Day 721: Pause For A Little While

 

🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤




 “Sometimes, when life is

 overwhelming, the best thing 

we can do is to just hit pause 

for a little while."

~ Cheryl Kirking ~






Today is day 721 of Nutrisystem. This was the perfect sentiment for where I am today. I've put the weight loss focus on pause until December 28. That gets me through Christmas and my anniversary celebration dinner on Sunday. I wanted to get up early today and get a workout in but that didn't happen. I was up before 10 but in truth I didn't want to bother getting dressed to work out, get all sweaty and then have to get ready to go out. I compromised and did some things around the house like vacuuming and cleaning up the clutter in the kitchen and laundry room instead. These are things I planned to do on Saturday so now I'll have more time for exercise. I wanted to get a workout in tomorrow too but chances are that's not going to happen either. It was nearly midnight when I got home tonight and it was well after 1 am before I took a shower and went to bed. Mom and I had a wonderful Christmas Eve with my brother and sister in law. We snacked on appetizers and shrimp with some cookies and other sweets thrown in. I don't feel like I overindulged and I was actually hungry when I got home, so I had some oatmeal before bed. I got some wonderful gifts and I'm so blessed. It was not fun driving home in heavy rain but I'll take that over snow anytime ! There wasn't much traffic so I just went slow and made it home without incident. The most comforting sound I heard when I got home was the sump pump in my basement kicking on ! If this precipitation had been snow we'd probably have 2 feet out there ! My area has a lake effect snow warning starting at 7 pm tomorrow with the possibility of 11-22 inches of snow but the temps are going to be in the low 40's ... so I'm hoping the snow holds off until I get home tomorrow night. I'm packing an overnight bag and leaving my cats some extra food, just in case !


I decided to hit [pause] on the weight loss for a couple days because I knew I wasn't going to have time to exercise and I was going to eat a little more than usual. This has been a source of stress all week. Beating myself up for living my life just seems counterproductive. That's not to say that I'm going to just eat anything and everything. Moderation is going to be the key and it's something I'm going to have to practice when the holidays roll around every year. I've said on many occasions that I can't deny myself everything all the time if I want to have long term success. You do have to treat yourself every now and then. Monday I will slide back into my routine and begin the final leg of this journey. I'm not going to weigh myself again until January 4. I've said that I'd like to be at my goal weight by January 31 and that is still the case. Although this journey doesn't have an expiration date I'm going to keep setting this goal until I get there. I've been at this for 721 days and I'm still learning. You'd think I'd know it all by now but that just isn't the case. On  that note I'm heading for a shower and bed. 


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