An Early Resolution

I know, I know. We're not supposed to start resolutions until the end of the year. But I just can't wait!

I've decided to start the most dreadful task of the new year early - losing weight.

My goal for this year was to be at the same weight by J's birthday (Tuesday!) as I was before I had him. I reached that goal and I'm proud that I did it (although I think I had a lot of help from the breastfeeding!) Unfortunately, that weight is still too high. I'm still (by the oh-so-non-biased BMI standard) overweight.

So my new goal, is get to a healthy BMI by his second birthday. I think my goal weight is 150 lbs. This will still have me on the higher side of the "healthy/average" category, but it gives me a little wiggle room before reaching the threshold again.

This works out to about 3 lbs a month. I think that is so doable!

I've decided to use sparkpeople.com as my tracking device. I'm taking meal ideas from them, tracking my calories, my exercise, my weight, and my measurements.

I'm going to have monthly mini-goals as well. One will be eating related, one will be fitness related and one will be happy, healthy living related. My goals for this month:
 - Fitness - 10 min of aerobic exercise a day
 - Nutrition - 8 glasses of water a day
 - Happy, healthy living - journal at least 3 times a week (to help with the stress)

One of my biggest struggles is finding a way to deal with stress in a HEALTHY manner. I'm just not good at it! I need to work that out - and I'm hoping that by maintaining a journal, I will be taking the first step towards this.

Wish me luck! My resolve on dealing with stress in a healthy manner is likely to be severely tested this week, as I've entered into a more stressful role in my job and my other teammate will be out with a family emergency. I'm going to do my best to remain as calm and optimistic as possible, while still facing the challenge of meeting my duties. It's going to be a rough week, but very few things worth doing are easy.

I'm excited to be doing this! I hope to find my way to good health soon!

xx

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