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It is past the middle of November.

If you live in the US, next Thursday is Stretchy Pants Day.

Also known as Thanksgiving Day!

It is time to start talking about New Year's Resolutions.

Some may plan to go absolutely wild for the rest of the year. Then when January 1 (or 2nd) 2020 arrives. They plan to buckle down and be good (strict) with their brand new diet.

Or some may not plan to go absolutely wild, but you get the idea. Any plans of health and weight loss will be put on the back burner. Until January 1 (or 2nd) 

What do I think of New Year's Resolutions?

Don't wait until January 2020.  Start being mindful of your goals and health, now! The sooner you start. The better you will feel.

But you don't know what you are asking, Ordinary Girl. It is the Holiday Season. It is the season of yummy things! How can I be strict with my diet when there are so many parties and food centered events going on? 

I feel your pain. I love food. The cooking and preparing, spending time with friends and family eating. My goal this Christmas Season is to eat mindfully. My game plan to track my calories on Spark People. Choose my yummy holiday treats carefully. 

Okay, so I am not a doctor or a dietitian. I have no education in nutrition. This is just my opinion. My unscientific, uneducated and has not been researched opinion. 

This is my personal experience. So I cannot tell you what to do or how to eat. I can only tell you what I plan to do. How I will navigate this upcoming season. My January 1, 2020 goal is to see a deficit on the scale.

Tell me your goals in the comments! 

If you live in the US

I wish you and yours a Happy Stretchy Pants Day!

I mean, Happy Thanksgiving!

To all my beautiful readers!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Happy New Year!


**Please Note** I am not a doctor or dietitian. My experiences are uniquely my own. Everyone's experience is different.
One thing that will NEVER EVER happen. 
I will NEVER EVER promote shakes, detoxes or fat burning supplements. 
Anyone promoting these on my page, including in the comments. Their comment will be deleted and they will be blocked!

New Year's Resolutions! Update!

Flowers go through a lot of trials just to bloom.
They don't give up!

1. Make God a priority and less of an afterthought. (Should.        have been first, in the first place)

This wasn't the first resolution. The first time I wrote this it was originally number seven. It really should have been number one.

This is one that I have kept. This is so important to me. Really it is. Even though it was originally one of the last resolutions. Just trying to do better.

2. Continue what I have been doing with diet and exercise.
    Come back in six weeks to read my blog about in mid
    February!

A blog about this will be coming soon! (about two weeks!) So stay tuned.
I am really excited about this and I can't wait to share it with you! Squee!

3. Work on organizing my stuff. Take one room item and
     organize it. That is also something that I have been
     working on in the last part of 2017.

Hangs head in shame.

I still found my purse though. That should be celebrated.
 
4. More joy and less negativity. You have no idea how hard this is. (I am a grumbler)

I could do a lot better. I am a grumbler and complainer.

It has been really hateful cold and that does affect my mood.

At least I haven't sat around the house whining about how I don't want to go out. Since it is so cold outside. I have been tuning out the news though. Their only goal is to create drama.

 

5. Less negativity about celebrities and fauxlebrities alike. They

    are after all humans with feelings.

Hahaha! I could do a lot better!

6. Less negativity about the people in my past. I am going to try
    and live by the phrase. If you don't have anything nice to say.
    come sit by me. Don't say anything at all. By you, I mean me.

 

Working on this. Could do better

Forgiveness is for my own well being. Not for the other person. Just because I forgive. Doesn't mean I've given the person a pass. It is just for me. I'm not going to hang onto the past. I have done this too much. It affects my health.

7. Read more and I don't mean Facebook. I mean real books.

I've been reading more. 

8. I'm also going to get my nose pierced. Well with all self
    reflection. I need to do something fun.
    (hmmmm Second thoughts on the nose piercing. If that is the
     only resolution I break. I am doing good)

Umm yeah, about that. I have almost determined that. I am not going to get it done. My nose is entirely too sensitive. So I will have to be envious about peoples adorable nose studs. I am going to have to pick something else fun to do. No I am not going to get a tattoo. Tattoos aren't for me.

I wrote all of that. To show that it is okay to mess up on your resolutions. You're human and you're going to make mistakes. It is okay to keep working on your resolutions. Even when you've messed up.

Just keep being better. You have only failed. If you give up.

Fall seven times. Pick yourself up eight! Just don't give up, ever!

Even if you decide to do better in June. Or even now. It is good to do something. I am going to try again to become more organized. It isn't too late!

Never, never, NEVER give up! ~Winston Churchill

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