New Years Resolutions and Healthy Choices

Here we are in 2017.  For 2016 I made my first New Year’s Resolution (To read the entire Bible in a year) and successfully completed it.  This made me feel so excited and proud that I decided to create another one for 2017.  I have 3 resolutions, but the one that is the most important is that I have decided to do some form of exercises, mainly planks and crunches, every single day.  Because of my tummy tuck and my surgeon stitching together my stomach muscles I know I have the potential to have a tight and firm stomach, possibly even a six pack.  (At least that is what the surgeon told me.)  I am on day 4 right now and doing great.  I printed up a monthly exercise program that takes me just a few minutes a day and then on top of that I plan to randomly do planks throughout the day hopefully… but at a minimum, at least once a day.  I started off being able to do a 45 second plank, and already have added an extra 5 seconds on to that.  SWEEEET!!

I am excited to see the transition that this will bring over the course of a year.  I should probably take a before pic, just in case there is some actual visual difference when December 2017 rolls around.  I am also trying very hard to strictly maintain the calorie intake goals I have set for myself for each day.  As you all know I have struggled to get this annoying 10-15 pounds off of me that I put on over the course of two years.  It isn’t noticeable to anyone else really, but it certainly is to me and of course it’s visible on the scale.  So the combo of doing that with the exercise should be interesting.

Lastly, I am happy to report that I have been great about cutting back on my bad habit of eating WAY too many protein bars all day.  I finally made a promise to James that I would go cold turkey for a while to get myself out of the habit of eating them.  It’s never a good thing to have too much of anything, and when you are eating those for every meal and snack… well…. That just isn’t healthy.  So… I was able to finally break free and now I only have them once a month.  And it’s just the one bar.  Feels good to have broken that bad habit.  I suppose you could say I have been accomplishing a lot in 2016.  LOL.  

I will try to keep random updates on here about how my resolution is going and if I can feel or see any progress.  Also if I lose that pesky weight.  Everything else is still going great, taking my vitamins every day, trying to stay hydrated, and despite feeling tired often I am keeping busy.  Too bad my Sleep Apnea never went away… that would have been nice.  Anyway… Happy New Year to you all… ttyl.