Day 783: Do Your Best
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Today is day 783 of Nutrisystem. Love, love, love this quote ! I need to read this one every single day. I need to tell myself "do your best" when I get up in the morning and I need to ask myself "did you do your best?" when I go to bed at night. Doing your best isn't about perfection. Some days I can do more than others and I need to stop using my best days as the measure for all of my days. Maybe on the day I "only" exercised 60 minutes it was the best I could do that particular day, and I need to give myself credit for that. I am still putting too much pressure on myself and it's having a negative effect. It really kills my motivation and makes me feel like I will never reach my goal weight. I'm falling back into the "it's never enough" mindset and "you're not good enough" isn't far behind. I did wake up with plenty of time to get a workout in this morning but I opted not to. My goal is 3 times on the treadmill per day during the week and I'm doing that. So for the 100th time I am telling myself I'm not going to stress over not getting a workout in before work. If it happens naturally, great. If it doesn't, no big deal. Did I do my best today ? I believe I did. When you hit the cooldown on the treadmill dripping in sweat and your knees are weak, you know you did your best. It was the best I could do today ! It's the middle of the week and this was a good day to reset my expectations. I seem to have to do that a lot but I'll keep doing it until I get it right !
Breakfast was a 2.1 ounce 160 calorie cherry cheese roll and a 5.3 ounce 80 calorie Light & Fit key lime yogurt. Morning snack was a 120 calorie vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 3.8 ounce 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt with a chef salad. Afternoon snack was 1/2 cup of cottage cheese (80 calories) and 2 Alyssa's oatmeal cookies (90 calories). I know .. I know .. I am so boring ! Dinner was a new item, a 3.9 ounce 220 calorie quinoa flatbread with bbq sauce, caramelized onions and bacon. It was pretty good so I might order it again ! I also had roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 1.8 ounce 140 calorie chocolate cupcake. Total calories for the day are 1110 and I got 80 ounces of water in.
First workout of the day was Vietnam with iFit trainer John Peel. Second workout was a studio session with iFit trainer Danielle Gray. I don't mind her studio sessions because they've toned down the psychedelic lights and there's no hooting and hollering in the background. She talks non-stop and smiles non-stop and the time just flies by. Last workout of the day was the end of the Serengeti series in Tanzania with iFit guide Dr Evan Antin. I logged 87 minutes, 5 miles and 593 calories. I also spent about 20 minutes on the Total Gym for a lower body workout. My shoulder is feeling so much better but I'm resisting the temptation to work the upper body. I'm going to give it a full one week rest and then start back slowly. I may go back to Level 2 for a week in order to ease back into it. Fitbit says I did over 15,000 steps so it was a good day !
Weather today was nicer than we've seen lately. We had a little sun this morning and made it up to 46 degrees ! I didn't see any rain but I was heads down working all day and could have missed it. Got my Chewy order today so my cat's have their favorite canned food for a while ! For some reason Fancy Feast classic seafood pate has become scarce. I switched the cats to this when the Fancy Feast savory centers became scarce and I don't really want to switch their food again. I haven't been able to get it at Walmart or on Amazon lately but Chewy had it at a reasonable price with free shipping so I ordered 96 cans (eight 12 packs). I ordered Sunday night and Fedex delivered it today ! My girls go through 3 cans a day so it goes fast. I finally had a productive work day ! I still have a lot of work to get done but I made a serious dent today and I'm happy about that. I have to apply today's quote to my professional life as well. I put just as much stress on myself there and very often there are things happening that I cannot control. So I just have to let it go at the end of the day. On that note, it's about time for a shower and bed.
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