Goals!

So I usually don't make new years resolutions, because I have a short attention span and tend to get distracted by things.  Plus I'm pretty much perfect already, so what's the point?

But in this case, I have a lot of changes I want to make this year, and I'm usually better about keeping up with lifestyle changes if I make them public.  So I'm doing this, and I'll have to keep myself accountable to my readers.  All three of them or so. :)

The biggest one, which I'm sure a few of you have heard about already, is I'm going to be running a half marathon in June.  June 5th (my sister's half-birthday!) in San Diego!  I'm not a runner, so I'm really counting on that elevation difference helping me out... Just kidding, I'm training too.  I'd love to be at the gym right now, actually, except that I think I slightly sprained my ankle last weekend (stupid slippery airport floors and having to dodge people trying to walk into you) so I'm trying to take it easy.

Second one is that I'm going to buy, cook, and eat (when we eat out) healthier food.  I know, nice and vague, eh?  More specifically, I'm going to buy more of my food from smaller shops (we have some great bakeries, delis, and butcher shops that I have in mind) and from the local grocery chain that has wonderful natural and organic meat and produce.  It'll take more time, but I feel like it'll be worth it. Plus the grocery store is next to my gym, so I'll just have to learn to lose my shame and go in there all sweaty after working out.  Oh, and I'm trying to avoid artificial shtuff in my food.  Not going to be preachy here, I've just reached a point where I don't want fake color, fiber, flavor, sugar, etc.

Going hand-in-hand with that, I'd really like to lose 15 pounds.  Shouldn't be too bad.  I won't go into detail on that because no one likes to hear people ramble on and on about how they want to lose weight...

I want to get a new bike and start biking around to do errands and go to the gym.  There's really no reason not to since most of the places I go are within 3-4 miles.  Like this one.

To make time for all that, I'm going to stop watching crap tv.  I'd tell you what I end up sitting down and watching sometimes, but honestly I'm embarrassed...  Exception to this is food network shows that I record and watch later, but I'm going to try not to do that either.

Oh, and I'll be saving more money for travel, emergencies, etc.  Haven't been doing that since all the wedding chaos and the joy of trying to combine two peoples' finances and spending habits, but shouldn't be too hard now.

Resolution for this week?  Clean out the fridge and pantry!  I have no less than three jars of baking powder, all of them past their expiration date.  Shame on me...