Not-resolutions.
Posted
Monday, February 11, 2008 10:39 PM
I know it’s February, hardly the time to start making resolutions so I’ll focus on these as goals more than resolutions. I’m noticing more and more each day that I find myself thinking, I need to start doing this or I need to stop eating that. Not that I’m trying to hoist myself onto a diet or anything. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the fact that I’ve been able to maintain my weight even though I’m not going to the gym anymore. I’m quite happy with my curvy little body, but I need to kick the sweets out of my diet. I know a few here and there won’t hurt me, but I definitely have a little sweet tooth. I’m trying to convince my husband that we need to bake more. 1.) This will help me actually learn how to bake more than cookies from a box, 2.) We can control the amount of sugar that goes into it (and what kind, so I can use the organic cane sugar, not the overly processed crap sugar), 3.) We’re not overrun by an abundance of sweet things in the house (thus tempting me), and 4.) Our stuff will be preservative free (making it that much more healthy).
I also want to start drinking more water during the day. I come home with these awful headaches which I’m sure can be attributed to two things: the fact that I sit at a computer all day and the fact that I don’t drink any water. I actually don’t drink much of anything at work. My poor little system! Lately though DH has been helping with this as he always drops by a huge liter of Aqaufina when he’s out and about. But I don’t want to keep buying bottled water. I need to get a little water thermos that can sit at my desk or something equally as tote-able now that I’ll be on the road more with my new job.
(Side note: I finally gave my notice and have started telling everyone that I am leaving. It’s exhilarating, sad, and exciting all at once. And everyone’s so sad to see me go. My boss actually considered negotiating with me to stay until he realized marketing is not where my heart is.)
My final goal as far as my health is concerned is my yoga. I really enjoy it when I do it. I just need to do it more. We have a DVD we bought and it kicks my butts every time! Plus I enjoy how calm it makes me feel when I’m finished. I will start having Wednesdays off, so maybe I can do yoga as my morning ritual…
School is starting to become the number one thing on my mind (after the new job of course). I really want to get serious and take some classes. The only downer is since I’ll be traveling, I won’t really know where I’ll end up each week, and therefore don’t really know what school is going to be closest. I will be working in the same county, so maybe I can start looking at one of the junior colleges there. Or I can find a day class to take on Wednesdays. When we were living in California I had a class that was only on Friday nights from about six to nine. But I need to start getting classes under my belt. I want to show my new job that I am serious about climbing the ladder. I have the opportunity to grow here and I want to!!
Eco-friendly water bottle I'm considering from Ideal Bite (www.idealbite.com).
