living healthy

good evening (=



zooooooooom! *insert cute race car icon here* hehehe! that's how i need to take off with my lifestyle change this year. pretend im inna super speedy car, take off, and never look back! hehehe!



well, obviously most of us have prolly THOUGHT we've done that one time or another, have been all motivated and excited and said to ourselves "this is it!!" but this time is different for me. these last few months have really been the first time in my life ive had REAL pain, possibly encouraged by my lifestyle choices.



i may possibly have endometriosis, and will find out more the end of this week and sometime next week. i just cant stop thinking about how i dont want a low quality life, feeling so much older than i am like so many of my family & friends simply because they just wanted to do what they wanted to do. a lot of them say, "life's too short to not enjoy it!" i have to wonder if they ENJOY being unhealthy and miserable...



so yep. 2007 is the year and i just know it. something finally clicked in my brain and i dont hear that little voice saying "if" anymore. i know im not going to be perfect, and it's gonna take some patience to undo 32 years of bad habits.



my goals for january are simply to be BETTER than i have been. to make wiser food choices and be active EVERY day. of course i DO want to enjoy myself!!! and i want to enjoy the process, not just the end results.



i honestly feel that taking it slow and consciously thinking of each and every food and activity choice, instead of going cold turkey, is the way to go for me! that way i LEARN and CONNECT a good feeling from every good choice.



so now for my always biggest hurdle--CONSISTENCY!



welllllllp, ive got a plan for that, too :D in my yahoo group we are now in the middle of a two-week consistency goal challenge! once it is over, we will start again--with a new reward at the end of each two weeks! i donno about you, but 2 weeks is usually about all i end up being consistent for when im trying to make a change for the better.



if you are reading this and you're not in my yahoo group, take a look at it and consider joining us! even if its for a challenge or two. we're a small group so dont worry--you wont get lost in the shuffle! hehe! i know i can use all the encouragement i can get and i love to give it as well!!!



just today i started reading Dr. Andrew Weil's 2006 edition of Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. its awesome! its ideally the kind of diet to which i'd like to transform mine. i wont go into more detail...i could go on for days about nutrition. hehe! i also ordered two of FlyLady's books--Body Clutter and Sink Reflections. i've been a part of her yahoo group for about a year now and it's done wonders for my house--and ME! i'm greatly anticipating the enjoyment of reading those two books! (geez, dont i sound like sucha gooby nerd! )



alrighty, i should go for now...thanks for stoppin in!



be well!



~jos~