Day 89: Nearly 3 months !

 

Today is day 89 of Nutrisystem 2.0. I didn't check the temp when I got up but it was 52 and sunny by 1 pm ! Tomorrow will mark 3 months on this latest effort and if I'm honest, I'm not happy with where my weight is. I should have been able to lose more than 13 pounds in 3 months. I know why this happened and I can't change what I've already done. I have to set my sights forward and focus on the next 90 days. I have to work hard to try and lose more. I would be happy to lose 20 pounds in the next 90 days, so that is the goal. If I stay on my exercise plan and keep away from the sweets and other extras, there is no reason I can't do this. I will admit I am worried about Easter Sunday because there will be no less than 3 desserts and sweets are my weakness. I'm sure there will be candy too. I will eat before I go so that I'm not starving and I will not bring any sweets home.

Breakfast was waffles with sugar free syrup. I never got around to eating my yogurt. Morning snack was a chocolate shake. Lunch was a chef salad and pepperoni pizza melt. Afternoon snack was cottage cheese & oatmeal cookies. Dinner was roasted turkey medallions. I started out with broccoli too, but I bought broccoli "cuts" instead of "florets", so I ended up with a bag of stems. Ugh. I tried to eat it but I just couldn't do it. I tossed them and didn't bother to cook a different vegetable. I checked the freezer and fortunately I only had 1 bag of that garbage and I won't make that mistake again ! Evening snack was a chocolate cupcake. I made an effort today to use less syrup and less salad dressing and it was no problem ! I didn't try very hard to use less whipped cream on my cupcake though .. baby steps !

First workout of the day was 23m35s in Italy. I went from 2 mph to 2.4 then 2.7 during the first couple of minutes but at 20 minutes to go I set the speed to 3 mph for the remainder of the workout. There was only one little blip of 3% incline and I had no trouble with that. I used the same settings for my Italy workout after work. This one was 21m23s so it was a short transition to 3 mph ! I really wanted to slow it down but I pushed myself and got it done ! Last workout of the day was another in Italy and this one was 21m5s. I was going to go with the programmed speed as this one had a little over 2 minutes at 5% incline, but instead I went with 2.4 mph for the duration. My goal for the 3rd workout each day is to stay in the fat burning zone so I didn't want to push myself hard for this one. It's a good thing I didn't because I hadn't had dinner and I barely made it to the end. I did end the cool down early and grabbed a yogurt to eat while I made my dinner. Today I logged 66 minutes plus about 16 minutes of cool down, for a grand total of 82 minutes ! Great way to start the week !

Work was not as productive as I'd have liked because I was on a couple of wild goose chases. I have a ton of projects that will close in the next week or so and I can't wait to start that ! I do have some tedious projects I need to start working on too, so I'll probably start working on those tomorrow. 

Today was a good day, for a Monday ! I kept to the Nutrisystem plan 100%. I checked all the boxes on my schedule, which means I got a shower, skin care, all my vitamins, all my workouts .. the whole enchilada ! For once I set up something I feel I can maintain because I didn't set an expectation that I would keep to it 7 days a week. I already struggle with weekends, so trying to keep to this schedule would be just setting myself up for failure again. Ironically, during my last workout today Tommy Rivs was talking about keeping to a routine or schedule and I swear this guy just reads my mind ! Putting my evening routine on an Excel spreadsheet and checking the boxes has made a big difference. It sounds silly but my life lacks structure. I work from home so I don't have to worry about being up at the crack of dawn to get ready for work and commute to an office. Nobody is looking over my shoulder to make sure I'm working. I don't have children or a spouse putting any demands on my time. Nobody tells me what time to go to bed or what time to get up. My life is really all about me now and I pretty much do whatever I want, when I want. I regret that I sometimes resented having to get up "early" on Saturdays and take mom to the casino. I always did it but there were times I'd have liked to stay at home. Long before her passing I knew I was spending too much money there and I wanted to stop, but I couldn't take away the one thing that she enjoyed. I'm glad I didn't, but I'm also glad that I finally gave it up. It's nice to see the money I earn staying in my bank account !

On that note it's time to brush my teeth and climb into bed !