Welcome to January 2014.
Last year I decided not to bother making any new year's resolutions as I never stick to them however, this year I feel a little more determined to stick to things. I have a new life and not to mention a new routine, so it seems a good time to create a new me.
Firstly, I would like to change my physical appearance. I am a yo-yo dieter, if I loose weight it takes me years to put it back on again and become a fatty. Through several relationships (over around 9 years) and pregnancy I've managed to put on around 4 stone which I definitely need to loose. Dexter is my incentive, having a baby means I need to be a lot more active as I'll have to keep up to him! So this year is definitely a good time to get fit. My plan is to stick to Weight Watchers, a diet plan which on and off I have used and it's worked, along with good exercise. I'm still not 100% better from my caesarean so I won't be joining a gym or anything like that (plus I don't have the time), but I'd like to achieve daily exercise through yoga and taking Dexter for long walks.
Take more photographs. I am in no way a photographer and don't really class photography as a hobby but I decided at the end of last year I would like to give it a go. I received a Diana lomography camera for Christmas so when I'm out with Dexter for walks I can take lots of nice photos and hopefully develop this a bit further. At the moment I'm doing a creative writing course as one of my degree modules and I hope being outside a lot more will give me inspiration towards this also.
Try to get organised, or more organised at least. I pride myself on being quite an organised person with a good memory however, at the moment I have baby brain and even remember the slightest of details is a chore which I really don't like. I aways buy a diary, sometimes two or three through the year, but never make use of them fully. I know I need to write more important dates in them, and definitely try to keep more memories. At the end of last year I treat myself to a Moleskine notebook to keep in my bag to write in when I had ideas and it's worked, so therefore I decided to invest in a Moleskine diary for this year, with the incentive that I will write in it daily and keep little notes of how Dexter is growing up.
Cherish memories I make. This ties in to the above; make sure that I keep a note of what has happened during the year so I can look back on it, and with that try to make sure I take lots of photos of Dexter growing up, both for me and my husband as he will miss out on a lot of his development.
To drink more tea and eat more cake! Yes I know this contradicts my weight loss idea but I can make it work, a little in moderation makes for a happy Michelle. Tea and cake are things I love the most. I'm planning on following Kel in her journey to visit more tea rooms in Yorkshire this year, you can see her post here.
I need to blog more, and try and be more involved in Twitter chats and blog participation. I rarely comment on blogs, I know, I'm awful! (I promise I do read them though!), so this year I would like to show my appreciation more to people. We all support each other really well in the blogger community and should carry on!
Above all, I will try to have more fun and not take myself so seriously!
(All photos have been sourced from WeHeartIt.)
(All photos have been sourced from WeHeartIt.)
Great post - I share a lot of these ideas! The eating more cake one sounds like one I could achieve! :)
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Haha I think everyone could achieve eating more cake!! :D x x
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Love this! Super creative NYR, mine are all boring as hell!
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These are great resolutions! I decided against resolutions this year, instead opting to just try to be a better person on the whole. I'm hoping having my own place and being in charge of my own shopping will allow for Jake and I to make positive changes in our diet which we are both craving, I am going to try to go for walks and bike rides on the days I'm feeling well and wont beat myself up if I don't, and I'm hoping that in our new place I'll have an office/sewing room which will allow me to get better at my hobbies and to be more organised with study and blogging.
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of writing things down to look back on later - especially with Dex and I really hope you keep that up so you can pull out the photo albums when I come to visit you some day! xx
I'd totally recommend Slimming World - it's super simple and really easy to stick to... I lost a stone in just over a month! x
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