"Today is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one!"
Okay, so there is basically 2 weeks left until it starts all over again. But they will go faster than you can blink. Look how fast Christmas arrived just from Thanksgiving! So, grab a pen and paper. Get a head start on them now. Okay, take a day or two to brainstorm about what will go on the paper.
I was so happy last year when, for the first time, in a very long time, "lose weight" did not appear on my list of "resolutions." Nor was the phrase "exercise more." If you ask my mom, she might say I need to "exercise less." Ha! I was thinking of things I'd like to do this next year. Unfortunately, lose weight makes an appearance. Maybe I should say "get back to goal." I am just 10 pounds away from the top of my range and not having to pay! Let's pray I don't slip and slide! Once I get back to that number, I am doing my VERY best not to leave.
So, get back to goal is on my list, but so are a few other non-related weight things. However, if I think about it, these things are somewhat weight related.....to me. My former self would not have wanted to do these things. Could not have done these things. It's like the 6 degrees of..... game. Almost always, it all leads back to a successful weight loss journey. I thought I'd share with you some of the things on my 2017 To Do list.
Get back to goal has already been covered.....and ad nauseam I think.
1. Participate in a 5k/month. I had planned on doing that last year with my walking buddy, but didn't get around to it, then she moved.....yeah, that was a hard moment in my life. Plus I was out of work. So in 2017, I want to do a 5k a month. I think I have found a buddy to do them with me. Is a marathon on my list? Maybe....but 2018. I need to train a little more. I am only walking half of what I used to walk (partly due to full time job) so I will need to train a little harder.
2. Take a cooking class. Just because it sounds fun. I found a place just up the road that has cooking classes for the common people. Nothing too fancy or too gourmet. I have recruited two of my funny and fab neighbors to come along for the ride. If anything, we'll cook for each other.
3. Look into dance lessons. So I watched a movie a few weeks back can't remember the name. Had Richard Gere and J Lo in it. A dance move. Although learning how to two step sounds fun and probably a more logical choice, I would like to learn a more elegant way to dance. Not that anyone will ask me to go dancing, just something to do. You never know......new people to meet.
4. Take a pole dancing class. What?! Yep a pole a dancing class. For fitness reasons of course. I know a friend who takes one and she loves it. Again, I recruited a couple of my neighbors to come along with me so all three of us can make fools of ourselves. But it'd be a new form of activity and I hear it's very good for you.
5. I resurrected my old bike earlier this year, but unfortunately it had to go into rehab. Needs new tires, a new seat, and goodness knows what else. But I'd like to make it like new again and start riding.
6. Read up on how to really eat clean. Yes, I eat clean MOST OF THE TIME but not exclusively. I think that would help me with the cravings I sometimes have. I want to really learn to honor my body and treat it well. I want it to be around for a very long time. If that means learning to eat things I've never tried before, then so be it. I'm sure there'll be a few yuks! now and then.
Starting January 1, 2017, I have a new book to write. Crisp, white never been written on pages. It's exciting to think how it will start and end, and all the things in the middle. This past year, I have to come realize and accept, was a year of adjusting. Like many, I reached lifetime and at a weight I haven't seen in, well many many years. My mind checked out and I was desperately looking for something (or someone) to grab hold of to pull me back up. All these things above ARE weight related in some fashion.
I hope each one of my readers, friends, followers, and fellow Weight Watchers has a More than Merry Christmas and a Fantastical New Year!! Mine of course will be GlitterAllTheWeigh!!!
Get excited about this new 365 page book!
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