My Nutrisystem Journey

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “ I'm not where I want to be ,   but    thank  goodness ,  I'm not where   I used to be . ”    It's day 667 of Nutrisystem. I was feeling down this morning because the scale has not moved. I've been stuck at 161 pounds for a couple of weeks. 11 pounds from my goal weight. Too close to even consider giving up. I sat on the couch for a while with my morning coffee to consider my options. Giving up means admitting failure or being defeated. Something I'm all too familiar with. Then I started watching a Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel. It was called "A Shoe ...

                                                                                               🖤  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 666 of Nutrisystem. I'm glad this milestone didn't fall on Halloween !!! I definitely feel like I am better than I ever thought I could be, in the sense that I've lost the weight, paid off a ton of debt and drastically changed my fitness level. When I started 666 days ago it was the biggest leap of faith I've ever taken. I was stepping out into the unknown and I had no expectations. I didn't know what was ahead. Would it be success ? Would...

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “The secret of being happy is accepting  where you are in life and making the  most out of every day . ”    It's day 665 of Nutrisystem. I'm glad day 666 is NOT going to fall on Halloween .. that would be a little too spooky for me !!  I think I have finally accepted where I am in life. When I first started this journey I was chasing the person I was in 1997. For years I had longed to go back to that time. I had lost some weight and was under 200 pounds. I had let my hair grow long and I felt pretty. I was young and carefree and happy. Then I met Alex and the descent into chaos sta...

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “Believe in yourself, push your limits,  and do whatever it takes to conquer  your goals . ”    It's day 664 of Nutrisystem. Today's quote is a simple sentiment that's perfect to push me over the mid-week hump ! For a long time I sat back and waited for good things to happen in life, instead of setting goals and working hard towards whatever it was I thought I wanted. That led to a lot of "poor me" moments when those good things didn't happen ! Well, duh. You really do have to believe in yourself, push your limits and do whatever it takes to conquer your goals. For 99.9% of us, life is ...

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “Grit is that 'extra something' that  separates the most successful people  from the rest. It's the passion,  perseverance, and stamina that  we  must channel in order to stick  with  our dreams until they become  a reality . ”  ~Travis Bradberry ~   It's day 663 of Nutrisystem. I think I've always had a certain amount of grit but over the past 663 days I've discovered a whole lot more was needed if I wanted to succeed. I started this journey with lofty goals and in all honestly I didn't expect to come anywhere close to achieving them. I'd always given up i...

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “For me Monday represents a fresh  start to the week. It is the day  where the slate from the previous  week is wiped clean. It is a day  of   new beginnings . ”  ~Allen Smith ~   It's day 662 of Nutrisystem. I used to spend my Sunday's dreading Monday but somewhere along this 662 day journey that stopped. I look forward to Monday now for all the reasons contained in this quote. The past 7 days are gone and a brand new set of 7 days are in front of me. I'm still working on discipline and consistency and every new week is another chance to achieve that. I've talked be...

                                                                                                                  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “Self discipline is about controlling  your desires and impulses while  staying focused on what needs to  get done to achieve your goal . ”  ~Adam Sicinski ~   It's day 661 of Nutrisystem. Sunday mornings are always a challenge ! I could easily sit on the couch all day drinking coffee, eating and watching old movies on TCM. Since yesterday was a day off from exercise there was no way I was going to let myself off the hook today. I knew I was going to have to give myself some "tough love" instead of falling back on excus...

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “Beauty is about living your life,  and  being happy with yourself inside  and  out, and not worrying about  what  people think of you. ”   It's day 660  of Nutrisystem. This is pretty much where I am in life now. I've put the past to rest and my eyes are focused on the future. I don't know what is around the corner but it won't change my outlook. I've weathered enough storms that one more doesn't really scare me. I'm happy with myself because over the past 660 days I've proved that I can do whatever I put my mind to. I used to worry about what people thought of me a...

                                                                                                🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 “You never know where attacking a  true challenge might lead you. But  when you do it, whether you succeed  right away or not, you discover a new  you. A better you. A braver you. A  more powerful you. You discover the  person you are meant to be .”   ~Mel Robbins ~ It's day 659 of Nutrisystem. I've definitely attacked a lot of challenges over the past 659 days and today I decided I'm finally the person I was meant to be. I'm happy, plain and simple. I'm not at my goal weight, I can't jog and my credit card debt is not quite gone but I'm happy where I am right now today. ...