Countdown to the Ball Drop

I know it’s a bit early to be discussing New Years. But as I was lying in bed last night unable to fall asleep, I got thinking resolutions.

I am not a huge resolution maker. I think that intentions are always high and fresh on the dawn of a new year, which tend to quickly fail once January is in full swing.  So to protect myself from (totally expected) failure…I just don’t make them.

But I am now almost 6 months into being 30 and have yet to change anything about my life. So thus…I will publicly resolute!

For the last ten years, as I have crept closer to 30, I kept saying that this was the year I would start working on quitting all my bad habits. As of today, November 12th, I have barely even tried to change any of them. The biggest joke I made with myself was that 30 was the year that woman’s bodies change…aka metabolism. It starts to creep slower and slower…thus packing on more pounds...and lets just say that I do not need a scale to tell me that this is true as of late...the pants don't lie! 

And it is more than just weight gain. I need a bit of a slap-in-the-face lifestyle adjustment!

So my 3 resolutions are:

1.  No week day drinking. This is a huge one for me and last week was successfully week number one! Look at me starting before New Years with the resoluting! I have a small affection for red wine and I cannot have just one glass.  I LOVE THAT SHIT! And my waistline has been showing it! So wine is weekend reward only!

2. Yoga. Yup. Its been on my “wanna try it” list for a while. I hate the gym, so I'm not about to run out and get a membership yet. Time to make that lifestyle change and I think that this is a good baby step. So my cuzin and I are going to take up a yoga class in January...I need help with the motivation part and know she will hold me to it! A small start and we will see what happens no?

3.Eat a peach. There will be more to come on this.

I think that these three goals are totally attainable and if I set my mind to them (and don't die trying to accomplish goal #3), I don’t think that I am setting myself up to fail too badly.

I could say “stop smoking”, “stop drinking” and “get off my ass and get a gym pass”, but lets be real here? I said I wanted to succeed not reinvent the wheel!

Cheers!