today I'm forever grateful for what is,

  and grateful for what has not yet come

  to me .. for that opens my heart to the

  endless possibilities and blessings

  available to me."


It's Day 507 of Nutrisystem. In reality I am grateful every day but Sunday is a good day to rest and reflect on your blessings. For so many years I felt like I had nothing to be grateful for and there were only curses in my life, not a blessing in sight. I know I've said it 100 times but the fire in August 2017 really changed my life. I won't rehash that story but I am reminded every day just how blessed I am. I have my health, I have my job, I have a home I love, my family is healthy. What else can you ask for ? Mind you, those blessings are not in order of importance ! 

 Breakfast was a 2 ounce 180 calorie cinnamon roll. Power fuel was a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit creme brulee yogurt. I was out for the day after that so I was eating "real food". While I was out I had a hamburger (very thin pre-formed patty), a hot dog (Hoffman and worth every bite!), about 1/2 cup of macaroni salad, some fruit salad (watermelon, grapes, strawberries) and a piece of Tuxedo Chocolate Mousse Cake from Costco. From what I could find online 1/12 of this cake is 370 calories. We consumed 8 servings and there was at least a third of the cake left, if not more. I also had 2 glasses of wine so I know I'm over 1200 calories today. I'll be out tomorrow so that may be a bit of a repeat but I'll be back to normal Tuesday. I got about 80 ounces of water in.

 I slept in until about 9:30 and that felt great ! I got on the treadmill shortly after 11 this morning and completed a 33 minute walk with iFit guide Jed Brophy in Tongariro National Park in New Zealand. It was very picturesque but the first half had a lot of steep incline, so it was a good workout ! The pace ranged from 2.3 to 3.1 mph so I didn't have to change any of the settings. After a day of fun in the sun I was too tired to get in any other exercise so I only logged 33 minutes, 1.5 miles and 200 calories today.
My sister invited the family over to cook out so I left the house around 1 pm to get my oil changed first. Set up Google Pay on my phone while I was there. Pretty cool and very easy to use ! After that was done I headed to my sisters to enjoy the sun and a small socially distanced cookout. I got a little more sun than I probably should have but it felt SO GOOD to just sit there in the great outdoors and soak it up ! It is so nice to be with my family again ! I tried on 3 pairs of shorts before I went out and they were all huge. One pair was a size 20 (I'm in a 12 now) and the other 2 pairs were size 1X. I bought them last year and never wore them ! I guess when the retail stores open I need to pick up a couple pairs. I could order online but I'd really like to try them on. We'll see if that is even allowed ! I ended up wearing capri leggings and threw a t-shirt over a sports bra. It's so ironic - when I weighed 300 pounds I saw thousands of clothing items online that I loved, but they didn't come in my size. Now that I can wear smaller sizes I can't find much of anything that I would say I "love". I'm sure there's a lesson there. I spent so many years wishing for so many things that are now possible and yet they don't seem quite so important anymore.

 The swelling in my gums has gone down a lot since yesterday so that is an encouraging sign ! On that note it's time for another dose of antibiotics, a quick shower and then I'm headed for bed. Totally enjoyed my day but I'm tired now !

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