The Journey Back: Day 15

“Time you enjoy wasting is 

not wasted time."

There you go. That's how you justify sitting on the couch watching tv after work, instead of getting on the treadmill ! LOL ! In all honesty I got distracted by the weather outside (it was snowing buckets) and time got away from me. By the time I had dinner it was too late to even consider getting on the treadmill. Ironically I couldn't get the iFit app to load anyway, so maybe it was an omen ! I'm not going to stress over it. It doesn't happen very often but some days I'm just tired and not motivated. Most of the time I ignore it and push on but that seems to lead to feeling a little burned out. How can you be burned out on a Monday ? Well, I'm not really burned out but sometimes it is hard to pivot from weekend mode to work mode. I also didn't sleep as long as I'd have liked last night - it was well after midnight before I was able to settle down and sleep. So just a normal Monday. 

Today is Day 1103 of Nutrisystem. 171 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 and it's Day 15 of that effort. I'm pleased with the progress I'm making and have no doubt I'll settle back in at my goal weight soon.

Breakfast was waffles with sugar free syrup and an 80 calorie yogurt. Morning snack was a vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt with a chef salad. Afternoon snack was 80 calorie cottage cheese and 90 calorie oatmeal cookies. Dinner was 260 calorie roasted turkey medallions with roasted veggies. Evening snack was a 140 calorie chocolate cupcake.

As I mentioned, it was snowing heavily this evening and we had heavy snow this morning too. The good news is the cats and I have plenty of food, the heat is cranking and my driveway has been plowed. Drugstore and grocery store are walking distance in an emergency. What more do you need ? If I didn't work from home this is one of those days that I'd have called in and took a vacation day. Under my circumstances (not having to go out), I enjoyed watching the snow pour down. Let it snow ! I do feel badly for anyone that had to be out in it because I know the roads are bad. I'm kind of glad I haven't taken my Christmas tree down because I'm enjoying its glow on this chilly snowy night ! It is eerily quiet outside because no one is on the roads. I've enjoyed my evening, so as the quote goes it was not wasted time. I did spend 33 minutes on the treadmill at lunchtime so the day wasn't a complete loss. I also had a productive day at work. 

I took a few minutes to try on a couple of dresses that I bought a while back as I plan to take them to Florida with me. They're a size medium and I was nervous .. but they both fit perfectly ! I'm also finding that my exercise gear is back to fitting comfortably, so I'm pleased with the progress I'm making towards getting back to my goal weight. I'm not obsessing about the scale. I gauge my progress better by paying attention to how my clothes fit and how I actually feel. They're fitting better and I'm feeling better ! On that note it's about time for a shower and bed. No excuses tomorrow !