Day 105: Hello Sunshine !

 

Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet.

It was pretty late when I went to sleep so it was a little bit of a struggle to get out of bed this morning ! I had turned off my alarm but I ended up getting up shortly after 8:30, which isn't bad. It was nice to see blue skies and sunshine ! I only had 2 strays to feed this morning. The orange female and one of the occasional males who always hisses at me. Around 11 am I went out to retrieve empty dishes and another occasional male was lurking, so I gave him a dish of food too.

As usual, I spent the morning watching YouTube and playing my online slots. I didn't take my tablet upstairs last night but I was up until after midnight playing the slots ! When I got my second cup of coffee I took the time to refill my water filter tank and the pitcher I use to fill it. I also topped off the water on my plants. I've started using distilled water for the lucky bamboo .. maybe it will bring me some luck if I treat it better ! The tips of the leaves are brown and from what I've read this can be from too much direct sun or things like fluoride in the water. So I'm trying to keep it out of the sun and using the distilled water. We'll see if it helps the new growth. When I sat down with my coffee I also plugged in my old tablet to charge. I use it to run iFit and I plan to get on the treadmill today. The charge is at 5% as of 11:49 am, so it'll be a little bit before I can use it.

Breakfast today was a 160 calorie cherry cheese roll. I'm so glad they brought it back and I enjoyed it even though it's artificially flavored and nowhere near as good as the real deal would be. Of course, the real deal would have a heck of a lot more calories ! I also had an 80 calorie yogurt. Today is all about trying to stick to Nutrisystem but I still have hotdogs and the fixings for one pizza.

Of all the junk food I had bought, the cheese danish and cherry pie are gone. I have 2 unopened bags of pretzels. The cheese balls are about 80% gone. I have 2 unopened packages of chocolate bars and a couple of loose ones. I also have half a box of egg rolls and a pot pie in the freezer. Beyond that, everything other than the frozen corn works with Nutrisystem. I talked a little with my sister last night about getting back on track with diet and exercise and I'm really going to put more effort into it, instead of continually making excuses.

My Mint subscription renewed today for one year. I had a $15 credit so it was only $165 plus taxes and fees for a total of $185.67, which is just $15.47 per month - a far cry from what AT&T would have charged me ! I am SO glad Michelle brought up changing carriers, as I never would have done it.

Rock & roll bingo was fun last night. It was just me, Kim and Joe and Joe actually won a game ! He could have one a second one but we missed the song. I thought the artist he needed was playing but I didn't say anything because I didn't want to embarrass him. My mistake - I will never do that again. The session finished a little early so we played the slots for a little while. In almost no time I lost $120. I have to be honest, I did not enjoy playing and I regret losing that money. My casino days are over for sure ! My mom loved playing the slots and didn't spend more than she could afford, but I don't want to go down that road. I'm glad that I live so far away from the casinos, so I'm not tempted !