Resolution Check- Week 1

Well, I am here to offer a weekly update to my resolutions I made. I did not go through one drive-thru this whole week! You might think that is not a big deal, but honestly, I was hittin' a drive-thru in some form or another like 5 times a week-- either for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a Diet Coke (which was it usually was). I know that $1 Diet Coke from McDonald's is not the biggest offense on Earth, but honestly-- that $1 DC usually turns into a $3.49 value meal. Not to mention I was drinking DC by the GALLONS and totally neglecting my water intake. Not good. Not healthy. Not to mention expensive. Spending $1 a day on Diet Coke alone, coupled with a few nights of Value Meals...and it adds up to like $10 a week on crappy SHITTY food. So, in that regard, I have done really well!

I only made it to Zumba once this week. I wish I could have done it at least twice. That is my goal. So, hopefully this week will be better, though I doubt it because Luke is working over night this week. Awful. I hate it. Only 4 more months of Med School of us...thank GOD. Not that residency will be any better by any means...

I did go to Target twice this week. My resolution was just to go once. However, I bought nothing frivolous or unnecessary either time. I just got diapers and some groceries and a gift for Clare's baby shower. Go me.

So, all in all, I think I did pretty well. I didn't fall off any wagon. I am still very much on my way to having a healthy year in all aspects of my life. I even said "No" to a commitment that would have taken me away from my family for several hours. There's so much power in that tiny little word!

Happy New Year!

I realize that I need to upload some pictures here soon. I also need to do that on my photography blog because...well...it is for my photography, so I need to show some photography. Speaking of that-- I am so happy with the growth of my photography "business." I counted, and I did over 20 photo sessions in about 5 months in 2010. I have already started the new "season" with a great session, and I have several more coming up. Very cool. I love it.

Anyway-- we had the most uneventful New Year's ever. I mean...if it were any more uneventful, we'd be 6 feet under, if you know what I mean. I went to a special New Year's Eve Zumba class, and then I came back, got ready really quickly, and then we went to PF Chang's (my favorite Chinese place!) to celebrate NYE and our 10 year anniversary of being together. We made a reservation, they had our table ready, and we were out of there within an hour. We came back, played with Noelle for a few, put her to bed, then I fell asleep long before midnight. I woke up at about 11:45, just in time to watch the ball drop and then fall back asleep. No parties. No drinking. No screaming at midnight. No noise makers. No silly hats. A part of me missed this...the traditions of NYE past...but a part of me was just fine with spending the evening with my husband and my daughter, safe and sound in our home. Maybe the fact that 2011 was welcomed in quietly and calmly will mean that it will be a quiet and calm year...

Now, on to those resolutions. I make them every year. I break them every year...but I think it's because my motivations are never really whole-hearted. I usually say I want to lose weight...not to be healthier but because I want to look good on a bikini. I usually say I want to save money...not for financial fitness but for something frivolous that I want to buy. This year, I have decided to focus on health and balance...the total picture...taking care of myself so that I can be a better mom, wife, daughter, friend, teacher, person. I think that is all we can hope for at the dawn of a new year.

One resolution I am determined to uphold is eliminating fast food from my diet. This is not only for my health benefit, but also for my financial benefit. Honestly, even commercials for fast food are making my stomach churn. Too much. I am done.

So...you might scoff at my resolutions and think there's no way I will keep them...but I don't care. I will never know unless I try.