It's a New Year

In some ways I am so thankful the holidays are over!

The kids are all back in school and things are returning to a routine.  I rode the bike this morning - though could only do 28 minutes.  I guess I have to work back up to the hour + that I used to do.  It felt so good to be back on track.

I've got my weekly chart ready to log in and am journaling my food and activities.  I got a new fitbit aria scale for Christmas and it's already logging my weight and body fat each morning.  I had my daughter help me yesterday with my measurements so I can keep track.  I also have the meals for the next two weeks planned out and I made breakfast muffin-omelets for the whole week for my two younger ones and myself and froze them.  Those should provide us all with good protein and should be much healthier than the store bought breakfast things we normally do.  It was a lot of hard work getting it all done, wrapped and in the freezer, but I'm hoping it will be worth it!

I wonder what it is about a new year that makes us all so gung-ho again.  It's like as the clock ticked past midnight on the 31st, I somehow became rejuvenated and ready to start fresh again.  Happens every year.  It would be nice to have that happen throughout the year, but I'm not sure how to get that excited feeling of DOING something and MOVING FORWARD at any time other than the new year.

I did a lot of planning over the holidays and have a new 2015 year planner which is broken down by month.  I'm hoping to get a lot of cleaning done this winter and if I don't plan things in, they don't get done.

I'm feeling hopeful again!  I am going to take things one day at a time and see where it takes me.  It would be nice to have lost a good chunk of weight by our 30th wedding anniversary.  I'll definitely work on it!

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to get back on track as well!