My Nutrisystem Journey

                                                                                                🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤   "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can  do and succeed at .”  ~ Stephen Hawking ~   It's day 636 of Nutrisystem. Stephen Hawking struggled with ALS for decades so he knew something about getting past your difficulties and finding something you can succeed at. I look at all he achieved despite his physical limitations and I wish I had done so many things differently in my own life. Since I can't get those years back all I can do now is make the best of every day now. Losing the weight is opening a whole new chapter for me and I intend to enjoy it as much a...

                                                                                                                     🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤   "Never give up on something you really  want. It's difficult to wait, but it's  more difficult to regret .”   It's day 635 of Nutrisystem. There's a lot of truth in this quote. Until I started working on losing weight I never really thought about being "thin". It was something I wanted but I never put solid effort towards attaining it and quite honestly I never really believed I could lose the weight. Even when I started Nutrisystem I don't think I really believed I could do it. I had 100 excuses and for year...

                                                                                                 🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤   "We cannot selectively numb emotions,  when we numb the painful emotions,  we also numb the positive emotions.” ~ Brene Brown ~   It's day 634 of Nutrisystem. I chose this quote today because it was part of a Brene Brown TED talk that I listened to during my lunchtime workout and because I know from personal experience just how true it is. I spent a lot of years numb and I wasn't able to feel happiness or joy - now I know why. I didn't realize that numbing the painful emotions also kept me from enjoying the good ones. I often wondered what was wrong with me. Why couldn't I feel...

                                                                                              🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes it’s the quiet voice at   the end of the day whispering, 'I   will try again tomorrow'. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher ~   It's day 633 of Nutrisystem. That quiet voice whispered to me last night .. just before I fell asleep on the couch. I was more tired yesterday than I've been in a long time and I think it's just because I didn't get enough sleep all week and I was pushing myself hard on the treadmill. For the week ahead I plan to put a little more effort towards getting to sleep at a more consistent time. I go to bed early but then end up playing a game on m...

                                                                                               🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 " Take some time to rest and recover.  You don’t always have to be so busy,  pushing yourself so hard. Step back  and take care of yourself. Those  moments of self-care will add value ,  energy, purpose, and creativity to  everything you do. Find a healthy  balance and enjoy your life ."  ~ Karan Guar ~   It's day 632 of Nutrisystem. Today I chose to enjoy my life. I was tired so I slept in. I didn't exercise. I didn't weigh myself. I didn't do all the errands I had planned. Instead I made a necessary trip to Wegman's then picked up mom and spent the rest of the...

                                                                                                🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 " Being positive doesn’t mean you  don’t  face moments of negativity  and doubt.  Being positive is  consistently and  continuously  rising above challenges,  believing  in yourself even when it’s  hard to ."   It's day 631 of Nutrisystem. Today was the big day, from a fitness perspective. Today was the day I was going to face that 32 minute non-stop walk at 3.4 mph. I'm proud to say I faced it and I crushed it ! As always I doubted myself all day. Actually, I doubted myself all week. I didn't think I could do it. I even thought about rescheduling it ...

                                                                                                 🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 " Get comfortable being uncomfortable.  Get confident being uncertain. Don't  give up just because something is  hard. Pushing through challenges  is what makes you grow ."   It's day 630 of Nutrisystem. If you go by a 30 day month it means I've been on Nutrisystem for exactly 21 months !! Did I expect to still be on the program and so close to my goal weight at this point ? No .. not really. I went into the program with no expectations. I just had a whole lot of hope. Today's quote is mostly about my struggle with fitness. I can't tell you how many iFit trainers have said "...

                                                                                         🖤   Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "I don't believe you have to be better  than everybody else. I believe you  have  to be better than you ever thought you could be."   It's day 629 of Nutrisystem. Took a while to find some inspiration today but this quote fit the bill. I am definitely finding that I am better than I ever, ever thought I could be. I signed up for Nutrisystem out of a little bit of desperation. Well, maybe a lot of desperation. I needed to lose over 150 pounds and I had no idea how to make that happen. Nothing I'd ever tried in the past had lasted long. I knew I couldn't do it on my own and I liked the fact that Nutrisystem g...