New Year's Resolutions

New Year Resolutions for 2013

1.       Make a granny square blanket. I have a plan already in place to make this happen I hope that you will help me finish this goal with a follow along granny square blanket blog. That should help me stay motivated, and stay accountable.  

2.       Work on paying down our debt. With a little help from Dave Ramsey's books we should be able to do this.

3.       School I am going to take one eight week class at a time. Alright this is a cheater goal because I am already enrolled for most of my classes this year. I like to make sure I have one goal that I can for sure accomplish on my list.

4.       I am going to focus on exercise this year.  Sounds familiar? I really need to exercise more. So this year I will not be dieting. No fad diets, no pressure to make the scale bend to my will. I will work on running and yoga. By 2014 I will be able to run 2 miles in 24 minutes. That is a 12 minute mile.

5.       Lose a little weight to the tune of 12 pounds or so. Again I will not focus on the scale, I will eat healthy, I will drink less wine, drink more water, and exercise. I will not be doing a diet at all this year. 12 pounds is 1 pound a month so I will only weigh myself once a month. If by the end of 2013 there is no change in my weight but I can run a twelve minute mile for two miles than this is the weight that I am. No complaints. The goal is to be healthy and fit not skinny. I am happy with how I look at a size ten.

6.       Finish the projects I start. Right now I have about 10 unfinished projects. I want to finish them and more.

7.       Make the boys each a pair of Pajamas. Another little cheater one. I have the fabric, I have the pattern, and I have one halfway done.

8.       Sew two new dresses. This one I really hope I can make more than two new dresses this year but I want to be realistic too. I have fabric for both of the dresses I want to make. So it is all about make time.

9.       Get an updated Family photo. This one is important to me as we haven't had our family picture done in two years. So we need an updated one for our wall. New pictures of the boys.

10.   Get organized and get on a cleaning schedule. I need to do this badly. Maybe this should be the number one goal instead of number 10.

 

11. Write one page a day on my book. Yes, I am writing a book. I want to be able to say that I finished writing one. So if I write one page a day that is at least 365 pages by this time next year.

 

12. Be More productive. I want to accomplish more in my day. 

 

13. Finally Can more food for my family. I love homemade food and I want to do more canning this year. Everything from jellies, soups, beans, and pickles.

 

 These are my top ten Resolutions for 2013. Notice I included more things that I can and will complete this year. I hope that when 2014 comes around I can proudly report that I finished each of these things, or at least most of these goals. As long as I continue to move forward and learn and grow than I can be successful. I am hopeful and ready for the New Year. Welcome 2013!

I hope that your day is inspired, filled with love, and laughter. Be well my friends.

Warning Bikini Body

Um, well not really a bikini body at all. I warned you. The other day I was reading a blog about the beginning of a weight loss journey. Really I felt like it was more about the pre bought meal plan, you know the ones that send you all of your food. I am sure that they are great plans that work but isn't anyone worried about the over processed food? Where is it that you learn to prepare healthy food? Or where is it you learn about the actual food? These plans are made so that you lose weight with out thinking about it as long as you only eat what they give you to eat. Honestly the only reason I have never tried one of them is because I do not want to spend the money and now I know to much about where food comes from to want to eat any kind of processed food. I am getting off on a tangent believe it or not I was not planning that. The point is in all of the start up posts people are willing to say I have X amount weight to lose and I am going to follow Y diet. Maybe I have been guilty of doing this in the past.

Moving on I struggle with where I think my weight needs to be. If you have been reading for long you know that I suck at dieting or at least following diets. I want to be totally honest and open with you. It is brutal and I am stalling. Today I am going to show you where I am and tell you why I think I need to be some where else.

What I totally warned you about this Bikini Bod.

The side view awesome.

You know side views are kind of hard to do in a small bathroom with a self timer.

Front again. I want to cry. So if you don't have anything nice to say please don'

t say it to me. Oh, yeah. White is beautiful.

