Day 776: Most Important

 

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"The most important time in the world

 is the time you make for yourself." 

Today is day 776 of Nutrisystem. The past 776 days have been all about making time for myself. I'm not ashamed to admit that. I'm making up for many, many years of neglect. I neglected my mind & body most of my adult life and putting myself first was not as easy as it sounds. As my life got better I had to work through some guilty feelings because there were so many others who are not as fortunate as I have been. I had a lot of tough years but the last couple have been pretty amazing. One thing that helped me get through the tough times was telling myself that no matter how hard my life was there is always someone else having a harder time. That is still true today and it took a long time to accept that I deserve to be happy. I will never cease being grateful for the blessings I've received because they've allowed me to get to a point where I truly am happy. Clearing away the baggage of the past wasn't easy but it was necessary in order to move forward with my life. I have regrets. I said and did things I wish I hadn't. There are things that happened that I never wished for. I can't change any of that so I choose not to dwell on it. For years I have said that things happen for a reason and I still believe that. I won't pretend to always understand why they happen. Maybe some of them are necessary to get you where you need to be .. I don't know. What I do know is I'm happy where I am today. 

Breakfast was a 2.8 ounce 150 calorie package of pancakes with sugar free syrup and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit creme brulee yogurt. Morning snack was a 120 calorie chocolate shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 3.8 ounce 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt and a chef salad. Afternoon snack was 1/2 cup cottage cheese (80 calories) and 2 Alyssa's oatmeal cookies (90 calories). Dinner was an 8.5 ounce 290 calorie cheese ravioli with roasted veggies. This is another one of those dinners I won't buy again because it's not worth the calories. I have one left in the freezer and then I'm done with this one. Evening snack was a 1.8 ounce 140 calorie chocolate cupcake. Total calories for the day are 1170 and I got 80 ounces of water in.

First workout of the day was another in the Serengeti series in Tanzania with iFit guide Dr. Evan Antin. Next up was a TED talk that threw off my schedule because iFit said it was 27 minutes and it was actually only 17. I rescheduled today's South of France walk for the start of a new Bryce Canyon, Utah series with iFit trainer Sally McRae in order to get more time in. I logged 87 minutes, 4.9 miles and 590 calories. I also put in the usual 45 minutes on the Total Gym. Fitbit says I did over 17,000 steps !

Today was quite a day. I woke up before 5 am and gave up trying to get back to sleep around 5:40. By 7 I had fed the cats, fed myself, completed my first workout and shoveled the front steps and the area in front of my garage and side door ! This is the way I wish every day would start !! FedEx delivered my Nutrisystem order at 9 am and I was able to stash all 126 items in the freezer in record time ! It helps that I only ordered 18 boxed dinners. Those are what take up the most space. Everything in my freezer is Nutrisystem other than the bottom bin and a couple bags of riced cauliflower. The cardboard boxes hold the breakfast, lunch and snack items and one bin has extra breakfast items and non-boxed dinner items.

The day my Nutrisystem order is delivered is always a good day. It feels good to have 2 months worth of food on hand. I tend to go a little overboard with keeping the fridge, freezer and pantry stocked but I attribute that to the lean times when I lived paycheck to paycheck and relied on credit cards to survive. I also like to take advantage of the 50% off sales that Nutrisystem runs because it saves me a ton of money. After my lunchtime workout was cut short I was able to throw a sheet pan of veggies in the oven to roast and I also made some sugar free jello. This was what I would call a perfect day even though it was about 5 degrees when I got up ! We're doing a lot better than folks in other states struggling with unprecedented cold, so I'm not complaining ! On that note it's about time for a shower and bed.