Day 162: Not Giving Up

 





Today is day 162 of Nutrisystem 2.0 and it was a struggle to get up again today. I took Benadryl around 10 pm and that is likely the reason. As always, once I was up I was fine. The Benadryl is really helping to keep the itchy patches of poison ivy under control. I have just a small patch on the tops of both feet and just a couple bumps on the side of my right wrist. I guess from now on I need to wear socks when I'm working in the outer reaches of the yard. I did wear long pants, long sleeves and gloves but the sandals were clearly not a good idea. Washing my feet probably saved me from a worse case !


Breakfast was 160 calorie waffles with sugar free syrup and an 80 calorie yogurt. I didn't have a morning snack. Lunch was the usual chef salad & 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt. Afternoon snack was 80 calorie cottage cheese and 90 calorie oatmeal cookies. Evening snack was a 140 calorie chocolate cupcake.

Work was steady but not overly busy. I was able to close out a few projects. One was huge and took me hours to load all the data. I could have worked OT tonight but I didn't really have enough to do to make it worth my while. I have the option to work tomorrow night if I want, so we'll see.

I didn't get on the treadmill today. I ended up taking a nice shower during lunch and after work I was too relaxed to even think about it !

Today I finally got all of my vitamins & other supplements in ! I really want to get serious about weight loss and exercise again, so this is the start. All the "junk" I bought at the store last weekend is gone, except for the Hershey kisses. So ... onward !

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