Day 181: Day 4 of Vacation - Happy Independence Day !

 





Today is day 181 of Nutrisystem 2.0 and yesterday was the 6 month mark. I didn't write much yesterday as I wasn't feeling very energetic. I've been living on Benadryl because of the mosquito bites I had, and that makes me sluggish. It seems I am very sensitive to mosquitos now. I never used to develop gigantic welts like I do now. I've added bug spray to my shopping list and plan to use that whenever I am out in the yard. Today I feel much better and I'm going to try and get through the day without Benadryl. I didn't wake up with any itching, so that is a good sign. 


Breakfast was waffles with sugar free syrup and a yogurt. After that I was out for the day.

So yet again I've been on a bit of bender when it comes to food. I'm not going to wring my hands over it now, as it's water over the bridge. Starting tomorrow I will be back on the treadmill and the Total Gym. In 2 months I have to start going to the office once a month and I'm ashamed that I'll be going as a "fat" person again. I'm also headed to Disney in 5 months and I don't want to do that as a fat person. Monday 7-10 I'm going back to 100% compliance with Nutrisystem. All the "bad" food is gone from the house and I will not be buying any more.


Despite forecasts of thunderstorms for the past few days my area only received some scattered showers. Gentle rains are the best because the ground is able to absorb it and that's probably why my grass has greened up. My lawn had been looking a little fried even though I've been careful not to cut it too short. I would have enjoyed a nice thunderstorm, but oh well ! 


Today is the 4th of July and Day 4 of my vacation. I haven't made much progress on my "to do" list, but I still have plenty of time to make a significant dent. Saturday I grocery shopped and did some late evening weed trimming. Sunday and Monday I pretty much did nothing because of the insect bites I got Saturday evening. I sat on the couch and watched tv. Last night I did cook the potatoes and eggs for my potato salad, which I assembled this morning. My sister & brother in law in law invited everyone for a cookout today and the weather turned out perfect ! 


Today was garbage day so I got another contractor bag of trash out of the garage. I have another one started but it's nowhere near full and I really don't have much more to add to it. I still have some styrofoam to get rid of over the next couple weeks. It's so nice to be able to move around freely in the garage. 


I'm really mad at myself to be 180 days into this Nutrisystem 2.0 journey with so little to show for it. I keep giving in to poor food choices and I'm still finding excuses not to exercise. The only one of my original 2019 goals that I've maintained is paying off my credit card debt. I've paid my balances in full every month since the cards were paid off. It's ironic that I still sometimes hesitate to log in to my bank account to view activity. I struggled for so long to keep my head above water and those memories don't fade easily. Seeing over $50k in my account is just amazing even though I know that won't last. Pretty soon I'll be taking almost $43k of that to pay for my siding project. Even so, I have about $26k still coming from my mom's estate, so I'll still have a cushion to build on. I'm also proud of having stopped my weekly casino trips. That has saved me a ton of money. I was tempted to go this week while I was on vacation but I managed to shake that off. Why can't I do that when it comes to food ?!?!?! I'm going to try harder and I'm going to do it ! 

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