My New Years Resolutions!

Well here they are, I finally have put my New Year Resolution down in writing.  I have been thinking them over and planning on how to attain them for a month now.  They seem real and reachable now that I see them in writing.

My New Year Resolution this year has several parts to it. 

1. Working Towards A New Me!
     a) Lose weight
     b) Eat healthier
     c) Become a better person
     d) Money management
     e) Work on existing relationships
     f) Make new friends

How I plan to achieve these goals:

a) Lose weight- working out with a personal trainer and spending every day doing some kind of physical activity. Reach a reasonable weight goal.

b) Eat healthier-I have already met with a nutritionist and got set up on a computer program called New Leaf.  This program gives me grocery lists, planned out meals, and recipes.  It will help me how to learn how to eat.  It even teaches you how to eat fast food and still stay within your daily calories. 

c) To become a better person-This is going to take some soul searching and reading some recommend self help books.

d) Money Management- I will be attending a Dave Ramsey class and actually use what I learn to pay off bills and save money.

e) Work on existing relationships- I am going to work on communication with my husband, spending more active time with my daughter, strengthen my current relationships with my current friends.

f) Make new friends- I will be making new friends this year.  I feel like I have only a couple really good friends and I believe that you can never have too many friends.

These changes I am making to myself are going to be life changes.  I am 35 years old and I am very ready to find my place in this world, To Stand Tall and Feel Confident in Myself

The Queen of Excuses

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.  Henry Ward Beecher
I found this quote while surfing the Internet.  As I read this quote it struck a nerve!  I am always complaining about how a friend called and canceled plans with an excuse.  Some friends I have just given up on making plans with.  But this quote made me look at myself: I am a hypocrite!  I am the queen of excuses!
I feel like I have been letting myself down.  I always have an excuse to give myself, tired, I'll do it tomorrow, and I don't feel good.
This is a quote that I will always remember and refer to.

The Plan of action!

As 2011 is only a few days away, I have been preparing my action plans.  Starting with the new year I am going to work on improving the inside and the outside of myself.  There is always room for improvement.  The past several years I have lost myself!  I feel uncomfortable in my own skin, emotionally and physically! 

Weight loss has became a medical necessity.  I was referred by my doctor to see about Bariatric surgery.  My insurance wouldn't even consider it and when I found out how much the surgery was going to cost, I realized this is going to be a very long and challenging road.  I started out by signing up at the local gym.  I then set up an appointment for a fitness evaluation with a nutritionist.  The next appointment that I made was with a personal trainer.

I now have appointments with a back specialist and my knee specialist and make sure the pain that I am having is due to arthritis and is not something more severe.  Til then I have been working out in the pool.  20 min kicking with a kick board and 10 min. treading water.

January 1st, 2011 is the official start date of repairing ME!  Follow me through my ups and downs with weight loss and finding my self esteem.