Day 152: Still Struggling

 




Today is day 152 of Nutrisystem 2.0 and it's the Monday after vacation, which is never pleasant. However, in my current circumstances it just sucks even more life out of me.


Breakfast was waffles with sugar free syrup. Lunch was potato salad and a pepperoni pizza melt. Dinner was the rest of the potato salad, a meatloaf sandwich & the leftover cake I brought home last night. I also had a Nutrisystem ice cream sandwich.

I didn't have the ambition to get on the treadmill at lunch time, so I opted to clean the laundry room, throw in some laundry and vacuum the carpet. I also put a few things in the pantry and moved some things around in there. I planned to wash up the dishes but ran out of time.

Work was busy as expected and there is nothing new on my job situation. We remain in a holding pattern but it appears less and less likely that we will be granted an exception. I can only hope that someone is out there fighting for us.

I worked from the couch again today and didn't go near the treadmill, but I did manage to get dressed. I'm still struggling with my job situation and I don't see that changing anytime soon. I got a second load of laundry done after work, so the evening wasn't a total loss. Tomorrow is trash day and during lunch I managed to get the last giant plastic bag of junk loaded into my bin. It's nice to see the progress I've made in clearing out the garage ! I still have some stuff in the demo section of the garage that I can clear out before my siding job starts, so I might fill one more bag before I start working on getting rid of the styrofoam coolers that have accumulated.


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