Day 752: Blessings
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Today is day 752 of Nutrisystem. This quote brought a wry smile to my lips today, because the old me refueled her soul with FOOD while feeling sorry for myself and lamenting my unblessed life. Fast forward a couple of years and things have changed. A lot of what changed in my life was circumstance and had nothing to do with any heroic action on my part. Those are the true blessings ! I didn't take up the challenge to change my life until December 29, 2018 when I hit submit to order my first Nutrisystem shipment. Only then did things start changing that I could take credit for. That's part of the reason I am so determined to reach my goal weight. So much was given to me that I feel like I really need to work hard for this one accomplishment !
Breakfast was a 2.1 ounce 160 calorie cherry cheese roll and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit strawberry cheesecake yogurt. Morning snack was a 120 calorie chocolate shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was my leftover stuffed cabbage & potato pancake, along with a chef salad. It was just as delicious the 2nd day and I have to be honest - I enjoyed every bite ! I decided to forego my afternoon snack and count this as 400 calories, since it was nearly 5 pm when I had "lunch". Dinner was a 9.5 ounce roasted turkey medallions with roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 1.8 ounc 140 calorie s'mores pie. Total calories for the day are 1160 but I'm going to go with 1200+ since I can't really put a calorie number on my lunch. I didn't get much water in, but that's not unusual when it's cold. I drank coffee all day !
Today my back said no to the treadmill. I trudged around the house all morning in pain, hemming and hawing about getting on the treadmill or even going grocery shopping. About 1:30 I finally decided to go grocery shopping and took an 800 mg Ibuprofen before I left. Even though I had my shake before I left I had the hungries while I was out. I was only going to go to Walmart but once I was out I decided to go to Wegman's and take care of my oil change too. I grudgingly passed by KFC and McDonald's in Cicero, then cruised through the hot foods at Wegman's while looking longingly at the hot pizza and the packaged chinese takeout. I got out of there with my veggies and avoided temptation. After Wegman's I got my oil changed, so that is done. My tires needed air because of the temperature change and they took care of that too. I avoided the temptation of Starbucks, since I had a caramel macchiato last night. I stopped at Walmart in Central Square on the way home. The lure of Taco Bell and McDonald's was strong here but I resisted. I haven't been to McDonald's or KFC in over 2 years and it's probably been 5 since I went to Taco Bell. Cruising around Walmart I was craving jalapeno poppers so I headed over to the hot foods at the deli. If they had them I was only going to get 2 ... or maybe 4 ! Fortunately for me they had none and I made it out of there with the few things that I didn't get at Wegman's. I was looking for an electric blanket but they had none. The shelves were completely bare ! When I got home I was thinking about all of the temptations I avoided. It's no wonder so many people struggle with their weight because we are confronted with food everywhere. It also reminded me just how quickly I could undo all the hard work I've put in the lose the weight. One stop at KFC would likely turn into a weekly event .. and then I'd go right back to my old habit of buying multiple meals so that I had "enough" to have it a couple times.
My back was feeling better by the time I got home and put all the groceries away but I decided to give it a rest and do some other things that needed doing, namely cleaning up my kitchen and vacuuming the carpet. I washed a sinkful of dishes, cleared off the counters and scrubbed everything. I have a dishwasher but I don't like to put plastic storage or my teflon pans in there. The carpet needed vacuuming because the styrofoam coolers my Nutrisystem food comes in shed tiny styrofoam balls all over the place. They stick on all the individual boxes of food and then end up all over the house. I have to brush them off the cats at times .. lol !! This is a new issue now that they're using biodegradable material in the coolers. Good for the environment but a little messy. So I basically took the weekend off from exercise but I'm all set to get the party started tomorrow. The goal is still to get up early enough to get a morning workout.
It was a nice sunny day today but with temps in the teen's it was not exactly balmy. The low for tonight is 12 so it's going to be another chilly night. Single digit lows are forecast for Thursday and Friday night so winter is going all in ! Hard to believe January will be over in just a week ! On that note it's time for a hot shower and then my warm bed.
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