Day 5 (AG): Reminders

 

🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤



"Every time you feel tired, remind

yourself of why you are doing what

you are doing and keep going."





It's day 5 AG (after goal) and day 937 of Nutrisystem ! Tired. Today I was tired. Today I wanted to be able to just sit on the couch and eat whatever I wanted and do nothing else. I could easily have done that. After all, no one would know and no one would care. Well .. except for me. I would know and I would care. So today it was me stopping me from being lazy or giving up. Today it was me pushing me to push through it. I think we all have those moments in many different aspects of our lives. You just want to get off this crazy ride we call life and breathe for a little while. I think they call that meditation .. lol ! When I started this journey to wellness I knew it wasn't going to be easy but I don't think I expected to succeed. I never really thought about life after losing the weight. I never thought about the huge responsibility I have now. There are a lot of "what if's" ! It was not easy to lose those 158 pounds and I don't want to have to lose any of them again. What if I keep falling off the wagon ? What if I start letting my exercise slip. What if I start gaining weight again ? The thought of regaining the weight is frightening and I suppose that is a good thing. When I thought about it I realized this is all within my control. If I fall off the wagon, that is on me. If I let my exercise slip, that is on me too. Same if I start gaining weight again. The blame would land squarely on MY shoulders. So it's up to me to stay strong and keep repeating all the things I've done right over the past 937 days. It sounds like a big ask .. but it's no different than what I've been doing. My lunchtime workout is never a problem. I seem to run into energy issues when 5 pm rolls around. After working all day I am tired, even though I am sitting here at home. Maybe some of it is just mental fatigue and I want to unwind. Problem is, if I sit down to "unwind" I run the risk of not moving again until bedtime. That has happened on some occasions. Despite my fatigue I forced myself to get on the treadmill and at least try today. That's what I told myself: you have to try. So I did and within 10 minutes I knew I could make it to the end of my 5 pm workout, which was only 29 minutes. Then I had dinner, did a little of that unwinding and made a deal with myself. Get that third workout in and then finish unwinding with the glass of wine I've been dying for all week. So about 6:50 I headed back to the treadmill for a 26 minute finale and by 7:30 I was enjoying that wine (Miss Sassy Pants from Villa Verona winery) and releasing the stress of the day. I really wanted to grab the biggest wine glass I have and "fill 'er up" but I exercised restraint and went with a smaller glass. The fat girl inside was not happy .. lol ! Today was a day of reminders: where I was, where I wanted to be, where I am and where I want to be. It was enough to keep me on track and moving forward.


Breakfast was a cinnamon roll and a strawberry cheesecake yogurt. Morning snack was a vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a pepperoni pizza melt and a chef salad. Afternoon snack was 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 2 Alyssa's oatmeal cookies. Dinner was a meatloaf sandwich with roasted veggies. Evening snack was a lemon zest cake. My breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening snack were all Nutrisystem products. Mid-afternoon I had a piece of asiago cheese. It was an extra 80 calories but it was enough of a boost to get me through to dinner.


My workout day started in the South of France with iFit trainer Alex Gregory. Next up was a walk around Oslo, Norway with iFit guide Helene De Mora. I ended the day in Portland, Oregon with iFit trainer Knox Robinson. I logged 85 minutes, 4.9 miles and 582 calories. I skipped the Total Gym and Fitbit says I did over 14,000 steps.





I spent the day working on the front porch but wasn't as productive as I'd hoped I would be before training started at 1 pm. It was a beautiful sunny day but cool and breezy in the low 70's. Nice sleeping weather ! My new fan arrived today so I'm looking forward to trying that out tonight. Now I have 4 remotes to keep track of in the bedroom: tv, satellite receiver, air conditioner and fan ! A little basket for them has been added to my shopping list ! On that note it's about time for a shower and bed.

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