New Year Resolutions

I don't do resolutions. They are so resolute and so easily broken. I just prefer do overs, mulligans, freebees, restarts. My life is a life of restarts and second chances, third chances and even forth and more chances. That is one of the beauties of life, there is always another option, another chance, another opportunity. I am grateful for this. So today is another attempt at changing my lifestyle. I have been stationary at 240, give or take a few ounces, and I want to make my life different and healthier. So I am starting again. (I'm beginning to think this blog is about starting over, and over, and over.)

I have a Weight Watchers membership. I've been watching my weight, I just can't seem to make any real change to it. They have a new program with menu options on it. The menus offered have a lot of couscous in them. I don't like couscous so I will need to find a substitute for that one, but I will make an effort anyway. And that really seems to be the big issue: the big effort and the discipline to be consistent. But can I stick with it. Only time will tell.

Humility and Weight Loss

If something is worth doing once, perhaps it is worth doing again. This may not be true of many things, but I know it is true for weight loss. I am unhappy with myself as I am. I spend days in dark pits knowing I take up too much room in the world and my clothes are too tight. I get frustrated with diet plans that either don't work or do damage to my body making it even harder to reach any goal. Little success are quickly lost to major losses and I find myself even further behind. Its difficult to stay on track and everyday another company is claiming some miracle to make it easy.
I'm tired of throwing money at the problem with little or no help. I don't believe God wanted us to do it this way. Each day we find ourselves looking for the next remedy, while I believe that God shows us how to manage this in his word. "By His stripes we were healed". Where Lord is my healing?
I just spent this morning reviewing my weight gains and losses for this year Mostly they were gains; 15 pounds worth.In the last few weeks I have been pleased with a few losses and pray that will continue.
In the mean time I have come up with 10 steps I am trying to follow. I pinked these because they were easy and would have the most impact on my success and on controlling my diabetes. They are as follows:

1). Get 8 hours of sleep every night
2) Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day.
3) Take a multivitamin and other supplements
4) Reduce stress.
5) Exercise at least 30 minutes every other day.
6) Journal your progress: what works and what doesn't
7) Make good food choices and exercise portion control
8) Partner with your doctor, especially if you have any medical issues
9) Be consistent
10) Look for positive support.

I will clarify each of these 'rules' in the posts that follow and how I am managing each of them.