Day 691: Faith
🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤
Today is day 691 of Nutrisystem. Faith doesn't have to be religious and I was thinking about the non-religious kind of faith today. Faith in myself. Faith in the process. Faith that I am on the right track. Faith that I can do this. I've had to draw on a lot of inner strength to get where I am today and I'm talking about all aspects of life, not just weight loss and fitness. I made a lot of bad decisions and endured some pretty tough times. I took the biggest leap of faith of my life on December 29, 2018. That was the day I signed up for Nutrisystem. That was the day I finally decided to really change my life. I've come to realize that I was never really happy. I guess I didn't know what true happiness was because I hadn't experienced it in my adult life. I had happy moments here and there and I do have some happy memories, but they are few and far between and often overshadowed by unhappy memories. Losing the weight has given my life a balance and perspective that it never had before. Is it perfect ? Of course not. No one has the perfect life, even people who think they do. Still, I am content with where I am and I have faith that I will reach my goal weight. I trust the process. I trust myself. Maybe for the first time in my life.
There was nothing new with Tommy Rivs today. He's back in the hospital for chemo so he's going to be on a rough road for a bit. Rage on Tommy !
Breakfast was a 1.6 ounce 160 calorie cinnamon brown sugar oat square and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit strawberry cheesecake yogurt. The oat square was a new item that I warmed in the microwave for 20 seconds and it tasted like a soft oatmeal cookie - really delicious ! After that I was out for the day. I had a veggie burger with an arugula salad and honey bacon goat cheese roasted brussel sprouts for my lunch/dinner. Later on I had a medium (grande) cafe mocha and an oatmeal cookie. Calories for the day are 1200+ and I didn't get much more than 40 ounces of water in.
I was out all day so there was no exercise other than walking. I had my blood draw at 11 am and part of the biometric screening involves taking a waist measurement. The technician measured mine at 28 inches ! I guess I didn't do it right when I came up with 32 ! My blood pressure was 129/73. Depending on what you read, I guess that's an ok number although "normal" is supposed to be 120/80. I probably drink too much coffee and that's likely causing the top number to be a little higher than I'd like. Once that was done I picked up mom and we headed out for a day at the casino's. We went to Turning Stone first and had lunch/dinner at Upstate Tavern. Being a weekday there were no crowds and that was great ! We stopped at Point Place casino for a couple hours too. They were a lot busier but it's a smaller facility and it was evening, so everybody was home from work. I came home with $20 more than I started with and we ate for free. I spent a grand total of $14 and that was to tip the valet and the waitress ! My kind of casino day !
I was surprised to see snow on the ground at my mom's house ! We had no snow in Mexico and we are in the "snow belt" !! Our day will come but today wasn't it ! One side effect of my weight loss is I get cold and it was 30 degrees when we left the casino tonight ! I didn't buy any sweaters or winter weight clothing last year because I knew I'd outgrow it, but I think the time has come. I don't see my size ever being anything less than a small so it's safe to pick up a couple sweaters or add them to my Amazon wish list. I need a new winter coat too - the one I have is an XL and I swim in it now ! The coat is still available so I may just buy the same one in medium. On that note, it is long past time for a shower and bed. Tomorrow (today!) is stuffing prep and I need to get back to my exercise program. My ankle is feeling much better after a day of rest so we'll see how it goes.
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