Last but the least favorite my weight. 1 6 4 . 2

Part of the reason I decide to post these is so that I have before picture to measure myself by. The other reason is most of the time I hide my weight well in clothes. So I have been told I don't need to lose weight. The cold hard truth is right now I am not healthy. I have been totally defeated by that scale and slowly as the weight didn't come off , or it did but then came back I have gotten lax, lazy. Lazy on choices (um homemade marshmallows, twix bars, peanut butter bars, cookies, should I continue or just assume that to be the worst offenders. . . I got lost in the battle of the numbers, and the more I tried the less I saw the scale move down. I quit. That is right I am a quitter. I weighted until my pants don't fit, I am tired all of the time, and eating eating eating.

The good news in this mess is. . .

Today is a new day and I am not going to follow a diet. I am not going to weigh myself more then once a month. My plan is a five part plan, or a two part plan. Okay so my plan is to be flexible and change slowly. I am not going all out hard because I get burnt out fast.

Part 1. Admit that I have a problem. Check
Part 2. Couch to 5K http://www.c25k.com/c25k_treadmill.html

 

Week	Workout 1	Workout 2	Workout 3
1	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:00: Run 6:00-7:30: Walk 7:30-8:30: Run 8:30-10:00: Walk 10:00-11:00: Run 11:00-12:30: Walk 12:30-13:30: Run 13:30-15:00: Walk 15:00-16:00: Run 16:00-17:30: Walk 17:30-18:30: Run 18:30-20:00: Walk 20:00-21:00: Run 21:00-22:30: Walk 22:30-23:30: Run 23:30-25:00: Walk 25:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:00: Run 6:00-7:30: Walk 7:30-8:30: Run 8:30-10:00: Walk 10:00-11:00: Run 11:00-12:30: Walk 12:30-13:30: Run 13:30-15:00: Walk 15:00-16:00: Run 16:00-17:30: Walk 17:30-18:30: Run 18:30-20:00: Walk 20:00-21:00: Run 21:00-22:30: Walk 22:30-23:30: Run 23:30-25:00: Walk 25:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:00: Run 6:00-7:30: Walk 7:30-8:30: Run 8:30-10:00: Walk 10:00-11:00: Run 11:00-12:30: Walk 12:30-13:30: Run 13:30-15:00: Walk 15:00-16:00: Run 16:00-17:30: Walk 17:30-18:30: Run 18:30-20:00: Walk 20:00-21:00: Run 21:00-22:30: Walk 22:30-23:30: Run 23:30-25:00: Walk 25:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk
2	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:30: Run 6:30-8:30: Walk 8:30-10:00: Run 10:00-12:00: Walk 12:00-13:30: Run 13:30-15:30: Walk 15:30-17:00: Run 17:00-19:00: Walk 19:00-20:30: Run 20:30-22:30: Walk 22:30-24:00: Run 24:00-26:00: Walk 26:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:30: Run 6:30-8:30: Walk 8:30-10:00: Run 10:00-12:00: Walk 12:00-13:30: Run 13:30-15:30: Walk 15:30-17:00: Run 17:00-19:00: Walk 19:00-20:30: Run 20:30-22:30: Walk 22:30-24:00: Run 24:00-26:00: Walk 26:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:30: Run 6:30-8:30: Walk 8:30-10:00: Run 10:00-12:00: Walk 12:00-13:30: Run 13:30-15:30: Walk 15:30-17:00: Run 17:00-19:00: Walk 19:00-20:30: Run 20:30-22:30: Walk 22:30-24:00: Run 24:00-26:00: Walk 26:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk
3	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:30: Run 6:30-8:00: Walk 8:00-11:00: Run 11:00-14:00: Walk 14:00-15:30: Run 15:30-17:00: Walk 17:00-20:00: Run 20:00-23:00: Walk 23:00-28:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:30: Run 6:30-8:00: Walk 8:00-11:00: Run 11:00-14:00: Walk 14:00-15:30: Run 15:30-17:00: Walk 17:00-20:00: Run 20:00-23:00: Walk 23:00-28:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-6:30: Run 6:30-8:00: Walk 8:00-11:00: Run 11:00-14:00: Walk 14:00-15:30: Run 15:30-17:00: Walk 17:00-20:00: Run 20:00-23:00: Walk 23:00-28:00: Cooldown Walk
4	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-8:00: Run 8:00-9:30: Walk 9:30-14:30: Run 14:30-17:00: Walk 17:00-20:00: Run 20:00-21:30: Walk 21:30-26:30: Run 26:30-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-8:00: Run 8:00-9:30: Walk 9:30-14:30: Run 14:30-17:00: Walk 17:00-20:00: Run 20:00-21:30: Walk 21:30-26:30: Run 26:30-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-8:00: Run 8:00-9:30: Walk 9:30-14:30: Run 14:30-17:00: Walk 17:00-20:00: Run 20:00-21:30: Walk 21:30-26:30: Run 26:30-30:00: Cooldown Walk
5	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-10:00: Run 10:00-13:00: Walk 13:00-18:00: Run 18:00-21:00: Walk 21:00-26:00: Run 26:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-13:00: Run 13:00-18:00: Walk 18:00-26:00: Run 26:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-25:00: Run 25:00-30:00: Cooldown Walk
6	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-10:00: Run 10:00-13:00: Walk 13:00-21:00: Run 21:00-24:00: Walk 24:00-29:00: Run 29:00-34:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-15:00: Run 15:00-18:00: Walk 18:00-28:00: Run 28:00-33:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-30:00: Run 30:00-35:00: Cooldown Walk
7	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-30:00: Run 30:00-35:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-30:00: Run 30:00-35:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-30:00: Run 30:00-35:00: Cooldown Walk
8	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-33:00: Run 33:00-38:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-33:00: Run 33:00-38:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-33:00: Run 33:00-38:00: Cooldown Walk
9	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-35:00: Run 35:00-40:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-35:00: Run 35:00-40:00: Cooldown Walk	00:00-5:00: Warmup walk 5:00-35:00: Run 35:00-40:00: Cooldown Walk

