Let this goal represent the contract within myself to make healthier, wiser decisions become habits and to feed my body with respect & love that will be sure to help grow my life's over-all wellness

When did this backslide start? what is one good thing I can do this week?

in the last week, except for a splurge burger out with the kids – but really deserved some special time for their incredible resilience and behavior yesterday… and they were 2 hours past lunch time.

with respect and love.

This is going to be my mantra today.

And before I harsh on myself for the things I’m doing to add to my apparent age, I’m going to celebrate some of the things I’m doing to decrease it.

Familial things: no ovarian cancer in the family; my parents healthy long-term relationship; longevity genes

Lifestyle things: great sleep patterns; no meds; fabulous marriage; buff vehicle driven within the speed limit with seat belt and air bags; daily flossing; no drinking and driving ever; no cigarette smoke anywhere in my life; plenty of education; frequent stretch routine.

Food things: plenty of fruit; daily breakfast; diverse food.

My mom has a scale – I don’t. So I weighed myself after Easter dinner for the first time since January. Lost 5 pounds! That means a total of 205. I’ll check myself in another month or so.

... in which I’m not hiding behind a shawl:
http://www.uucuv.org/sparrow.shtml

I’m hiding behind a chair, but it’s better.

Thanks for the challenges, Amber! I like that format – will you do that again every now and then?

I added “avoid convenience food for two weeks” to my 43 goals.

Hmmm. This would be very hard, but I’ll try something not too threatening – actually taken this week and posted elsewhere celebrating finishing the shawl I’m modeling…

Priority: be physically active
Goal: run & walk more each week , ultimately 10 miles per week
Goal: Stretching in some form each morning
Priority: eat as well as possible
Goal: drink 64 ounces of plain water each day
Goal: curb empty calories
Objective: observe and acknowledge empty calories
Objective: regularize empty calories (AM coffee? bedtime snack?)
Goal: maximum nutrition, minimum weird stuff
Objective: weekly weird-stuff free meat for whole family
Objective: weekly vegetarian meal for whole family
Goal: good eating habits
Objective: eat sitting down with the family
Objective: eat what I’ve prepared for the family I love