Day 779: Life Is Good

 

🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤






"Life is good because I decided 

to make it that way."





Today is day 779 of Nutrisystem. Some days a short and sweet quote says the most. Deciding to address my weight and my financial and physical fitness ended up being the biggest turning point in my life. Being freed of debt is such a huge weight off my shoulders. Losing nearly 150 pounds and getting physically fit has taken a huge weight off my body ! Before I lost the weight I'd have said that my weight didn't really affect my mobility. Maury Povich would have characterized that as a LIE ! LOL. My feet no longer hurt. My back no longer aches. My hip doesn't bother me. Turning over in bed is not a major effort. I don't have to go up and down the stairs one step at a time because my knees are stronger. I can tie my shoes without getting out of breath. Really I can do anything without pain or discomfort now. I never realized how much my weight was affecting me until I started to lose it. So yes, life is good now because I decided to make it that way. 


Breakfast was pancakes with sugar free syrup and a Light & Fit creme brulee yogurt. After that I was out for the day. Mom and I went to Turning Stone Casino for dinner and the slots. I had my usual caramel macchiato coffee with a harvest cookie (sort of an oatmeal cookie with fruit, nuts and seeds) at Opals. We had dinner at Emerald's, where I had a buffalo chicken wrap with cottage cheese. I could only eat half of the wrap so I'll be having the leftovers tomorrow. In the evening I had a cafe mocha & a cranberry orange scone. I'm sure I'm over 1200 calories but it's the one day a week I don't worry about that. I'll work most of it off on the treadmill tomorrow - I have a 64 minute workout scheduled and plan to try and get a couple more short ones in too. I did almost 9,000 steps today because once I reach my spending limit at the slots I just walk around the casino. I also spent some time sitting and playing a game on my phone. Since I'm home all week I really do look forward to weekend outings with mom. I had some luck today but came home a loser. Mom had a good day so she was happy about that. We had a fun time and the weather stayed nice so I didn't have to worry about driving home in snow. We ran into a few flurries on the way home but that was it. There's no snow in the forecast tomorrow so I plan to run out for groceries first thing in the morning. On that note it's time for a shower and bed !

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