New Year's Resolutions 2012

They say if you make your resolutions public you will be more likely to stick with them. So I thought to share mine here, even though I don't think anyone will ever see them.

*Get more sleep. I do not get enough sleep, or good quality sleep. I have trouble falling asleep and tend to stay up reading, youtubing, or movies until my eyes are closing. So for 2012 I will try to get ready for bed at 10pm and in bed by 10:30pm.

*Drink more water. I try to do this already, I've read if you pee clear that is good, strong yellow urine is a sign of dehydration, etc. Some days I drink a lot of water, others I get to busy or the water is not convenient.

*Regular exercise. This is one of the hardest resolutions. I know from the past year's experience that I feel better and tone up nicely when I exercise. It is the time to do it and the energy to do it that stops me.

*Nutrition. I have no will power to not put bad, non-nutritious food in my mouth when I am hungry. I resolve to prepare and plan ahead so that I do not reach that starvation stuff my face feeling. I resolve to try to only eat healthy, nutritious food that will benefit my body.

I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!

Educating Myself

I've been doing a lot of reading. Tosca Reno's Eating Clean books make a lot of sense to me. The magazine For Women First has a lot of tips and reports on current medical breakthroughs, Suzanne Somers reports on bioidentical hormones and toxins in Forever Sexy (after 40). Beauty Detox also reports on food toxins. I am thinking about taking nutrition courses to further educate myself. One theme I am picking up on is SLEEP. I don't get enough or good quality sleep. On a side note, I didn't renew my tanning package at Thanksgiving, worried about weather and having to make a trip in town during winter weather. So I've tried tanning lotions. I finally have skin a nice tan color and the varicose veins don't show as much.

5th start stats

This is rather pathetic. 5 attempts to lose weight. But I'm going to keep trying. Consistency is the key. Here are my stats:
Neck: 16.75
Arm: 13.
Bust: 44.50
Waist: 40.25
Gut: 43.75
Hip: 43.25
Thigh: 23.50
Calf: 15.50
Ankle: 9.25
Weight is 205 pounds. Total inches are 249.75.

What happened?

Even though I walked with my dad most mornings, I gained weight over the summer. I started school weighing in at 217. The first few weeks of school were stressful as I adjusted to a classroom of 27 students, Bri going off to college, and driving my son to events he was involved in. I lost weight back down to 210. Been hanging around that weight since October. Now my schedule has been freed up, and I am ready to try again, for the 5th time to start taking better care of myself. I love my family and want my children to do and experience things and since I have such a large class, I find myself bringing a lot of school work home to do. I feel these are legitimate excuses for not exercising but poor food choices have no excuse. So here I go again.

Slow Summer Start

Have been walking with my dad most mornings at 8am. I had made a workout schedule for myself that I have been unable to keep up with. Already this summer I am getting busy. The first week of summer was getting ready for Bri's graduation party. The second week I started walking and did some yard work. Now it is the third week and I have planned good will shopping trip for tomorrow. I really just want to stay home, clean and organize my house, and focus on losing weight.

I am feeling better. Walking seems to be toning up my middle. Still need to get my portions under control.

4th Start

Well, May was busy with end of year paperwork, etc. Exercise went out the window except for Zumba on Fridays. I like food, maybe not the best kinds of food. Exercise is hard when there is so many demands on my time. Now, school is out and I'm ready to try again. I'm already a little discouraged. I devised a workout plan for weekdays that includes a daily walk, daily stomach exercises, and M-W-F extra aerobics and T-R toning. It's tuesday and I've only done the morning walk. My day gets busy with demands and then I'm too tired to do the extra workout. Eating this week has been good, with fruit before my walk and good meals throughout the day, lots of water. Will post stats tomorrow.

backslide

backsliding a little. Went to Sam's club and bought cheddar cheese sauce and Tostitos. Have had this for the past 3 days and even though it tastes amazing, I feel yucky. And I've gained 5 pounds. Probably (I hope) just water weight from the sodium in the sauce and chips. I have been exercising for the past 2 weeks, either bicycle, step aerobics, walking, or mowing grass for hours. Tomorrow I go back to eating better and taking care of myself.