The Journey Back: Day 8

 



“They say don't look back,


 but sometimes it's important to

 

see how far you've come.”



I try not to look back too often but today's a good day for it. Three years ago today I received my first Nutrisystem delivery. I was so excited, yet pretty nervous. I re-read my FB post from that day and I was very hopeful. Today I also happened to come across a Walmart receipt from 2018 and it showed I purchased 4 pints of Haagen Dazs ice cream. I remember how it broke my heart to throw the ice cream away when I decided to start Nutrisystem. In the days between placing my Nutrisystem order and actually receiving it I was faced with a dilemma. I had all this "bad" food in the house and I either had to eat it all, give it away or throw it away. In the end I threw it all away and despite the massive waste, I've never regretted that decision. It boggles my mind that I actually considered trying to eat it all ! Thousands and thousands of calories ... just more weight to lose !!


So today is Day 1096 of Nutrisystem. 164 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 8 of that effort. 


Breakfast today was 150 calorie pancakes with sugar free syrup and an 80 calorie yogurt. Morning snack was a 120 calorie vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was something different, 200 calorie three cheese chicken with a chef salad. Afternoon snack was 80 calorie cottage cheese and 90 calorie oatmeal cookies. Dinner was 260 calorie roast turkey medallions with 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.


I started a new iFit series today. It's a walking series in Italy with iFit trainers Stacie & Chris Clark. They're a lot of fun so I'm going to enjoy this series ! I spent almost an hour on the treadmill today. 


As expected, it was a balmy 9 degrees when I got up this morning and I think the high temp was about 12 degrees. It's only 10 now so it's going to be another cold one. Warmer temps will be back tomorrow so I'm looking forward to that. My work day flew by and I don't feel like I was very productive. I'm working on a complicated issue so it is slow going. I didn't work past 5 today because my brain was just fried. After dinner I ended up sitting on the couch watching tv for a while and then took a shower. Now I'm tired and ready for some tv in bed ! I already turned on my electric blanket so the bed will be nice and warm !

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