Bring it on 2013!

Well, it is the start of a new year and new goals. This morning, I sat down and wrote down 3 goals for my year. 1) I am going to be more faithful in my Bible reading and study 2) I am going to be successful in my Premier Designs jewelry business and reach some goals that I set and finally, 3) I am going to reach my weight loss goal of 150lbs and become more active.

Those are just basic goals. I put more details in my list but you get the idea with this list. With this being my weight loss blog, I am going to focus more on that topic here.

Tomorrow morning I will start a 7 day cleanse to help me start the year off right. It is called the 'Sacred Heart Cleanse' that is used to stabilize your levels. You are supposed to lose 10-17 pounds in this week but before you start thinking how unhealthy this is, I am aware that this is mostly water weight and will most likely gain it all back. The last 3 weeks have been horrible on my weight and I have not been watching what I eat. My mom had major surgery 2 weeks ago and was in the hospital for 5 days so obviously I didn't eat properly there. Then we had Christmas and new years and you know how that goes. I have gotten back into my bad habits of eating fast food and soda and eating late at night (usually all at the same time too) so I feel like I need to 'reset' and start fresh.

I also would like to get more active. It’s easy to make excuses I know but right now, adding exercise to my "to do list" might set me over the edge. as I said, my mom had major surgery 2 weeks ago so starting tomorrow, I will be her main caregiver and I will gladly take on that role as well as the housekeeper (cleaning, laundry, cooking) but I will also have both my niece and my nephew to watch and in march, my sister will be having another little boy by scheduled c-section and I will be the main caretaker for Logan because of her surgery. Also, I still run a successful jewelry business and every Saturday from now until March is booked with shows. Then there is church where I am a teacher on Sunday mornings. I don’t say all this to brag or to get sympathy; I say all this because I just do not see how I could add a workout in everyday. I would like to walk a little bit everyday but I am not going to beat myself up if I miss a day.I took a picture last night and then took the picture from last Christmas and I compared them side by side and was surprised when I saw a difference. All I can say is that it encouraged me to keep on keeping on and to keep pushing forward with my journey to a new me!!

 

This year, I want to be more faithful in updating my blog. I was using this as an outlet and then I let myself get to busy to update. So this year, a goal of mine is to update at least once a week if not more.

I read a quote today from a friend of mine and it seemed like a perfect way to end my post today-

"No one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

As always,

One day at a time