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

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

I actually do this comprehensively each year. Here are the relevant highlights from the 2007 plan…

My overall life purpose is…
To joyfully serve this beautiful, spinning Goddess

Health
to treat my body as a temple,
attaining and maintaining health
to feel well,
be strong and capable,
and look great.