jenniferh

I had about 60 ounces of water, yesterday, and my lips aren’t chapped for the first time in about a month.  That’s it… no more soda.  I feel so much better without all that useless sugar, and I’m sure the water is doing me good.  My hands are less swollen and I can comfortably wear my rings, again.

My daughter went jogging with me this morning.   I could only do 8 minutes, but I’ll get back up to a reasonable level before too long.  I just have to get DISCIPLINED enough to get everything ready before I go to bed, and get up early enough to go jogging and still have time to get ready to go to work.  I can do it - I WAS doing it… I just quit for some reason.

Eating, I did REALLY well, yesterday.  I did eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, what bread I did eat was 100% whole wheat, I didn’t eat any chips, and my only indulgence was a tiny scoop of vanilla ice-cream with some pumpkin-pie spice sprinkled on top for dessert - which was eaten bite by bite between turns on the Wii, playing golf and bowling with my kids.  That thing is the coolest toy, EVER.

***update*** I’m doing GREAT today - drinking water, don’t even WANT a soda, and I dyed my hair.  It’s been about 4 months and the gray was getting really bad.  I look my age, now, instead of 10 years older.  That always makes me feel better.

My New Year’s Resolution has less to do with numbers than it has to do with lifestyle.  I’ve resolved to eat a healthy, balanced diet every day, drink water instead of soda, and exercise at least some every day.  But I did need to know how badly I got off track, so I jumped on the scale this morning and it was pretty bad.  I’m not quite up to where I was before I started - I was at 186 at this time last year and I’m at 179 right now.

I don’t know how much weight I want to lose in a year, but I do know that I want to eat right and get lots of exercise and just be healthier, this year.  And yeah, losing some of this weight would be great, too.

I’ve started a weight loss challenge for myself about my New Year’s Resolution, and I’ll be renewing it monthly to try to keep myself on track. Anybody who wants to is welcome to post their own resolutions on there and keep me company in trying to stay on track!

OH! And my husband and I decided to get a Wii this year for Christmas, but instead of spoiling our children, we spoiled each other.  It’s “Mom and Dad’s” toy, and sometimes we let the children play on it.  They had a good Christmas - we got them some things they needed, a few things they DIDN’T need but were fun, and we had a fantastic time on Christmas Day because we were with family.

We got tennis rackets for the whole family, and I’ve sent off to the HOA for a key to the neighborhood tennis courts.  And I found out about a park in town that has a walking track and FREE mini-golf!  Coolness!

Have a Happy New Year, Y’all!

I disappeared for a while - just too much going on.  I’m teaching, raising 4 kids, my dh is working out of town and is only home on the weekends… Fun stuff!

Teaching is going well - everyone said I’d want to quit by Christmas because “The first year is the hardest!” but it’s just getting easier and easier.  It’s not a SIMPLE job, by any means, but honestly it’s not as hard as my senior year of college was.  College was freakin’ DIFFICULT!  I’ll take teaching, any day!

The diet and exercise, on the other hand…

I’m back on the sodas, back on the chips, off the veggies, not drinking water, and the only exercise I’ve been getting lately is walking around my classroom.  I’ve been completely SUCKING at being healthy.

So here we are, at New Year’s, again, the season of Grand Resolutions.

Maybe I’ll be able to keep mine longer than a couple of months, this time.