Day by Day, Week by Week

Each day I try to do SOMETHING to work towards the goals I have set for this year. Small steps added together can add up to big results.

I make sure I do something musical every day. With so much music to learn in such a short amount of time, it would be easy to get behind and be forced into a crunch if I didn't keep with it.

I am very careful with the food choices. Having two teenagers in the house can make eating healthy a challenge. They love their pizza and fast food. They are both skinny beanpoles, so I can't justify making them eat salad and tree bark every meal. So, if they want pizza, I have one little slice... fast food, I get the least harmful thing I can manage, and always off the kid's menu. For snacks, I stick with fruit, fiber bars, yogurt, but damn that gets so boring.

Lately it's been hard to find the motivation to work out. In all honesty, Steve and I have been complete lazy slackers. If I was being more diligent with walking, or doing P90x, my weight loss would be double, and I'd probably be at least 10 pounds closer to the goal. This is the area where I need the most work.

Continuing to build my personal life is also a big goal for the year. I have my second therapy session today. I didn't write about the first one, because I needed to let it soak in a little. I wasn't expecting to have to answer the hard questions right off the bat, and I didn't realize how much crap I had to get through. Today's session is all about setting the goals of what I want to accomplish while on the crazy sofa. On an up note, the Wellbutrin is still working wonders =)

These small choices are making a difference each week.

My life is crazy with excitement, goals and changes right now. The new band is going wonderful, the weightloss goal is being accomplished, my family is on it's feet, and I am so pleased with the control I am taking all the way around of my life.

It feels so good to be moving forward, and I will be so excited to look back at this year on my 40th birthday and see just how far I've come!