Resolutions

Happy New Year everyone! So, as you might expect, I am thinking about resolutions. I have typically been one to set resolutions and typically been one to break them. They have often been your run of the mill resolutions....lost weight, exercise more often and regularly, quit smoking (which I did do, years ago), drink less (also accomplished), be more money conscious (check). But, the resolutions that I have accomplished were not done so due to direct attempts to resolve those resolutions, but because I had motivation to (health, family, etc). So, I guess I am not someone who keeps resolutions just to keep them, that is not how I work.

So, in light of the loss of my mother this past year, and the fact that I lost my father when I was 14, and the fact that I now have a son of my own (and am wanting to have another soon) I am thinking I want to do what I can to be as healthy as I can, so that I can live as long as I can, within my control, so that my child/ren do not have to lose a parent/parents early, as I did. I do know there are no guarantees, regardless. I mean, we all know someone or of someone who was very healthy, worked out, watched his or her diet, and still died way too young. I just figure that I should do what it is that I can. For me, that means being as healthy as possible in body, mind, and spirit. The mind and spirit part I feel I do pretty well. I am much healthier emotionally than years prior. I truly value life and am aware of my blessings every day. The body part, however, is still hard. True, I hardly drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, and I often eat healthy foods. The problems is I eat way TOO much healthy food, and unhealthy food as well. That, and I do not exercise regularly. And things like high bloodpressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, etc. run in my family. So, this is my motivation. The problem is, I know all this, and have for some time. And the conflict is that while I know all this on a conscious level, my food demons run deeper than conscious levels. So, I have to start slowing down, and thinking. And continue to explore those demons.

New Years resolutions, anyone?