2023: Finding My Way Back

Great things happen to those who don't stop believing,  trying, learning, and being grateful. I don't even know "what day" of Nutrisystem this should be and really, it doesn't matter. Suffice to say I've been off track for the first 8 months of this year. I've made zero progress towards losing the 80 pounds I've gained. I've continually sabotaged myself and I don't know why. I'm calling this the Last Round because I want this to be the last time I "start" this journey ! It doesn't mean I'm giving up ! I've also decided to only post weekly updates. There are many days that I don't feel like posting a full blog, so this is a compromise. *** Most of the content below was written on Sunday 9-17 *** I really want to get this journey back on track, but I haven't yet had a "perfect" day. This is keeping me from "starting" again ! This realization is giving me some insight into a big part of my prob

 **written on 8-7-23, published "as is" on 9-5-23** Today should have been day 214 of Nutrisystem 2.0 but instead it's Day 9 of Round 4. I've been too lazy to write anything so today's blog is a compilation of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The siding crew was hard at work by 8 am Friday and wrapped up around 3:30. I actually thought they'd leave earlier since it's Friday, but it's possible they had an assignment to get to a certain point with the siding ! They finished the yard side and the upstairs on the front of the house ! It looks so awesome ! They also reattached the power cable on the driveway side and it seems to be much more secure. It has always flapped against the house when it was windy and I'm hoping they've fixed that for me. The last bit of siding is going to be the front porch and that shouldn't take took long. There is still a lot of trim work that needs to be done and that could be tedious and time consuming. They're al