100 lb. Club - Happy New Year!

I'm not Jewish but I work for a Jewish non-profit and sundown tomorrow marks Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. An important similarity between the Jewish New Year and the American one is that many Americans use the New Year as a time to plan a better life, making "resolutions." Likewise, the Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year.

How many times have I decided to just give up until the new year? Well, this is a great time to celebrate the new year and remake some of the resolutions that we have let drift by the wayside. There's only 3 months until the secular New Year. How are you doing on those resolutions? Is it time to grab back on to them and get serious?

Thanks so much for your post. Today I was just thinking how badly I just blew this week, and I am definitely going to see a gain this week.. and I can't shake the feeling that if I screwed up this far the rest of the week isn't going to help (which I know is a horrible attitude). But with Rosh Hashanah beginning, it now feels like a 'new beginning'. So I'm jumping back on the horse tonight.

If nothing else I can try to counteract some of the weight I gained this week, right? Instead of waiting until next week.

I have three months until the secular New Year, and I'm not going to waste them by dilly-dallying.

happy new year to all of you who celebrate it..

as for the rest of us, a little reflection couldn't hurt, could it?????

i thought about my resolutions today, weirdly enough. i was breifly reflecting that this year, i actually DID do what everyone resolves to do -- lost weight. :) in this year, i've lost (checking my chart now) 35 of my total pounds. and that's just SO FAR. yay.

my other resolution was to get the nose to the grindstone and graduate. which i did. :)

Happy new year to all those celebrating!

I actually was thinking about my resolutions earlier this month -- I've been eating right and exercising (most of the time anyway ;) ), which was probably my biggest resolution. One of my other resolutions was to learn to play the piano. Which I've kind of done -- I took lessons earlier this year, but my teacher takes summers off (even though he does teach adults, most of his students are school age) and I haven't heard when he's going to start again. I guess since school has started, I should probably call him. Or maybe he's trying to tell me something ;) I realized that the one resolution I hadn't really worked on was trying to look more put-together. Not that I'm a slob or anything, I'm just not really a "girly-girl" and I tend to dress for comfort rather than style. So, for the past month I've been trying to put more effort into my hair and make-up (as in wearing some :rolleyes: ) and trying to look more "professional" at work. My boss keeps telling me how nice I look, so it must be working :lol: Better late than never, eh?

LOL, Jo! I'm like that, too. I dress for comfort. When I actually put on makeup and put my hair up, my boss asks me if I've got a job interview. /chuckle