Wishing You All a Prosperous New Year

I generally don't bother to make New Year resolutions, because I always break them almost before the year begins. However, there are a very few that I need to make this year to make my life easier.

1) I will keep up my exercise program. I have been going to the gym 5-6 days per week for the last few months. I need to do so to build strength and stamina so I won't feel so tired.

2) I will keep track of my calories and carbohydrates. I am overweight. Well - to be perfectly truthful - my BMI says I am actually obese. Part of that is my low thyroid, part my diabetes but mostly it's because even though I don't eat a lot I do eat more carbs than is good for my blood sugar - which means excess insulin, which is part of the fat storage system. I use Fitday.com, a great system that is free if you use it online and only around $30 if you get the downloadable version onto your desktop. I need to record everything that passes my lips. Whenever I keep good food records (3) happens.

3) Inevitably linked to (2) is the "I will lose weight". Not really because I want to be slender and sexy again (though that would be nice!!) But because losing the excess weight should improve some of my health problems - namely my blood pressure and my diabetes. I will post my results weekly as an incentive not to cheat.

4)I will keep better track of my budget. I am pretty frugal, and generally live within my means, but DH is likely to retire sometime in the New Year. That will mean a reduction of income and a need to watch every penny and make it squeak. To this end I have purchased the cheapest version of Quicken and set it up with all the general information needed. I did not give it access to my account numbers and pins - who knows where that information gets stored or sent? Or who has access to it (legally or otherwise)?

5) I have made a sort of plan to help me be more efficient through the day, using the worksheets on the Donna Young website. How well I will keep up to it remains to be seen. One thing you can say about me - I am probably the most disorganized person you know.

6) My last resolution is to keep up my blog this year. I did a really poor job this last year. It is easy to make excuses to not do something. I want to make at least one entry per week.

I wish each and every one of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year
Mary