Saturday, April 30, 2011

So tomorrow is a new start for a lot of things. Here's my list (it's sounding very overwhelming to me tonight, however):

Start the 31 Days to Clean Challenge.
A lovely author Sarah Mae has written a book called 31 Days to Clean (I just blogged about it on Wednesday) and there is a great buncha women linking up to participate in a 31 day (sorta) challenge on working on our hearts to help us work on our homes. I'm going to participate, too, but we will only be "challenging" during the week, so we actually start on Monday.

No eating out for the month of May.
I've gotten lazy. Lazy about a lot of things and one of them is cooking. We are spending tooooo much money on dinners out. That's a big reason we are taking a hiatus. Another reason is because everytime we're out of the house, running errands, going to soccer, heading to the store, I hear a chorus of "Can we eat out? Where are we eating? McDonald's please!!" and I'm pretty tired of hearing it. So we told the boys that we weren't eating out for the month. Everyone is taking it fine now, but I know this will be difficult for all of us. Very difficult. After this month, my goal will be to limit our dining out to once weekly.

Mama has got to start working out.
Due to starting treatment last September, I have put on nearly 20 pounds. I currently weigh more than I have ever weighed not being pregnant. I'm so very unhappy with how I look and it drags me down so much everyday and in many ways. It's times like this that I'm grateful to have little boys. They seem less susceptible to body image issues....and I'm full of them. So I have to be consistent with working out. I pick it up and start and stop and start and stop and that of course yields no results. So I have to commit to making my physical health a priority.

Plus, we have to finish school this month. It's a lot to do and a lot for me personally to take on. But I know I'm strong enough to do this. I have to be. Mediocrity is no longer going to be acceptable. :)

I'm stoked!

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