Finding ONEderland

I do not normally make New Years resolutions...but this year I am going to. My resolution is to get back on the healthy track I was on a couple years ago. Seriously start watching what I put in my body. I have got too lax with stuff....slowly some of the crap has crept back into my diet. And my diet should be a healthy one. Now when I say diet I mean as in what I eat, not as in going on a diet. It's just time that I got back into my healthy lifestyle that I had been doing and that was making me feel so much better.

I need to make sure I get in at least 5 servings of veggies a day. That I eat all whole grain type of foods. Getting low fat milk and cheeses (cheese is the big one where I let that slip). Watching the sugar...let that slip way too much too. And trying to stay away from the processed foods. Get in plenty of water...once again something I let slip which is not one I thought I would as it is so easy for me to do really cause I like water. READ READ READ food labels at the store....this is a must. I actually bought some cereal that I thought was healthy to get home and find out it had trans fats in it.

Also on my list is putting exercise back into the forefront of my life again. It also slipped to the side...even more so after the accident as I was too sore to do anything. Once I stopped then I never got back at it. I have my exercise bike, balance ball, DVDs and I can go out bundled up and walk some too.

And the last thing is putting some creativity back in my life....in different ways...like drawing, playing the guitar, computer graphics and even some crafts. I use to love to make stuff and design things and I have totally let that drop to the way side because I was just too busy.

Oh and i am going to start doing weigh-ins again on here. However it will be my WW ones so they are a little heavier than before as I am fully clothed with shoes on. And part of my creativity will be working on my website...that will come later in the next month or two.

So when some folks are resolving to not make resolutions I am finally doing some because I feel I need it for a kick start to reclaim so much of the parts of my life that make me happy.

Posted by Annie at 09:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

It has been a long day and I am very tired. We did our hoilday get together with my husbands aunts and uncles and all of their families. It was at his aunt's house which is far off the beaten path. The road going up is only one lane and very few houses on it. It was a very good time and the country there is just beautiful.

I did well to only eat one plate of food watching portions. I passed up on doing extra rolls and such. After lunch we all went out and took a nice wall down the road and back. I was really surprised at out well I did with the walk since I have gained a few pounds and since the wreck I hadn't done any exercise. I was worried that I would get started and need to stop and turn around before we got very far.

Once we got back we sat and watched some football. Pretty much I just listened to what people were saying cause I don't follow sports like that and didn't really know or care about what was going on on the tube. Then we had desert, I sampled a couple different ones but only very small pieces. After that was exchanging of gifts.

Then on the way home I stopped at my best friends house and gave her the present I had got her. We stay for a just a little while to talk and then headed out as we still needed to eat some dinner. Rounding out trip we stopped and did some grocery shopping. I had to get quite a few things as so much had expired in my fridge and pantry and needed replacing. The stuff I replaced I made sure was things we would use soon or had long shelf dates. Which won't be such a problem after 3 week once I don't have work tiring me out.

Now it is late and I am heading to bed. Hope everyone else is having a really good weekend too.

Posted by Annie at 11:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I had a very nice time though my days off seemed to have flew by at the speed of light.

One word for this month - Busy. At least it should be coming to an end with all the things that are taking up my time...mostly work. Though it will probably get worse before it gets better. If things go the way I have been told then it should be over with just past the middle of the month of January. I'll be glad to move on to another phase of my life.

I did go back to WW and have been there the last two Saturdays. I am going to stick with Saturday meetings for the moment because that is just easier for me with work and all. Honestly right now it is just about keeping my head above water. I can think about more once things calm down.

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I am slowly but surely catching up on my blog reading. I decided that I missed it too much and that I couldn't let go of stuff that I liked to do just because work is super busy. I can do both and make it through till all of this is over. Then I will have plenty of time for me again. I just keep counting it down.

My birthday was yesterday. I went to dinner with my husband and had a nice healthy meal that was delicious too. I got a camcorder for my birthday and looking forward to getting to play with it some. I did a little recording so far. I have to get the software installed on my PC to upload all the stuff. Will hopefully have time this weekend to do that.

I've got to get back to WW. I haven't been since the car wreck. I am planning on going back Saturday. My hours will be changing at work and will make week days a little bit more difficult to pull off right now. Once we close down then I can find something during the day time on week days. Right now I just need to get back and back on track again.

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