New Year, New Shot

February 8. Yeeeaahhh. Obviously, it's been awhile since I last blogged. (And thank you, Robin, for the encouragement to keep at it.) I refuse to beat myself up about my long absence from my goals; is it really helpful, after all? Can I go back in time and change things? No. So here goes. A whole new year, a whole new shot to get this right. Aaaahhhh.

I should probably do a whole new measurement as well, but since it's already the 8th of the month, and February is such a short month, I'll go ahead and wait until next month to do the measuring. But I am at 209. I know that. Now, I can't remember exactly what my last weigh-in was, but I'm thinking I had a gain over the last couple months. Oh well. Again, can't be changed.

A friend of mine and I were discussing weight loss and goal weights yesterday. I said that my goal weight was 130. I've been told that 125-135 would be a good weight for me, which I think is much more realistic and healthier all around than the 114 the Wii Fit says I should be. Good grief--I haven't been that trim since high school, maybe my first year of college. Do I really care to get back to that size? Not really. I'll be 35 in less than 6 months now and I've had four children. Is it realistic for me to weigh what I did in high school? Naaah. How many mothers my age or older (okay, mothers without their own personal trainers or chefs) are as slim as they were in high school? Not many I know.

So what am I going to do to change things? Thanks to my wonderful hubby and all his extra hours of side jobs on the weekends we were home this fall, I have a Wii Fit Plus and a Biggest Loser game to shake up my daily workouts. Yes, I can let Jillian Michaels kick my tooshie on a daily basis (and she does!). I've also been working on drinking more water, eschewing the sodas (but oh, do I love my sodas!), and avoiding the snacking. I purposely do not stock the house with yummy snacks because I know I do not have great self control (why else would I be at 209 lbs?). On a sidebar, and something I'm particularly proud of, there have been 2 Cadbury Creme eggs in my house since Saturday. That is a huge thing. Now that I've reminded myself that they're in fact awaiting me in the kitchen, I'm going to focus on something else so that I do not get up and go get them. I love Cadbury Creme eggs! But I certainly do not need to eat one at barely 9 AM when I haven't even had breakfast yet. How long can they sit there without being eaten? Hmmm. Anyway! Along with my lack of exercise and proper eating habits, my devotions have been lacking as well (to my shame). I'm working on reistablishing my 6 AM wakeup each morning so that I have time for my devotions before the kids wake up. My time with the Lord should be more important to me than a few extra minutes of sleep. Speaking of a few extra minutes of sleep, I need to reistablish my 10:30 bedtime (with lights out no later than 11) so that I have plenty of time to sleep each night.

As I said earlier, this is the year I will turn 35. I want to develop good discipline habits NOW, this year. At the end of the year, I want to no longer be the lazy, undisciplined woman that I am now. Everything else will follow. That is the very best resolution I can have by far. Pray for me!