MAKING the time

I am not setting a resolution for this year, and I am especially not setting it as "lose weight." The past few years that has been my resolution and it has yet to happen.

As I previously posted, my GOAL for this year is make more time for ME.

(I cannot remember where, but I recently read a good quote....  A goal is a dream with a deadline.)

My goal for 2012 is to focus on me... this includes many aspects... health is #1 - I want to get in shape for medical and personal reasons. I also want to be more mentally calm. I spend so much time taking care of everyone around me that I forget to take care of myself. I want to read more, take more bubble baths, buy myself a surprise, etc.

So, today I started working towards this new goal - the health aspect of it. It was a tough day for me. At one point I had to ask Kyle to go to the gas station and get me some hard candy. He thought that was random and I told him I needed something to occupy me. He looked even more confused. I had to compare my weightloss attempts to his tobacco-loss attempts. I had to explain to him that I am a food addict and I needed to keep my mouth occupied so I wouldn't go snack. Honestly, it worked and the boredom cravings past. (I am emotional eater - boredom, stress, sadness, etc.)

Sooooo anyways, one of the biggest reason I have had a hard time with eating right lately is because I just don't make the time to plan. Jillian Michaels once said "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." So, tonight I decided to plan so I do not fail. It took quite some time to plan my meals and snack for tomorrow, but I did it. Hopefully it will get quicker and easier with time. But now that I am finished, I am so excited about how organized I am. :)

An inside view of my lunchkit for tomorrow:

I LOVE Chobani greek yogurt and now they make it in kid size! That's it in the back right. I cannot eat cottage cheese by itself but I do like the cottage doubles - front right. I have my grapes in the middle and on the left is the fixings for my turkey burger.

Below is everything for tomorrow, except dinner.

Here I have my banana and cream of wheat laid out for breakfast and my whole wheat flat bread for my turkey burger. YUM!

Honestly, I am really excited to finally put me in the front of the line of importance.

This was such a silly post so if you read it, thanks!