My wife and I usually do a Christmas day resolution. 2 years ago we both quit smoking cold turkey so she would be able to donate her kidney to her best friend. still going strong 2 years later!! (I'm 35 pounds heavier though!) Last year I Gave up my Skoal..still going strong one year later! (10 pounds i'll blame on that) This year is the year I do a total health transformation. I'm 37 years old, and I feel like junk. I LOVE food!! Not that the food I eat is bad, it's just portion control, my wife puts it on the pate, I devour it. I always told myself when I hit 40 I was going to change my eating and life style to be totally healthy for the long haul. My wife and I decided to start early and do it this year. We also have set up a structured cardio program to burn some calories! I knew it was time to change this past November when my wife went shopping for me for snacks for my Illinois trip...it looked like a 18 year old kid was going somewhere! time to change and live a better healthier life. I'm really excited to get started! I will also strive to continue living by the golden rule...even though barely anyone else does anymore. anyone else?
Resolutions: 1. To make it another year; 2. To strive to live a more meaningful life; 3. To complete this coming school year with a minimum of 3.75 GPA (this last semester was only 3.25); and 4. To make another attempt to rebuild the bridges with my siblings.
I don't usually do New Years resolutions, but this year my resolution is to find a way to enjoy my job. I don't know how I am going to do it, and it may be just to find another one. I work for a good company, I'm just completely bored and burned out. I've been doing the same job for the last 8 years. I have gone from the new guy without a clue, to the guy everyone comes to when they can't figure things out. It just hasn't challenged me in several years and there's no real career ladder from my job into other jobs within the company because we are such an engineering driven organization. Most management positions come from people with engineering degrees. So, I just feel rat holed here, so I'm going to try and find a way to enjoy it and be more positive, or I'm going to find something else. I know that sounds like a first world problem, but I struggle every day to enjoy what I'm doing and have been failing lately.
I made a New Years Resolution decades ago to never make a new years resolution again cuz they don't work...haven't made one since .....wait.....
Last year around Christmas I stepped on the scale for first time in years after a bet with my sister and about died of shock when the number 218 shot back at me. Guys can hide it easier than women but enough is enough. Started eating right this year, and working out nearly daily. Right now I'm hanging steady at 185. Lost 33 lbs in 2013. Last Christmas I bet I couldn't run a mile without dying. I'm now running 4-5 miles 3x a week at around an 8 min/mile pace. Hoping to run my first half marathon this spring if I can get my shin splints in order. It's about discipline. I eat a turkey sandwich, an apple, and a bag of raw carrots/broccoli/cauliflower every day for lunch. Ill eat baked fish and veggies 4-5 nights a week. Weekends are still a struggle (liquid carbs still call my name too frequently). This year my resolution is to push it further. Maintain at 180 and convert fat into lean muscle. Run a half marathon. And lastly finish my last semester of pharmacy school with grades high enough to maintain my 3.6 GPA to stay competitive for a residency after graduation. Tired of being lazy.
I hate New Years resolutions just for the fact that other peoples clog up the gym for 3 days after New Years. Then it slowly gets back to normal since they leave as quickly as they come Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Lol this is true. The surge at the first of the year is nauseating. I just do another round of P90X at home to start the year to mix it up and avoid the masses. By April the gyms are vacant again.
Tony It's called willpower!!!!.....so YES resolutions do work IF you want them too....you already failed out of the gate!! lol
I could add to the regular list, better shape, eat healthier, save some money, but I'm not. I want to be actively involved in our home schooling adventures, my church and my community.
I've held my weight around 230 for a year now from 258. I need to get down to the 200 mark, quit smoking and drinking Mt Dew. That is my New Years resolution.
In 2014 I hope to not run over my brand new bow with the truck and get revenge on the 180 class mule deer that I missed at 70 yds with my dad's bow.
My new years resolution is to work harder on my time management. Get those grades up even higher next semester and get outdoors more often. I love getting in the gym but there's more exciting ways to get in shape this coming year just by doing what I love. Hiking, scouting, hunting... whatever it is its better than sitting around. The gym will be swamped anyway. I also need to make a better effort to keep in touch with family. I realized this Christmas theres a lot of friends and family I waited too long to catch up with. Oh and to shoot a million more arrows with my bow
