time for new resolutions

Happy New Year!  It's hard to believe the holidays have come and gone again.  It didn't feel like Christmas one bit either probably because I was consumed with work that I couldn't think about anything else.  Not good...

So that brings me to my first resolution for 2011:  do NOT stress over things that aren't in your control and understand that there are more important things to worry about besides my own petty worries.  This resolution alone will be a HUGE task.  I have always been a "worry wart" ever since I was in elementary school.  I was the nerd who did both even and odd numbers of the Math assignment...not becase I wasn't sure if it was one or the other, but I trust the teacher to stick to her own assignment.  Maybe that is why I love Math so much these days...because I always did double the homework.

...which brings me to my next resoltuion for 2011:  document total savings throughout the year with my grocery shopping.  Dorky?  yes.  A waste of time?  I don't think so.  This will be a great way to see how much we are spending per week.  I started a goal back in October-ish to keep the grocery bill under $50.  We were able to keep it around the $50 mark if I can remember my averages correctly.  And soemthing else super-dorky of me is that I found (via internet..you are wonderful) a spreadsheet already in the savings format!  I don't even have to create one myself.  I am super excited about it!  I will actually begin tomorrow with our first grocery trip of 2011.

and with food comes my final resolution:  slim and tone up.  Not really that shocking of a resolution because that is the #1 resolution on 99.9% of people's lists.  I know it is lame to say it, but for me if I don't vocalize it to the blog world then I will never do it.  Please keep me accountable in this department.

As far as last year's resolution went, I think it was pretty successful.  We have slacked BIG time as the year progressed from eating healthy to eating junk.  I blame the holidays and being busy for that.  My underlying 2010 resolution was to lose 10 pounds before the end of May.  I didn't quite lose that much, but as I recall I lost about 4-6 pounds before then.  Then I gained some more weight due to my promotion and now I am back down again.  After my severe acid reflux attack, I am now down about 8 pounds from last January 1.  YAY!  That is a great victory for me.  I hope that the 8 pound drop will be motivation to get back down to my wedding weight, which means losing another 6-8 pounds. 

I wish everyone a very happy new year and stick to those resolutions no matter how challenging it may become.  As always I will keep you posted on my progress.