Hey y’all…

It seems I never get much of a chance to do more than read blogs these days, even my beautiful journal has gone untouched for too long.  How was everyone’s Christmas?  I had a lovely one.  Will and I went through to my parents’ on Christmas Eve and I was up till 3am helping my mum prepare for the meal - we had 12 of us for dinner the next day!  The table looked lovely and the meal was divine.  It was really nice to have everyone together, and I think all the guests enjoyed themselves too.

My life has been a little crazy this month, and I am looking forward to bringing in the new year.  Due to our desperate need for money, and me finishing uni for Christmas on the 2nd of December I have been working huge amounts of overtime.  I do like my job and the people I work with but it has been so busy I’ve been counting the hours each day I’m there.  My December pay packet wasn’t too big, because overtime gets paid a month in lieu, but I will get a nice surprise on the 24th of January.  It seems so far away!

As I say things have been very hectic for me, at times I have felt poised on the edge of a mental breakdown.  It felt as though there was a part of my unconscious fiercely treading water to stop me from snapping, I was just juggling so much.  Too much, really.  So, I have decided to be assertive.  From January 1 things are changing.  I haven’t stepped on a scale in ages, and my food has just been all over the place.  I think I’ll have gained back the majority of what I lost since July.

But I have new year’s resolutions to hold me steadfast.  I’m really taking 2009 as a brand new slate.  My resolutions are:

• Cold turkey on the chocolate.  I just can’t do mediation, so it must go….
• Cooking a lot more from scratch.  We got a lot of cooking stuff for Christmas, including a slow cooker which means I can do soup or meat and leave it cooking while I’m at uni or work.
• Cooking more healthily, with raw ingrediants.  Goes with the above.
• Using the Wii Fit 5 times a week, for at least half an hour.  If I go to the gym, I don’t have to do a full half an hour, but do all my yoga exercises.
• Weigh ins and measurements will be done every Thursday with the only exception being the 2 weeks I’m abroad in France.  Maybe.  If my scale doesn’t fit…

So I’m hoping this will get me through.  I love reading the blog entitled “Concentrated” on here.  The writer started her journey on the 1st of January and has been dedicated and reached her goals.  Congratulations and major kudos - my inspiration!  I only picked Thursdays for weigh ins because that’s the 1st of January’s day, but it should work out ok.  Will is being very supportive as well, and I’m hoping this will help me do the best I can.

Anyway, sorry for the incredibly long post!  I’ll try to write sooner next time