Wow guys! It has been a while since I’ve posted. I went home for the week of Christmas to spend it with our families. We drove about 1,500 miles!! And we decided to do it straight through…no hotel! Lets just say that it was a bit crazy! We made it back yesterday morning and I’m on load 8 of laundry. UGH! With that being said, it’s the day before New Years Eve. I think it’s time to reflect back on the New Year Resolutions that were made for 2013. Let’s see how they turned out. To help remind me, I saved mine in my phone. However, I’ve changed phones and now have to go by memory.
1.) Talk to my brother more
2.) Eat less fast food
3.) Use lotion daily
4.) Eat more healthy
5.) Take vitamins daily
6.) No more soda
Seems like an okay list right? Well lets see how well I did
1.) I started to call my brother every week. This worked well for the first month and a half. Then he stopped answering my calls. The communication kinda stopped then. However, he was in a car accident in October and I made phone calls daily for about a week to check in with him. We communicated a little more after this because he helped me plan our surprise arrival (we came in a day early and surprised both of our parents!). This did not turn out as well as I had hoped. I will be putting this on my resolutions again for next year, but try to only call him every 2 weeks instead.
2.) When I made my list last year, I was working two jobs. For anyone who knows me, that was a usual in my life. With that being said, I was eating fast food on a regular basis for either breakfast or dinner. As a whole, I have cut back. On a normal week, I eat fast food about once a week. I’m a little burnt out on fast food from traveling though! I call this resolution a success!
3.) When the new year started, this occurred every day! By summer, I didn’t feel like my skin was as dry and cut back. As winter started approaching again, I started using more lotion again. It’s not daily anymore, but it is multiple times each week. This one is a success in my book as well!
4.) So I have changed my diet this year. Is it as healthy as it should be? No. But it’s much better than it was a year ago. I substitute turkey burger for ground hamburger in every recipe. There are a few turkey substitutions that I can’t stand (turkey pepperoni, turkey bacon, and turkey hamburger patties) but as a whole, I can’t tell the difference in most meals. I increased the amount of vegetables that we were eating. I switched to whole grain pasta. I’m still looking for more little changes to make in our diet, but this was a success so far!
5.) It took me a while to get in the habit of taking vitamins each day. But once I got my routine down, it was a breeze! Resolution = success!
6.) This one was one of the more difficult ones when I started. When we did get fast food, that seemed to be all they had to drink. I don’t like tea. So I switched to lemonade. I would also buy a drink on a regular basis before going into work. I’ve since stopped that habit and switched to water at work. When I go out to eat with my husband, it’s always water (or alcohol). Fast food lunches with friends is still lemonade. I have had a little soda in mixed drinks throughout the year, but I try not to do that either. Mountain Dew still tempts me on a regular basis. But this was a success!
How did you do on your New Year Resolutions from 2013? Are there any that you want to try again? Did you try to personalize your resolutions with changes you can actually accomplish? Let me know!
XO,
Hollie
Mrs. Simple Life 