Got in yesterday evening and promptly went to bed. The flight from England was 9.5 hours, and while we were fortunate to be upgraded to more comfortable seats- that is still a long time to be confined on an airplane.
Today we unpacked, did laundry and paid bills. Tomorrow I will spend some time scheming our new years resolution: lose weight.
The biggest challenge will be finding a happy medium between my passion for cooking and my need to get fit. I am going to make a heartfelt attempt to post healthy recipes here, although I am contemplating a once-a-week splurge. One day a week I should be able to eat whatever I want, right?
If there is one thing I know about making positive changes that stick, it is that we must make small changes and not grand sweeping ones. A little more exercise...a little less junk food. My goal is to lose 5lbs per month. I will let you know how that goes.
On the plane home I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about New Years Resolutions. Even though only 18% of people who make resolutions stick to them after 2 years, simply making a resolution improves your chances of success by ten fold. There are many ways to ensure success:
- Make sure that your goal is specific and realistic
- Write it down
- Enlist friends and family to share in your journey, or to simply ask how it is going!
- Predict the roadblocks and setbacks and plan ahead for these.
- Be gentle with yourself - allow yourself to begin again. You don't have to be perfect!
On another note....I made a commitment early this year to donate all money earned by the Home Cook N Blog to charity. We didn't make a killing, but Simon and I matched the $20 earned by my blog last year and donated $40 to the American Lung Association in rememberence of Simon's father who passed away in 2008 from Lung Cancer. Thank you to everyone who used the search engine I had provided on my site and who clicked on the ad boxes!
**the beautiful pen and ink drawing on this post is by UK artist, Mike Budden. Please take a moment to enjoy his site at http://www.mikebudden.co.uk/pen_and_ink_magic_001.htm
I really like his bird prints!
2 comments:
GOOD LUCK! with your Resolution...and Happy new Year
As easy as it is to come up with resolutions in January... by August these ambitious thoughts become wishful thinking. I am not calling mine resolutions, but maps...that way I am headed for a destination, but I may get off track and have to choose a different route to get there. Good luck, I know with each other's support we are gonna get far this year. Love ya- PJ
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