My Nutrisystem Journey

🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "Don't give up when you feel discouraged. Just pick yourself   up  and renew your determination  each time, and be the winner  defeating stress . "  Today is day 748 of Nutrisystem. I got out of bed at 6:03 am with such high hopes for the day ... and it was all downhill from there. Little things .. but still very discouraging. Game I've been playing on my phone since October wouldn't load and I was afraid I was going to lose all my progress - over 1,000 levels ! This would have been the second time - I lost all progress a while back after completing over 200 levels and had to start over. I gave up on that issue and got on the treadmill around 7. Less than 12 minutes into my workout the iFit app crashed and stopped recording progress. The treadmill kept moving and I did the full length of the workout, but only got credit up to the crash. It wasn't all bad - we got a few inches of snow overnight so I went outside...

🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "There are times when I'm exercising,  or times when I'm around food, and  I'll think, I just can't do this today.  But, I stop and think to myself,  When  you think you can't, try to  do it  anyway . "  ~ Stephen Cremen ~ Today is day 747 of Nutrisystem. This was a good quote for today because I again could not motivate myself to get out of bed early enough to work out. I didn't give myself a pass - I completed the workout after dinner - but that's not the point. The goal is a short workout in the morning, which is not too much to ask, and I'm failing miserably. I used to get up at 5:30 every day, so getting up at 6:30 should not be such an issue. It's not like I don't like working out, because I do. My problem is getting going !  During many workouts I do reach a point where it's hard and I want to stop but I've learned that if I just keep going that feeling passes and I get my se...

🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "Replace excuses with effort, replace  laziness with determination, and  everything else will fall into place . " Today is day 746 of Nutrisystem. This morning I was thinking about the fact that I didn't reach my goal weight by January 4th, despite the fact that it was an entirely reasonable and reachable goal. This quote is spot on because I've made 1000 excuses in my head and I've definitely gotten a little lazy about that goal. I made a lot of mini goals in 2020 and I did not meet most of them ... yet I did nothing about it most of the time. I definitely need to replace excuses with effort and laziness with determination. I wanted to start off this week with renewed effort and that didn't go well. I could not motivate myself to get out of bed early enough to workout this morning. I was awake at 5 .. I was awake at 5:30 .. I was awake at 6:30 and yet I didn't get up. I didn't give myself a pass though - ...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "Be stubborn about your goals,  but flexible about your methods . " Today is day 745 of Nutrisystem. I have been stubborn about sticking to the main goals I set when this journey started (lose 154 pounds, pay off credit card debt, get physically fit) but I haven't been quite as good about sticking to the mini weight loss goals I set along the way. I need to work on flexibility because I think I've been TOO flexible. Stretch goals are good because you don't want to set your goals so low that they're easy to achieve, but at the same time you can't set them so high that you can't reach them. I've done both and every time I miss a goal I just say "oh well" and reset it. That's a problem because I'm not examining where I went wrong and taking steps to correct it. Was the goal too hard or was I not committed enough ? In just about every case I feel like the goal was reasonable and reachab...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "Progress: you might not be where  you want to be, but you're not  where you used to be . " Today is day 744 of Nutrisystem. There's a lot of truth in this quote. I'm definitely not where I want to be, because I had hoped to be at my goal weight by now. I haven't given up on that but I'm a little frustrated with myself. Letting myself go for a little over the holidays has shown me how difficult it can be to get back on track, so I don't plan on doing that again. Still, I'm happy with the progress I've made. I've hit a lot of milestones over the past 744 days and they're all things to be proud of. I think part of my problem right now is I'm happy with the way I look and feel. I'm in a size small top and a size 10 bottom and I'm not trying to get to an extra small and an 8. I just want my weight to drop into the "normal" BMI range for my height, which is a maximum of 1...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "The more you talk about negative  things in your life, the more you call  them in. Speak victory, not defeat . "   ~ Joel Osteen ~ Today is day 743 of Nutrisystem. I chose this quote because it goes along with where I am now. I spent plenty of time rehashing the past and for what ? Maybe to remind myself of the mistakes I made ? I'm past all that now and I no longer feel the need to take those memories out. They will always be there to keep me from letting history repeat itself, so it's high time to focus on all of the good things that have happened over the past 743 days. Sure, it hasn't all been sunshine and roses but when I look at the big picture my life has been blessed over and over during this journey. I managed to retain my job and that has allowed me to continue the Nutrisystem program and to pay the fee for my iFit subscription. It also allowed me to pay off my credit card debt, which is a huge relief. ...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "For once, stop and thank yourself for  how far you've come. You've been  trying to make changes in your life  and all your effort counts . "  Today is day 742 of Nutrisystem. I've always been one to focus on the things I didn't do or the things I did "wrong" instead of giving myself credit for the things I did do or did right. I can see now how damaging that is to your motivation. My attitude toward myself was that no matter what I did it wasn't good enough. It's a big part of the reason I stopped trying to change anything in my life. I figured I would fail yet again, so why bother ? I'm glad to finally be out of that mindset ! No matter how small the achievement you have to use it as the spark that gets you to bigger and better things ! It's taken a long time but I have to give myself credit for losing almost 150 pounds and paying off all of my credit card debt over the past 742 days ...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "Happiness is not about getting  what  you want all the time. It's  about loving what you have and  being grateful for it . "  Today is day 741 of Nutrisystem. It was a rather anti-climactic day after yesterday's big achievement but I still found things to be grateful for. First and foremost I'm grateful for the job that gave me the resources needed to pay off my debt. Two years ago I was facing losing it and although it remains tenuous I am far more prepared if and when the axe does fall on me. Being that it's winter I'm glad to have a home with insulated walls and a reliable heating system. I'm grateful to have pipes that don't freeze. I'm grateful to have Nutrisystem, whose shipments never faltered in spite of COVID-19. I'm grateful for the UPS & FedEx drivers who kept the deliveries coming. I'm grateful for my treadmill, my iFit subscription and my Total Gym as they've helped ...

🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "Pause for a moment and realize  how much progress you have made.  Be proud of yourself and celebrate  your  SELF . "  ~ Roxana Jones ~   Today is day 740 of Nutrisystem. Today was a major huge amazing monumental awesome breathtaking superb stellar stunning tearful emotional beautiful and proud day that has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss or fitness. As of today I am officially free of credit card debt ! My final payment posted and those zeroes are the most amazing and beautiful zeroes I have ever seen in my entire life. It took me 2 long years but I did it ! For the first time in my life I put my mind to something and I stuck with it until the job was done. This gives me hope that I will reach my goal weight using the same grit and determination. I consider 2 of the 3 goals I set at the beginning of 2019 to be complete now. Credit card debt is gone and I am physically fit so all that remai...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 "For me, Monday represents a  fresh  start to the week. It is the  day  where the slate from the  previous  week is wiped clean. It  is a day  of  new beginnings . "  ~ Allen Smith ~   Today is day 739 of Nutrisystem. This quote is a good representation of how I try to look at each new week. I spent too many years carrying the baggage of each week into the next, to the point where the weight on my shoulders was unbearable. Over the past 739 days I finally came to the realization that I can't change what has already happened but I can take steps to continue doing the things that worked and trying not to do the things that didn't. I'm not always successful - sometimes the previous week does follow me but I do wipe the slate clean eventually. Sometimes I spend too much time obsessing about the things I regret or consider a failure. If anything I want to have some balance, ...

  🖤  Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤 " Take time at the end of each  day  to  reflect on what went  right  and  what  you could do   if  you  were given  the  opportunity  to do  something  again  that didn’t  meet  your  standards. This  will  help you  put  better practices in  place and  will  help you make a mental  note  to  continue to do  the things  that  worked . "   Today is day 738 of Nutrisystem. I chose this quote because I often spend time at the end of the day thinking about what went right but I don't often think about how I could do better at anything that didn't meet my standards. I think if I put a little effort into this it would go a long way toward helping me with my consistency goal. Day in and day out I beat myself up for the things I did "wrong" but asking myself "what coul...