As some of you know, one of my goals this year is to lose 100 pounds.  Basically, I want to get back to a size 10–the size I was when Corey and I were married. I’ve had some struggles with losing the weight, getting healthy, and not living my life so haphazardly.  I’ve come up with a few things to help me:

1. After work, I won’t sit down to read, watch TV, or play with my computer until after I’ve exercised. Even if I don’t feel well, I’m going to exercise because I always feel better when I do.  I have too sedentary of a lifestyle.  My exercise is going to be an hour of DDR or following my Billy Blank “Boot Camp” DVD. The only time I’m allowed not to exercise is if I’m on my deathbed or extremely ill (e.g. puking, pneumonia), or it’s Sunday, my mandatory day of rest.
2. I’m going to go to bed at 10:00 each night. I do much better when I get enough sleep. My biggest problem is that I lose track of time so I have my cell phone alarm set to remind me when it’s 9:45 pm.  Now, I just need to treat my cell phone alarm like it’s the law!
3. I’m going to get up at 6:40 each workday and be to work by 8:00 when I should be there, instead of between 8:45 and 9:30. And, I’m going to get up at 9:00 on Saturday and Sunday (unless church starts at 9:00). I know I may be tired for the first little bit, but I’ll get used to it, especially if I exercise.
4. I can only eat out once a week, whether that be lunch with my co-workers or dinner with Corey.  Normally, Corey and I eat out for dinner three to four times a week.  That’s just too much!  (Dinner’s where I have the most problems in eating healthy so that’s why I’m targeting it.)

I think if I can do those things, then my life will start to have some order to it.  I’m sick of disappointing myself and not feeling like I’m as reliable as I used to be.