The Journey Back: Day 5




Don't be afraid to start over. This 


time you're not starting from scratch,


 you're starting from experience. 



Starting over is no fun and it's hard not to look at my situation as a failure. To keep things positive I'm looking at that as a good thing and I'm hoping I don't find myself here again anytime soon. This journey has been all about "breaking up with food" and that isn't as easy as you might think. Food is associated with so many things in our lives, such as the holidays. Today was a prime example. Since I had the day off I headed out this morning to pay my water bill, pick up my mail, pick up my new glasses and do some grocery shopping. All was well until I hit Wegman's. If you go there .. you know. I dutifully started my shopping in the produce section and filled my cart with carrots, broccoli, brussels sprouts, green beans, lettuce, cucumber, red peppers, celery and radishes. Then I headed to the dairy for cottage cheese and yogurt. I briefly entered the bakery area to grab my Alyssa's Healthy Oatmeal bites. Then I started thinking about getting something "special" for tonight, since it's New Year's Eve. Pizza came to mind when someone went by with a giant one in their cart. Maybe a special dessert ? The bakery was full of decadent concoctions. Here I am wringing my hands over gaining some weight yet there I am in the grocery store considering calorie laden "treats" to ring in the New Year ! Hello !!!! In the end I settled on some fresh fruit, which actually is a treat. I probably had the healthiest cart in the store today. Truthfully .. that sucks. I'd have liked to load it up with french onion dip and chips, a pizza and a decadent dessert. I'd rather have sat on the couch in a carbohydrate coma with a bag of chocolate covered peanuts watching tv ... instead of spending 60 minutes on the treadmill after a day of Nutrisystem meals and snacks. That is my truth. Being "healthy" is no fun during the holidays. Being fat is no fun either. So I guess you choose your "fun".


Today is Day 1093 of Nutrisystem. 161 days since I reached my goal weight. I maintained it for a while but as you know I've gained some weight and I'm working to get it back off, so it's Day 5 of that effort. The scale says I've lost 2 pounds ! I'm pretty encouraged by the progress I'm making towards getting back on track. I intend to be pretty strict the entire month of January since (God willing) I'm spending a week at Disney in February ! My hope is I'll walk enough to work off the extra calories I am sure I will take in !


So my breakfast was 160 calorie waffles with sugar free syrup and an 80 calorie yogurt. Morning snack was a 120 calorie vanilla shake. Lunch was a 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt. Afternoon snack was 80 calorie cottage cheese and 90 calorie oatmeal cookies. Dinner was 230 calorie ravioli with meat sauce and roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 140 calorie chocolate cupcake. Total calories for the day are 1120 and I got 80 ounces of water in. With some celebratory fruit I'm probably over 1200 calories and I'm ok with that. The fruit was delicious - a mix of fresh honeydew, cantaloupe, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, watermelon and grapes.


I didn't even consider going anywhere other than the couch to ring in the New Year considering COVID is rampaging through the country and anyplace you go will be elbow to elbow. However, I'm considering a casino day tomorrow since it's going to be nearly 50 degrees and I don't want to sit at home all day. I don't expect the casino to be crazy crowded since a lot of people will be nursing hangovers .. lol ! We're having the craziest winter but I know the snow will find us eventually, so I want to get out and enjoy the nice weather while it's here ! My mom also really enjoys the casino and looks forward to our outings, so there is that. 


On that note, I'm heading for a shower and bed. I'm tired and I'll be ringing in the New Year watching reruns of The Incredible Dr Pol in bed ! Here's to a better 2022 for all of us !


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