As you can see this part is a nine week process. If I can run three miles, three times a week I think I will be doing good. So I am not going to change my eating or add any other pressure to myself other then this straight forward plan. I am going to walk at a 3 and run at a 5. Starting Monday. Why Monday well because I am going to do a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule.

Part 3. Check in with new updated pictures on the 18 of June. Hopefully we will see a difference in all areas.

Part 4. Change diet around. Notice that this part take place in the second month. So I am not going to worry about it until then.

Part 5. To be determined. Flexible.

So I right now I am 164.2 pounds which puts my BMI is 25.71 which means I am overweight. The normal weight range for a healthy BMI is 18.5- 24.99. So my goal weight should be between 118-158. Now before we get started on goal weight ideas I want to tell you something about me. When I was 18 I was eating maybe once a day and walk 5-10 miles everyday and I weighed in at 135. As I am no longer 18, wish to starve myself, or going to walk that much again it is safe to say that 118 is underweight for my body type. I am not a doctor but I am going out on a limb here when I say 135 is also not a good goal for me. Come on I had two giant children naturally my hips have widened and I am not going back. So Where does that leave me with a goal weight? 145-155. Now 145 might be stretching my limits but I think it is good to have two goals one maybe I can do and one that I know I can reach.

As for goals I think a size 8-10 is a good place for me to be. Right now I am rocking 10-12 hard, and I have the evil red marks to prove it. The truth is I am not looking to look like I did years ago, or even some random celebrity, first of all I think it is unrealistic to think that i could look like anyone of them. I simply do not have the money or drive to. I read some where that Jennifer Aniston spends more then 45,000 dollars on her looks. I am just saying unrealistic. . .

So I want to feel strong and confident. I hope you don't mind my random updates on the matter. Hopefully my bikini body will be trimmer next month. So here is another thing if you want to start somewhere and need support. I am ready and willing. Do not be afraid of who you are of who you want to be. You can start anywhere. There is no shame in where you are because it is about where you are going. One little choice at a time. I know people who start with giving up sugar, or soda, or just that one thing. There is no time limit and we all have to start somewhere. Maybe you want to start with exercise. Walking is great and it is free. Find something you can do and go for it. I believe in you, in us, and in me. We are strong and will only get stronger.

I hope you are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.