A Resolution

I normally don't do New Year's resolutions because I just end up getting disappointed when I fail to achieve it.  But this year, I need to make one resolution and I need the discipline to follow through.

I need to re-establish a routine!  Since I had Lucas I have not been eating and living healthy.  I have not been exercising and I am eating like a pig.  Last weekend, we went for a Sunday brunch buffet and I had at least five platefuls--trying pretty much everything in the menu!

My eating habits started changing when I got pregnant, as it normally would.  And I ate even more when I was breastfeeding.  But it's been two months since I stopped breastfeeding, yet I'm still eating the same amount and I am now seeing the outcome of it.  After 8 weeks of giving birth, I went back to my pre-pregnancy weight, but now I've gained some of the pounds back!

My worry isn't so much about how I look--how we look depends on how we dress and carry ourselves, not on how small or big we are.  But it's more about how I feel.  I feel heavy, weak and always exhausted even when not doing much.  And when my energy level is this low, it affects my behavior, my mood and my way of thinking.  Lately, I've had some difficulty getting focused at work.  And at home, I get irate pretty easily.  I've also been getting sick quite often.

So it's time to start re-establishing my routine.  I need to recharge.  I need to start exercising again and eating healthy.  I need to get more sleep (I'll start tomorrow because it's already 2am and I'm still here blogging), and I need to take multi-vitamins again, speaking of which I need to throw away a bottle of expired Centrum and get myself a new one.

The goal:  to maintain a weight of 120-125 pounds and get toned.  And the work starts now...