Diary of a Real Girl

Okay, like a few others, I am quite late in this “resolution game”….however, I didn’t WANT to start my resolutions on January 1st…I was still out of town and holed up in a hotel room, I knew that fast food and dinners out was still on the agenda and I REALLY didn’t want to start off on the wrong foot. So I vowed I would start January 3rd. AND I DID.

Anyway, I have seen quite a few resolutions out there and I will warn you, I have a LONG list…most of them are a life long list, things I just want to change in general, others are a to do list, and I am trying to put an end date on these ones. I also have an action plan for the majority of it!! So, if you are ready. Here is my  list:

Year Long Resolutions

- Walk Charlie Daily (should this really be a resolution?? It actually is, I will do this by getting off my butt and walking him…it doesn’t have to take a LONG time!)

- Get 30 minutes of Activity a day (this could be my walk with Charlie even, get with the program Jen)

- Keep up with Blogging (I never really got out of it except during stressful times…this one should be fine, I am making time for it during my day)

- Attend 4 workout classes a month (no specified ones, just go to them, you like them! They count towards activity)

- Floss more often (duh! I decided I need to start getting ready for bed a half hour earlier)

- Wash face at night, don’t be lazy (this goes with the one above, hence the 1/2 hour earlier)

- Cut back on useless spending/use weight loss goals to purchase things (the latter is kind of the way of sticking to that…I don’t NEED more STUFF!)

- Eat out for lunch no more than once per week (best once every 2 weeks) and ONLY at either Subway, Extreme Pita, Sushi or Mitchells (sandwich place) – No pizza or McDonalds!

- Stick to cash allowance…I like to have cash in my purse and therefore use my card more than I should…stop doing this (cutting back on lunches out should help a lot)

- Put more effort into my Outward Appearance…I did great on this until I start gaining again…then I stopped…remember that it doesn’t matter what size I am to look good

- Read more (I still have a lot of unread books!) – though I have been sure to start a new book right after I finish one lately

- Do more around the house – I have been doing a LOT better with this one lately, this is more of a reminder to keep up the good work

- Spend more time with Danny – we don’t spend a lot of quality time together and this hurts us in a lot of areas…we are re-instating the date night

Okay, so those are things to improve, now here is my to do list:

2009 To Do List

- Find new Job by February (sometime in February at the latest). I have my eye on one and I will be calling them regarding the position tomorrow.

- Get Pregnant. Yeah, that might be out of my control. But we do plan on trying starting the Spring/Summer

- Put away $500/month into my savings – We usually just let it sit in the account, I want it in the savings account

- Pay off Danny’s car and save for the basement – between the 2 should take a few months, but it’s still something to do this year

- Use up Freezer/Pantry contents (no end goal on this one, but I would like to see it happen in the next couple of months)

- I have until Feb. 1 to lose weight via current method, if I do not see results, try plan B

- Be finished Mortgage Brokers Course by March 1

- Challenge with Danny – no eating dinners out aside from pre-planned already (we both have birthdays coming up, and I have a date with a friend already planned) until Valentines Day where we will celebrate with heart shaped pizza (this is a weight loss AND spending goal for us)

Wow, that is it!!! And that is a lot! I usually come up with a lot of things, but I don’t really think that any of it is unreasonable and I have already been working on it, and I feel fantastic (and nothing feels abnormal or out of place…so that is a good sign right?) 

Sorry for the lengthiness of the post!