I really haven't finished forming mine, but it has to do with work life balance and career satisfaction. I've got a job that will eat me alive if I let it, so I really want to have a clearer focus on where to draw the lines and a vision for what I want to do next. Boring, I know, but essential.
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-- Heather: "I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!"
there is way too much testosterone in my home -- hubby, 15 year old, and 5 yr old.
i'm hoping to begin the year working on and mending our family dynamics. they all need to get in touch with their femnine side, or i'll be mailing y'all airline tickets and meeting you at the airport with shovels!
family dynamics and understanding the teenage boy -- i need help...
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
That Spark people, lose weight thing really flopped with all of us, didn't it? I still get emails from them, but don't even read them.
I don't really have any resolutions. I want to get back to walking again like I was but thats not really a resolution . . . I just felt better when I was walking most every day and want to get going again.
I was really into it at first, but then thought logging everything in was too much work. Which is probably the same reason I'm not exercising or eating the right stuff, etc.
Logging all the stuff does help because it keeps it in front of you . . . but its also a pain to keep up with.
When I was walking most every night, I was keeping a spreadsheet. Once a week, I would add it up.
Looking back and seeing that I had walked 23 miles and lost 1.5 lbs that week was a helpful motivator, but over time, that too got old. I got to where I would enter the data once or twice a week rather than daily and it became a chore.
Actually, exercising helped my eating more than the Spark logging or anything else. Walking four miles/day was a lot of work. I got to the point to where when I wanted a snack, I would start to think: "Lets see, I could eat those three cookies and negate that whole hour of walking, or I could have that apple which won't wipe out all the good I did with the walk.
I've found the best way to lose weight is to develop an allergy to something that's in everything. ;) That's what I used Spark People for at first, it helped me make sure I was still getting a balanced diet (particularly getting enough protein) right after I found out about the allergies. But, once I got the hang of my new diet, I wasn't all that concerned with logging everything anymore.
Now, what I really need to do is exercise more. Granted, 1 hour of tai chi 3 nights a week is pretty darn good, but it's really not enough. I've plateaued. I used to walk there, and once it gets warmer and is light out, I'll probably start walking again.
