Journal of a Busy Mom

living one day at a time

January Reading Goal Completed!

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I am so happy that I am plugging away at my reading goal I set for the New Year. I have finished both my January books.

Last week I finished Memory Keeper’s Daugher and this week I finished Superimmunity for Kids : What to Feed Your Children to Keep Them Healthy Now, and Prevent Disease in Their Future. I am still working on learning to write reviews, but I did write one on Goodreads.com.

From the Superimmunity book I am inspired to revamp the way our family eats. I know I can’t erase all the years of bad food choices, but I can add new and improved recipes, provide more produce, and shop more cautiously. I also know I can’t get rid of all “junk food” and “fast food” which they recommend. I can, however, limit the consumption of these foods and help our family make healthier choices.

Right now, my goal is to go through my recipes and try to see how I can improve them.

I also bought a book called The Speedy Sneaky Chef: Quick, Healthy Fixes for Your Favorite Packaged Foods which teaches how to hide fruits and veggies in your recipes. I can’t wait for that one to come.

Ligia

Weight Loss and Fitness Goals

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I’m trying to teach my children that its not about weight but fitness. So, I have to lead by example. For most of my lifetime I have struggled with my weight. By most standards, I am not considered overweight, but I consider myself overweight. I don’t like this or that about my self. I’ve done everything under the sun to lose or keep off weight. Now, approaching 40, I need to take a realistic look at myself and see that at this point in my life its about Maintenance and Fitness. There, I said it: Maintenance. I will never again see the 120s but I can maintain my weight were I am. So I am revising my 2013 goal. I am no longer striving to lose 7 lbs. My new goal is to maintain my weight this year but I also want to get more physically fit.

1. I plan to do 30 minutes of any kind of exercise 5 times a week.

2. I plan on getting to 10,000 daily on my Fitbit.

3. I plan on doing 2 days of some kind of weight bearing exercise.

4. I plan on working towards doing a 5k by the end of this year.

5. I plan on inputting all my food into my Lose it App. Why? I tend to over eat if I am not conscious of what I am eating so if I plan to maintain I need to know what is going in my mouth all the time.

Goals & Aspirations for 2013

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I am taking cue from  Money Saving Mom and writing out my own Goals & Aspirations. I don’t often do New Year’s Resolutions, but I need to get focused and have a “purpose”.  In her article on her 2012 year recap , she made some good points.

  • Make sure you can stick with it for 12 months
  • Make it a measurable goal
  • Make it a  specific goal
  • I’m adding one: Make it an attainable goal

Personal

1. Lose 7 lbs (simple, measurable, attainable, specific) by March 2013

2. Read 1 book a month (leisure reading)

3. Read 1 book a month for learning (homeschooling/spiritual etc)

4. Scrapbook 1x per month either paper or digital

5. Continue my cake decorating classes

 

Homeschooling/Children

1. Complete our 2012-13 curriculum by May 15th.

2. Take them to Guatemala for their Spanish immersion classes (5 weeks)

3. Get them tutors for what they need (math/writing)

4. Help them pursue their passions (horse riding, karate, movie making, etc)

5. Have a kid date once a month

6. Faithfully have our weekly family pow-wows

7. Continue to encourage them to exercise and eat healthy

8. Have a date with spouse once a month

9. Have a planning meeting once a month

 

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

1. Serve in CBS/VBS/and possibly Women’s Network in the Fall

2. Email/Write to Steve’s grandma once a month

3. Visit the great-grandmothers once every 5 weeks

4. Have coffee with a friend once a month

 

Business/Blogging

1. Blog 4 times a week.

2. Submit 50 events per week for $$

3. Pursuit home business opportunity

4. Apply to homeschool review sites

 

Financial

1. Cut 10% off my current dining out, groceries, and miscellaneous budgets

2. Save $500 for my business opportunity (number 3 above)

3. Continue to pay off credit cards

4. Save 2 months of salary by the end of 2013.

5. Plan out our vacations for the next 3 years and start a fund to save half of the cost.

Next, I think I am going to create a break down of each “section” and write 1-2 goals for January, February, etc

Then, I will break that into weekly goals!

Go ME!

Ligia