Day 75: A Taste of Summer !

 

Here we go ! It's a new year. Time to get back on track with diet and exercise. The goal is 100 pounds by 12-31-25. Can I do it ? At this point, probably not but I'm going to keep trying. My original Day 75 was a quiet but chilly Tuesday.

I was awake just after 8 today. I slept a little later because I was awake until after 1 am. For some reason Minnie came upstairs 3 different times. She'd lay on the bed for a little while and then leave. I'm thinking she was hungry. I didn't go to bed until nearly 11:30 and I should have given her a can of food. Instead, I was lazy ! The day started off a bit cloudy but the sun broke through and it warmed right up into the 70's. It was 74 as of 2:48 pm !! After today the forecast is calling for almost all 40's and 30's during the day until the beginning of April. Rain, snow and very little sun means the next couple of weeks are going to suck. Since it was so warm I turned off the heat in the downstairs. It wasn't running but the laundry room was hovering at 68 and there was no need for any heat to keep that constant. I opened the front door and let Minnie go out on the porch to enjoy the sun. She loves being able to bask in the sun or peek out the windows. Hopefully this will be a daily occurrence soon ! 

Today was supposed to be rock & roll bingo but it's cancelled due to March Madness. I was really looking forward to it, but I'll have another week to hopefully be 100% over my cold. After a good cough and nose blowing session this morning I can tell my congestion is better. I was a little worried about pneumonia but the last time I was at urgent care (Dec23) the PA told me it's not pneumonia if coughing clears yours lungs. Mine clear right up so I think I'm good !

I took some time to clean out my email accounts today and discovered we are going on the FX Matt brewery tour on Friday afternoon. I guess Rich and Barb must be taking a vacation day. I have to remember to tell them about a new brewery that has opened in Oswego. They might enjoy it for a future road trip. Friday's weather for Mexico is 41 and sunny, so hopefully Utica will be sunny and perhaps a little warmer. I also checked in on my bank account to ensure my car payment posted and my unemployment was deposited. 

Breakfast was the usual 160 calorie waffles with sugar free syrup. Late morning I got a yogurt out but never ate it. I had a couple of cookies instead .. lol ! Lunch was a 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt. I also snacked on a few cashews. 

Even though I wasn't going out today I went ahead and took a long overdue shower and washed my hair. With winter on it's way out I think I'll have an easier time getting back into a daily shower routine. I am still planning a "restart" of Nutrisystem and exercise on Monday 3-24. I would expect my cough & stuffiness to be nearly (if not completely) gone by then. I'm sad that I wasn't able to discipline myself enough to make progress over the past 3 months, but it's water over the bridge now. All I can do is focus on what is in front of me instead of regretting what has already passed. I blame much of it on winter as I was starting to make progress when the snow started burying my area. February was the worst and I never, ever want to go through that again. I plan to be better prepared next winter but I hope we don't have a repeat !

My abdominal pain has resolved and I think a lot of it was the stress of losing my job and the hardship of winter, along with the fact that I sit on my ass all day every day. My couch doesn't provide the right support for good posture and I plan to replace it with something nicer soon. I really like the leather recliners that Barb & Rich have, so I may go with something like that. When I had a bunch of dogs and cats it wouldn't have made sense, but it's just Minnie and me now and I don't think she would tear it up. She leaves my current furniture alone and has a scratch box and cat tree to satisfy her urge to sharpen her nails !

Since I'm not going out I'm going to get some laundry done and then enjoy the rest of the day. I thought about going to get chinese but I'm going to hold off until the weekend. I always seem to crave it on Monday when they're closed !