Day 695: Take Time
🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤
Today is day 695 of Nutrisystem. As the year is drawing to a close I tend to become more reflective. I'm coming up on 2 years on Nutrisystem and this morning I was trying to remember what I was thinking the day I started the program. I couldn't really remember so I'm glad I have my blog to look through. Day 1 went great but I do recall that I was hungry at bedtime and had yogurt. I did that for the first couple days. Once I started eating more veggies I was less hungry at night. I lost 7 pounds the first week and I was disappointed with that number. I had to remind myself that the program average is 1-2 pounds a week so I needed to lower my expectations. 154 pounds wasn't going to disappear overnight ! The alternative was being disappointed with the scale every week and losing all motivation. I've had plenty of disappointments over the past 695 days but I've never given up. It helped that I had a steady run of losses every week for a long time. I knew from the beginning this journey was going to take 18-24 months and I reminded myself of that every time I felt disappointed. I also took time to look at what I achieved vs. what was disappointing me. I've struggled the past couple of weeks because I'm down to the last few pounds and they are not going without a fight. I also know I overindulged this week so I plan to stay away from the scale for a couple weeks. One thing I've learned is I'm not as disciplined as I'd like to be. Whenever I have non-Nutrisystem things in the house I have a hard time keeping portion sizes in check. You think things like pretzels and popcorn are ok but they're all carbohydrate and the carbs wake up my sugar cravings. So the more carbs I eat the hungrier I feel. You think things like cheese curds are ok too but then you check the calorie count. For a while muffins were my guilty pleasure and they occasionally sneak back in. So I have to go back to having none of that in the house. Popcorn is gone, cheese curds are gone. Muffins are gone. I will still drink milk because I like it and I feel like the calcium and vitamin D are necessary. I do take a supplement but I love milk and I have missed it. To be honest, I'm not sure if I will reach my goal weight by January 4 and I have no one to blame but myself for that. Monday I go back to work and I'll drop back into my strict Nutrisystem routine, which always feels good. I also plan to ease back into my treadmill routine minus the incline. My new running shoes have shipped and should be here Tuesday ! I will also ease back into the Total Gym on Monday. My ankle is pain free and most of the stiffness is gone too. I rearranged my iFit schedule since I had missed so many scheduled workouts. If I have time tomorrow I may try a short workout and see how it feels before the week gets rolling. I've been patient with myself but I've also let myself stray way too much in the past 7 or 8 months. Had I not done that I'd probably already be at my goal weight ! So I need to put in some work on my goals and be just a little less patient when I'm tempted !
There was no update on Tommy Rivs today. I know he is isolated in the hospital and facing another round of chemo. I had hoped he was done with chemo but sadly that is not the case. The family has not shared any results from the PET scan and that concerns me. I can't help but think they're not sharing because the results were not good. The fact that his brother came from Canada to visit also had an ominous tone. I hope I'm wrong and all is well ! Rage on Tommy !
Breakfast was a 2.1 ounce 160 calorie cherry cheese roll and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit toasted coconut vanilla yogurt. After breakfast I was out for the day. My morning snack/lunch/afternoon snack/dinner was a buffalo chicken wrap with cottage cheese and a few french fries. I also had a medium caramel macchiato coffee and an oatmeal cookie as well. Calories are 1200+ for the day.
I slept in this morning and then headed out this afternoon for some casino time with mom & my sister and brother in law. We had a nice dinner at Emerald's and enjoyed some time at the slots. I came away a loser but I had a good time ! Tomorrow I have to restock my fresh produce so I'll be heading to Wegman's then stopping by mom's to help her do some online Christmas shopping. It wasn't the way I planned to spend the day but sometimes you have to change your priorities and focus on who and what's really important. I don't "need" to roast veggies tomorrow and I don't "need" to use the treadmill. I also don't "need" to clean the house. All these little tasks can be done after work any day of the week. On that note, it is long past time for a shower and bed.
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