Resolutions

This month is going to be over soon and I haven't even talked about resolutions. And, heavens, I haven't even updated my obituary! I'm usually so prompt on those important matters. (Doesn't every update their obituary on January 1st? lol)

My friend, Cali, wrote a great article on her resolutions for this year in Alive Utah. Here's her grand opening. Do those 10 pounds sound familiar?

1. I am going to lose ten pounds so I can fit into all those old clothes I’ve been saving for the past ten years…yeah right! As Mamie once told Scarlet O’Hare, “You done had a baby Miss Scarlet, and you ain’t NEVER gonna be an eighteen and a half again, NEVER…and there ain’t nothing you can do about it…never!”

Read the rest of Cali's resolutions here:

http://www.aliveutah.com/content/my-new-years-resolutions

I have found, surprisingly, there is a little animosity from certain people about making new year's resolutions. I've heard, "Why do you even make them? No one ever accomplishes them."

What baa-hum-bugs!

Somewhere someone is missing the boat. Do these people not believe in goals? And for me, it isn't about "completing goals" ~ it is about day dreaming about them, giving me purpose and a road map.It's about the path I'm on. Was it in Alice in Wonderland (not a fan) where she comes to a crossroads in life and wonders what road to take.
“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." (we hear that quote quite often but that really isn't the correct line. It really goes like this:

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.

"I don’t much care where--" said Alice.

"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat.

"--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.

"Oh, you’re sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6)

I have been dreaming about a few things. Making some goals about travel, about art, about reading and studying. I don't feel too bad when I don't accomplish my goals and see that they come back each year. I know they are things that matter to me and someday they'll be accomplished if they matter enough.

I've been looking over past goals. I've actually accomplished quite a few of them. Some I just laugh at...but put back on the list because they are important to me. But I also realize that this past year I've accomplished many things that weren't on the list. Things I didn't know I would have to do. Life happens and we adjust.

It is never too late to be who you might have been. ~George Eliot

Resolution 4

Really, this is the most boring subject in the world, but since this is my journal, my journey, I have to include it. Please just skip over it but truly, it will not be interesting to anyone but myself.

I really dislike dieting because I hate talking about it, thinking about it, curtailing my social life, thinking about food choices, craving stuff. I don't even like to lose weight and then discuss with every person I meet how I lost it. And I hate to gain back each pound. I have dieted my entire life because no one is as thin as they think they should be. When I got closer to 100 than one, I realized that there were more important things to think about, stress about, discuss. So I haven't. Women are so hard on themselves and unconsciously on each other. (i.e. Think how often one of your friends, who weighs 10 or 20 or 30 pounds less than you talks about "how fat" she is.) After spending too many years worried about how I looked, who was looking and thinking those questions were really more important than how I was inside (although my lips would profess that...).....

I'm ready to get a little more fit. I'm going to help my feet be a little happier this year.

I am ready to be proactive about my health. This year has about done me in.

So....here is that stupid resolution that unfortunately has shown up on too many of my new year's resolution list.

I'm going to try and get "it" under control.

We will see how "it" goes.

I attended a nutrition class this week, that was required....fully anticipating crossing my arms and rolling my eyes back into my head since I have a vast knowledge of every diet plan on earth. Instead, I was shocked and informed and motivated and inspired. Because of this, I resolve to give up soda. Like in pop. Forever and ever. I know this is old hat to most healthy people....and truly, I'm not on first name basis with the gals at 7-11 (getting a big gulp each morning)...but I like a drink with lunch or movies or whenever. No more. I'm convinced that it is evil. That it is an enticement of the dark side. (kidding.) I'm just done.

So, if nothing else happens with "it"....this will be a good thing.

"A great way to lose weight is to eat naked in front of a mirror. Restaurants will almost always throw you out before you can eat too much."

Resolutions- Day Two- Diet. What? Again?

Today is a wonderful day. I love Tuesdays. Today is cleaning with friend Jan, then our focus group (Articles of Faith is our newest read), then Bucket group at Kathy's with a K. Funny Kathy. For our activity, we are suppose to bring and share a journal entry from our past. Since I have 4 thousand plus journal entries, this was not an easy choice. But I decided that I would share my Inga and Izzie stories since I am always filled with loss this time of year....

I hate breaking up.

If you haven't read them, look over on the sidebar under topics. Read Inga first. Then Izzie.

Then shake your head in wonder.......

Resolution 2- Eating an elephant one bite at a time. Or rather, uneating an elephant one less bite at a time. Cathy and I debated the diet issue over lunch yesterday. She's committing to Weight Watchers. I'm committed to studying all options. I think this has been a resolution since I was 12. If anyone would like to go to lunch with me today and discuss it more, I'm willing...

People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. ~Author Unknown

When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty. ~Woody Allen

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb

The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out. ~Author Unknown

Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown

In the Middle Ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips and cahins. Nowadays, we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scale. ~Stephen Phillips

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. ~Elmer Rice

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge. ~Don Kardong

Resolutions- a Day At a Time

Resolution One-

Exercise-

Slow but sure. (Since I keep hurting myself.) Cathy and I are going to lunch today (ha!) to plan our attack. I have several friends who walked 1,000 miles this past year. I won’t commit to that since I will fail (trust me, I'm a totally nonathletic person...) But I did do a little figuring. I think I could walk to Boise and to Nyssa, Oregon (and McCall, Idaho) I’m thinking up a plan which is better than walking straight there. I will walk 325 miles- that is between 25 and 30 miles a month, 6-8 miles a week. I think I can do that. But I’m rewarding myself along the way. Before I can have a "Meet Sophia in the Middle" date in Layton, I have to walk 36 miles. Layton is 36 miles from my home. I want to spend time with BFFFNW (Best Forever Friend from Newly Weds) Pretty Patty Petty (Boise) and then BFFFC (Best Forever Friend from College) -Peggy (and Jenny the dog!) But before I can do that, I have to walk about 300 miles. Okay, I want to visit before the end of the year so I may re-think that one! I need to walk almost that far to visit and paint with Cali. Okay, I’m already rethinking this resolution.....


Resolutions! You gotta love them!


p.s. after writing this post, I did get on the treadmill and walked one mile. That will get me to lunch with Cathy!