To those who didn't know, here are the original resolutions:
"First and foremost I want to try to eat a lot healthier than I have in the past. I lost a lot of weight cutting out soda but still drank sweet tea and lots of sugar loaded juices so I am officially cutting out sweet tea out of my diet for 09. Shocking yes but I think in the long run it will help. I'm already feeling the effects of less caffeine in my diet (being more tired during the day) but I'm going to have to learn to watch what I eat and how it'll affect me.
Second thing: I want to work more on getting back in shape. I used to say that my old job at Fatz when I would run around was excercise but now that I work from home I now have to find ways to get in shape. Now, this is probably going to be uber hard but I want to try to make a consistent effort to get in shape and stay that way
Third thing/resolution: drink more water! LOTS OF WATER! Ok, maybe not enough to make me sick but enough to help level out fluid levels and stay hydrated. I used to down gallons of tea in a week but gallons of water will help keep me hyrdated and cleaner so this will help me out in the long run.
Next, I plan to do something I've never done. I will intentionally take time to just enjoy others' company and not have to worry about dating. Now, this is not something I've done since I fell prey to "I have to have a girlfriend" disease and didn't think things out with a previous relationship. But, alas, I have promised myself to make better on my mistakes and find ways to better myself with God's help. I've realized that with relationships just doing things "my way" has led to confusion, heartbreak, and lots of emotional trauma. So, does this mean that I've given up on dating?! No way, not at all people. It just means that I will take my time and not rush. I've looked for what I thought was the "right" thing but in the wrong place.
Also, I've pledged to be myself more and let others see my colors. It's a rush to show who I really am to others and it's getting easier and easier to let others in. It was such a blast near the end of this year getting to hang out with people and see a side of them I'd never seen. So, by opening up myself others open up to me, thus making everything easier for everyone and just plain amazing. I'm tired of being fake for others just so I won't get hurt. I'd rather have people not like me for who I really am than people love who I'm not. I tried to change myself but it ended up in a lot of questions and problems.
Now this one is actually the hardest for me to try to realize. I want to get into a sport, something physical that will push me to my end and bring me back. I'm thinking rugby but I've lately been thinking boxing or MMA but seriously doing it this time. I know I'm not the most athletic person but with getting in shape I think I can get there if I push myself."
I updated on January 28th and here is what I've done since that time
- For eating healthy, that's still a work in progress. My house is on a south beach diet so all of my junk food is gone so that makes me eat healthy at home
- The exercise part is not as easy as I thought it would be. I'm doing basic freeweight exercises when I get off work or in the AM but that's not a whole lot. Work at Ruby Tuesday is a lot of running around so that helps to shed some weight
- I am drinking at least two big cups of water a day! It's ridiculous how much water this house goes through everyday!
- I'm still taking time with dating. I've learned to value the company of other people, girls included, and enjoyed meeting new people and finding good friends at Ruby Tuesday that I thought I'd never find
- To opening myself up, after a crazy late part of June/early July, I took a hiatus from opening up to shelter myself which I realized was not a great plan. So, I'm starting to let more people in and show them that there is more to SME than what you see at first glance
- And to the sport thing, I'm really thinking that I may do club wrestling or rugby at USC this fall! I think I'll do rugby since I don't remember ANYTHING about wrestling even though I did it for three years in high school haha
- Not on my original "list" but my weight when I first set my resolutions was 221, I now weigh 203.5 as of earlier today. I'm stuck at the lovely area of anywhere from 202-208. It's annoying since I want to lose more and more weight but I don't know where to draw a line. That and it's annoying that half of my basketball shorts don't fit me anymore haha
So, that's about it. Keep praying that I can push through and make me into the best SME I can be!
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