Day 751: Break From Your Routine

 

🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤





"Sometimes a break from your 

routine is the very thing you need." 





Today is day 751 of Nutrisystem. A break from my routine never used to bother me because I was used to a life filled with chaos, which meant I had no routine. I just stumbled from disaster to disaster. Now that life is calm(er) a break in my routine tends to let that old anxiety creep back in. I'm always afraid I won't get back to the routine, in this case exercise. My back is still sore today and the offending muscles feel like one big knotted charlie horse. What I wouldn't give for a professional massage right now ! If I sit too long it takes a few minutes to get completely upright. Once I'm up and moving it's a lot better but I've still got a ways to go before I'm 100%. I plan to be back on the treadmill and Total Gym tomorrow even if I have to continue with the reduced speed. Moving at any speed is better than sitting on the couch. I wouldn't say this break is something I felt I needed but I had been putting a lot of pressure on myself to get back to using the treadmill 3 times a day and I have to wonder if it's a coincidence that I hurt my back on the very day I was poised to achieve that. Maybe it was a reminder that life happens and I need to relax a little. I won't though .. I haven't given up on the morning workout so my iFit schedule is fully loaded for the week ahead ! 


I was out today so I ate mostly non-Nutrisystem foods and I didn't exercise. Breakfast was a 2 ounce 180 calorie cinnamon roll and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit toasted coconut vanilla yogurt. My morning snack/lunch/afternoon snack/dinner/evening snack consisted of stuffed cabbage over a potato pancake with a cup of chicken noodle soup. I ate half of the entree. I brought home cheesecake and had that as my evening snack with a caramel macchiato coffee. Can't really say what my calories were so we'll go with 1200+. I did not drink any water, just a whole lot of coffee !


Mom and I went to Turning Stone Casino today .. along with a whole lot of other people ! It was more crowded than it's been in a long time. We both had some luck at the slots and we enjoyed our meal at Emerald's, so it was a great day. I was a little nervous to see snow falling this morning but it turned out to be just flurries and by the time I got to mom's the sun was shining. It was cold though, only in the teens all day ! One side effect of losing all the weight is I get cold now ! I could have used a sweater on top of my sweater today ! I've actually enjoyed having the heating pad in my bed the past couple of days and I'm thinking of getting an electric blanket. I had one years ago and it was so nice to turn that on before my shower so I could crawl into a warm bed. 


Weather looks to be quiet tomorrow so I'll probably go to Wegman's and Walmart in the morning. I'm going to try and get my oil change taken care of too. On that note it's about time for a hot shower and a date with my heating pad !

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