I resolve...

Ok, so I'm a little late, but that isn't part of my New Year's Resolutions (though it easily could be)...

2006 was kind of a rough year for our little family. Military life had worn us down over 2005, so in 2006 we were paying the price...shouting matches, silent treatments, months of marital therapy...all on the path to renewed wedded bliss, as they say. Work had it's share of challenges, and hubby started back to college which added the requisite educational pressures and stress...

So in an effort to start off 2007 on a good foot and undo some of the damage that was done in 2006, I carefully thought out several resolutions for 2007...I hope writing them down here will keep me on the right track...

So without further ado...in 2007, I resolve...

1) To lose the 25 lbs I put on in 2006...with my focus on fixing my marriage and my personal mental well-being, I lost track of my personal physical well-being...that stops here.
This seems a reasonable goal with weight loss targets of about 2 lbs a month...probably a little more in the first month than in the last (the first being mostly water weight and the last being December/Christmas) and somewhat average somewhere in the middle.

2) To work out at least 3 days a week...this is related to 1) but I also have to keep in mind a physical fitness test that I have to pass to keep my job... Also I have started taking walks in the evening with the hubby...I'd like to keep that up...and get to at least half of the recommended daily steps...the government set a goal of 10,000 daily steps...I'm at about 2,000 now...would like to get to 5,000.

3) To drink at least 4 non-caffeinated drinks (not alcohol) per day...I was living on Diet Mountain Dew and coffee...and I wondered why I would have trouble gettting to sleep and staying asleep all night...

4) To eat dinner at the family table at least 5 nights a week...Ok truth be told we're already doing this, but I want it to be a goal to continue to do so...prior to May of 2006, we were lucky if we did this once a week, and I don't want to go back there.

5) To play and read and talk and laugh with my kids...we have family game night on Monday nights, and we rotate each week who gets to choose what we play...the kids love it and so do the parents...I want more of that...we didn't have family game night over the holidays because we were out of town, and I believe our family felt the impact...I haven't read to one of my kids in almost a year...I want to change that...but then the youngest is 7 and now he reads to me...maybe we'll just read different books together...I don't know but the goal is more about family and together than it is the actual activity.

6) To limit myself to wine on weekends only and sweets only once or twice a week...I'll have a little of something when I want a sweet and avoid the deprivation/binge loop...

I guess that about covers it...even looking at it now it looks like a lot...but I think they will all feed into one another when I get each one started...maybe I'll provide updates...I know I'll be looking back at this frequently to remind myself where I want to be this time next year.