Day 662: Monday Inspiration
🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤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 before about chasing perfection and although I would like every day to be "perfect" I know that's not reality. Life happens sometimes. However, I'm finding that it's much easier to get back on track when I do deviate from my routine. A lot of the excuses I used to use to justify skipping a workout are no longer acceptable. It's a process and change doesn't happen overnight, so it's something I work at every single day. Little by little I'm changing those old behaviors that prevented me from being successful in the past. That's a process too ! For a long time I took one step forward and two back but these days the steps back are few and far between, so I'm on the right track !
Update on Tommy Rivs today indicates another round of chemo is starting. He's barely battled back from round 5 and here it comes again. Unfortunately it's necessary, as the cancer needs to be beaten back in order for the stem cell transplant to occur. My heart just breaks for him and his family. He's been hospitalized since July but he was ill long before that and there is no end in sight. My own cancer battle lasted 6 months but the after-effects were with me for a long time after that. Tommy's battle is expected to continue well into the new year. My struggle was nothing compared to what he is going through. I was fortunate to have amazing medical professionals caring for me and I hope Tommy does too. His family seems to be very happy with the care he is getting so that is comforting. Rage on Tommy !
Breakfast was a 2.8 ounce 150 calorie package of pancakes with sugar free syrup and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit caramel apple pie yogurt. Morning snack was a 120 calorie chocolate shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 3.8 ounce 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt and a chef salad. Afternoon snack was a honey crisp apple (90 calories) and 2 string cheese (100 calories). Dinner was a 5 ounce 180 calorie broccoli & cheese stuffed chicken breast with roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 2.2 ounce 140 calorie lemon zest cake. Total calories for the day are 1080 and I got 80 ounces of water in.
Today might have been a fresh start to the week but that didn't help me get out of bed any easier. I barely had enough time to get a workout in. I started the day with a 22 minute walk in the Lake District National Park, England with iFit trainer Alex Gregory. After a short warmup I set the incline at 4% and my starting speed was 3.2 mph. I increased that by 0.1 mph every 3.5 minutes. For the last 7 minute I decreased the incline to 4% and increased the pace to 3.6 mph. My lunchtime workout was another 31 minutes in the Lake District with Alex. I started this one at 4% incline and 3.2 mph as well and increased by 0.1 mph every 5 minutes. For the final 10 minutes I decreased the incline to 3% and increased the pace to 3.6 mph. After work was 33 minutes with iFit trainer Dewayne Montgomery (he calls himself Coach Pain .. lol) in Sedona, AZ. He's very motivating and I'm loving this series. After a short warmup I set the incline at 4% for the first 16 minutes and my starting speed was 3.1 mph. I increased that by 0.1 mph every 4 minutes. With 16 minutes to go I reduced the incline to 3% and did 8 minutes at 3.5 mph and 8 minutes at 3.6 mph. I logged 86 minutes, 4.8 miles and 571 calories. Before dinner I put in 45 minutes on the Total Gym. Fitbit says I did almost 15,000 steps.
The only good thing about getting up at the last second today was it forced me to do my first workout before breakfast. It went fine so I'm going to continue doing that. I also completed my Total Gym workout before dinner and that worked out good too. I've been struggling a little with being super hungry at bedtime and on occasion that was finding me grazing in the kitchen. A few pretzels here, a few cheese curds there and before you know it the calories are adding up ! Eating later worked well last night so I did that today as well.
As my weight has decreased I've bought clothes in smaller and smaller sizes and very often I would buy those smaller sizes before my weight got to the point where they'd fit. A couple of times I had brand new things that were too big by the time I tried them on ! A few weeks back I bought size 6 undies on a whim. I figured I would "grow into them" since the size 7's I've been wearing were comfortable. Well, yesterday morning the size 7's were all in the laundry and instead of grabbing a pair of size 6's I grabbed an old pair of size 9's that I had kept. I caught myself before I went downstairs and swapped those 9's for a pair of the 6's. Considering I used to wear size 13 they looked tiny and I thought there was no way I was getting them on. I waited a couple of hours but once it was time to put on my exercise clothes I couldn't wait any longer. They fit perfectly. I was honestly surprised and yes, I visited the mirror a couple of times ! Sorry - no photos .. lol ! I think I can let go of the size 9's now. This story may seem stupid to a lot of people but I've never bought size 6 underwear in my entire adult life. I now weigh less than I ever have in my adult life. For the first time in my adult life I wear size small tops and size 10 jeans. For the first time in my adult life I don't need wide width shoes. I've had so many "firsts" over the past 662 days. Things that are normal for most people are brand new to me and carry a certain degree of wonder. In spite of that there is that little bit of doubt inside that makes me hold on to things that are now too big, like the size 9 underwear. I have jeans in my closet that are size 10, 12 and 14. I skip over the 10's and 14's and wear the 12's. Why can't I let the 12's and 14's go ? I have tops in size small, medium and large. I skip over the medium and large and wear the small. Why can't I let them go ? It's all about confidence. That's another element of this journey that is still a work in progress. The good news is my confidence grows every day. The growth may not be measurable but it's there.
Today was a grey, chilly, rainy day but I worked out on the front porch all day anyways. Cozy and warm with my little heater I enjoyed the rain and the colors of Fall. I got a lot of work done so it was a productive day ! During my lunch I roasted up a huge sheet pan of veggies so I'm all set with those for the week. It was a great day for a Monday ! Today's quote talks about Monday being a day of new beginnings but I feel like every day is a new beginning ! On that note, it's time for a shower and bed. I am determined to get up earlier tomorrow and that means getting to sleep before midnight !
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