Happy New Year!
Welcome 2014...I look forward to making you a year to remember!
I have been thinking a lot about what I can accomplish in the next year and am excited to begin. I have set a personal goal to lose at least 50 lbs. this year and improve my overall health. Considering I have at least 100 lbs to shed total, I feel that setting a half way goal for the upcoming year is more than doable, provided I make some major necessary changes in the way I currently approach food and exercise.
2013 was a terrible year in terms of food discipline for me. In the past few months especially, I feel as though I have completely gone off the rails and ate pretty much anything that was wasn't nailed down, with ZERO regard to it's nutritional content whatsoever. My clothes reminded me each day of the bad choices I was making, but I didn't take heed. Stepping on the scale this morning and seeing the number before me was not so much a surprise, as it was a giant dose of reality: 240.25 lbs. I never dreamed in a million years I would ever be this fat, but there it is. The scale does not lie, no matter how much I'd like it to. The number reflects the way I feel - heavy and overwhelmed. It is time for a definite change. I know I can do this.
I'm starting this year with more mindful eating. I have to really THINK about what I am putting in my mouth and what it means towards reaching my goals. One thing that has to be tamed is my addiction to sugar. It's been dessert mania around here lately and it's gotten ugly. At one point we had three kinds of fruit pie and a cheesecake. Seriously? Need I wonder why my pants are tight? Hardly.
The other major adjustment in my daily routine will be fitting in exercise. I'm going to track my exercise with calorie count and in an exercise calendar. I completed 32 mins on the treadmill today, which was only 1.5 miles in distance - but the goal isn't to think of how short the time was or how minimal the distance - I want to think of it as what it truly is: More exercise than I have done in a long while. I also know that with consistency, the time and distance will increase quickly - I just need to stick with it.
My husband likes to joke that my nickname is 95% because I start a million things but never follow through with them 100%. I'm making a concerted effort to change that. This year, I'm going to do it all the way. This year, come hell or high water, I'm going to change my life.
