wholefoodnut's Journal, 01 Jan 15

That sounds like a very busy no alarm day. 

Enjoy. :) 

I didn't get up @ 4 am.!!!! Actually still being lazy, it's 9:30. Need to get busy 

Thank goodness no alarms.. you're busy enough for a holiday. My grandmother used to say 'whatever you do on NYD you'll do all year'... I am making an effort to smile and laugh more today. I want to feel better this year than I did in 2014.  

Bella, I love your gramma's comment!!! Smile, laugh and enjoy your day. By myself today, so doing things that will make me feel good. I love cooking for my family and having my house in better order makes me feel good.  

Happy New Year! 

A year for organizing our lives and our health.... I love it! Let's do it and keep doing it!  

I agree!! Lets get feeling good about ourselves in all ways.  

I haven't met my goals for the day but part way, all is good.  

Thank you for your positive comments. They uplifted me a lot. I'm very down on myself as I've made the same resolutions many years and disappointed myself every time. I wish all a successful New Year. Let's make our goals work this year for a change!!  

Syljune, don't be down on yourself. Believe me I've been there with 2 ex dh's who downgraded me constantly. My world is so good now.. I feel god about myself. It îs a good feeling.  

Thank You, wholefoodnut! I appreciate your message. You, accidently left an "o" from one of your words, which added "God" to your message...An excellent addition. Happy 2015 

Happy New Year to you wholefoodnut! Sounds like you had busy plans for the day. Did you get them acccomplished? FullaBella, I have always heard that too. I got up and did my round of exercises, weighed, measured, ate a healthy breakfast and felt great. Made it a point not to look for anything, dress sharp, and not make a mess while working on any project. 

My tablet doesn't like o's :)) Most things were done, still have a bit more to do tonight. Hoping the winter mix hitting overnight does not mean postponing things tomorrow. Of course if we get ice no one needs to be driving in it. The forcast is rather ify at the moment. Grins, I am really good at making messes!!  

:) me too, I can make a mess doing just about anything! Maybe the winter mix will pass you by.  

Not really one to start plans on the New Year's but found a "Plugger" comic today that said shows him getting on the scale with the caption "You're a plugger if your New Year's resolution last year was to lose 10 lbs by this New Year's, and you find you only have 13 pounds to go." No resolutions for me.... But, I have not been successful in the past five years or so, especially since I retired from a very energetic career as an operating room nurse. With retirement, something I eagerly looked forward to and physically needed, I don't have the urgency I had to 'get up and go' and 'be her, be there, do this, do that'. I always have time 'tomorrow'. After working 40 years and wearing out two knees, I am just finding it EVEN EASIER to make excuses. I have stopped making goals of recording every mouthful, tidbit, and taste because I know I won't follow through. I start walking for a week or two....then I peter off...no walking buddies out in the country.....I volunteer in a warehouse where I walk alot. AND, to make it worse, my husband has no problem with the extra pounds...he hates all the skinny women on TV....which would be a long way off for me...I would have to lose down to 140 pounds to be SKINNY which would be very UNHEALTHY, and, of course, unatttainable unless I had gastric bypass..... Enough whining. I would never let anyone whine this much to me. I would say to just "suck it up, buttercup". Just never realized how much harder it would be as I got older...... 

Rocketgirl, I'm 65 still working but a desk job for the last 7 years. You can lose for your health, do it for you. As a nurse you know it's important. Draglist recommends a book Younger Next Year, there is one geared for women. It's an enlightening book. I've lost the 50 pounds my Ortho doc recommended to lose 50 pounds plus another 10 and start exercising to hopefully stave off a knee replacement. My GP pushed as well as I'm asthmatic and we were fighting to get it controlled, add osteoporosis. I feel terrific most of the time now. My body used to hurt everyday, I lived on pain meds, some OTC, now and then prescription. My tailbone hurts right now from crashing ice skating with m 13 yo grandsons, I simply don't bounce like they do :)):)). My idea of retirement would be that I would have time to do the things I don't have time to now. Exercise daily for one, some fun things like bike rides, kayaking, learn to throw clay, actually learn to ice skate again, keep up with my gardens and on and on.  

Kattay, thanks, hoping it stays away, so far some scattered rain. The forecast made the last minute shopping for fruit and salad stuff a nightmare!! 4 stores to find what I was looking for and nothing was unusual, shelves were empty of some things. Finally made it home at almost 7:00. Exhausted.. I did splurge, Aldi's has exercise stuff on sale this week. I bought an exercise ball for my main floor ($6.99) and a 3 piece kettle ball set ($19.99). I think my last minute stuff is getting done in the morning. :))