I don't usually make New Year's Resolutions. I know myself enough to know that unless I'm ready for it, any attempted lifestyle change won't happen. But once I am ready, I stick with the change pretty well. This year, though, I was ready to work on some things, and 2011 just happened to be a few days away, so I said, "why not," to resolutions. One of which is to, ahem, write more. heh. Not the least of reasons being to keep up with this poor neglected blog. Another is to keep a food diary - which I am happy to report that, as of this writing, I only lapsed for a few weeks, but am back on the wagon*. Having attempted this feat many times prior, this is huge for me.
There aren't many more; I kept the list small because I know that if I can handle these few changes, I'll be encouraged to make more, and I won't wait until the New Year to do it. It's the same for any habit I wish to develop; tell me it takes 2 weeks to see results, and 15 days pass with no change, I'm done. Tell me it takes 2 weeks, and I see results, I'm sticking with it forever.
This past month, I lost 4 pounds. That's one a week. I'd call that results.
Now for the writing...
*With many, many thanks to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ and its mobile app.
