2008 Resolutions...

I wanted to go back and read my 2008 resolutions to see if I even came close to accomplishing them. So here they are in all their glory... (the ones in blue I accomplished... the ones in red I did not.)

1- First I would really like to lose my pregnancy weight. I have 19 lbs to go and I really hate feeling like this. I don't want to sit around and feel bad about the way that I look. I want to feel good in my body and my skin and so I'm going to do what it takes to get there. So running, lifting weights, and eating right are the way of life now. I did loose all of my baby weight... however, I am not exercising the way that I would like to or eating as well as I should. Weight is relative, the number on the scale does not really mean that you are healthy or in good shape. So I'm happy that I did reach the weight that I wanted... but not very happy that I went running on Saturday after a break and could only make it for 16 minutes!!!

2- I really want to start decorating my house. I've put this on the back burner forever, mainly because we were moving around so much I didn't want to move all the crap. I've been collecting ideas forever so it's time to put them in action and make my house beautiful and make it feel like home for me and my family. I think that I spent the majority of 2008 working on this goal. I've had so much fun decorating and making nice things for our house. It feels good to live in a space that reflects our personalities and feels like home.

3- We are finally growing up and writing out a budget. I think it's a little crazy that for the past five years we haven't stuck to any type of a budget at all. Mainly because we've never really had bills or payments other than rent because we were in school. But the time has come to budget our money and start really saving for the future. This was really hard, but we did it. We figured out our monthly budget and were able to save up some money so that we could buy our condo this past summer. This is obviously an ongoing thing, and we have changed the budget, fine tuned the budget, and realized that we still have a long way to go. But I'm glad that we started it and are better at tracking our spending and savings now.

4- I REALLY want to get my personal training certification this year. This will probably be the hardest one to accomplish, but I really want to do it, so I guess it's time to crack the books again. Ha Ha HA!! Is this a joke? Okay, I really thought that I wanted to do this. You see, I love exercise, I love nutrition, I have this piece of paper that says that I have a college degree in this area... but really, it did not happen. I feel a little lost in this whole area right now. Mainly because I love being able to stay at home with our little guy. I don't really know what direction to take with this... do I really want to do personal training or something else? I don't know... I did call ISSA and talk to them about getting certified... in January. Sure enough, every month Armando called to see if I was ready to do it and every month I told him no. This last month he called and said, "You know I've been calling you every month to see if you are ready... are you ever going to be ready?" After thinking about it for two seconds I told him to not call me anymore... sounds like I'm really not ready for this.

I'm still thinking about what goals I want for 2009. I take my resolutions seriously so they need to be good practical ones...